What The Words Meant Cifras

The A5 in the verses can be played as Am but it doesn't sound as much like the original.
Same could kinda be said for the C/G (it could be played as a normal C).
I think the D (major) fits better without the high E string, but do hit that string for the Dm
 
 
[Verse 1]
A5
   The first time I heard it
C/G
   Didn't know what it was
Fmaj7
   I listened to it over and over
D
   I couldn't get enough
A5
   I knew every syllable
C/G
   And the space in between
Fmaj7
   And I wondered
D
   What my own song would be
 
 
[Chorus]
                   Am
I thought I understood what the words meant
                      C/G
I thought I knew the meaning behind
                 Fmaj7
I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
                         D
And wondered about the stories inside
                   Am
I thought I understood what the words meant
                          C/G
I thought that they were written for me
                  Fmaj7
A message spelled out in a language
                       Dm
That only those who've been there
                 Am
Been there can read
 
 
[Verse 2]
A5
   The first time I heard it
C/G
   Didn't know what it was
Fmaj7
   It was foreign and angry and brilliant
D
   I couldn't get enough
A5
   But the story behind it
C/G
   You revealed it to me
Fmaj7
   And I realized
         D
You had lived through what I'd never seen
 
 
[Chorus]
               Am
I never understood what the words meant
                  C/G
I never knew the meaning behind
                 Fmaj7
I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
                      D
But didn't know the stories inside
               Am
I never understood what the words meant
                      C/G
The words were never written for me
                  Fmaj7
A message spelled out in a language
                       Dm
That only those who've been there
                 Fmaj7
Been there can read
 
 
[Instrumental Break]
(First chord continues from end of chorus)
Fmaj7 D Am C/G
Fmaj7 D
 
 
[Chorus]
                 Am
I wish I didn't know what the words meant
                   C/G
Or understand the meaning behind
                 Fmaj7
I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
                     D
And now I know the stories inside
                Am
I wish I didn't know what the words meant
                      C/G
That they were never written for me
                  Fmaj7
A message spelled out in a language
                       Dm
That only those who've been there
                 Am
Been there can read
 
 
[Outro]
C/G
Been there
                 Fmaj7
Been there can read
D
Been there
                 Am
Been there can read
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