Strong Enough

Transcribed by Chris Rittelmeyer



NOTE: This is not the version from The Bittersweet album. I'm not sure what LP or 

EP this version is from, but I think it's better than The Bittersweet version. He 

does it in Drop D, but I do this in standard tuning. It's up to you!





Dm                              C           F

I would have given my world to see

C        F            C

You deliver the jailer's key

Bb                     F

I'd give you the credit

                               C

And take what went wrong



Dm                                 C    F

I would have given most anything

C                 F                    C

To see your lips move but hear me singing

Bb                                 F

If you had opened your mouth 

                          C

And spit out my song





Dm    C             F

Lover you're forgiven

                F                C         F

You have suffered for long enough

            F                   C

They're holding their breath

             F                 Bb

And I'm calling their bluff

       F         C             F

Our love is strong enough

       F         C         Dm       C    F

Our love is strong enough





Dm                         C        F

If there were ever a movie made

         C                F                 C

That outlines my life in some honest way

Bb                             F                          C

Line for line note for note and page by page

Dm                              C                F

I'd hope that who ever played your part

           C             F                   C

Would feel my remorseful and heavy heart

Bb                                F                                   C

They would open their mouth and unyieldingly say





Dm    C            F

Lover you're forgiven

               F                 C         F

You have suffered for long enough

            F                   C

They're holding their breath

              F                Bb

And I'm calling their bluff

       F         C            F

Our love is strong enough

       F         C           Dm      C    F

Our love is strong enough





Am                           E                  C

Instead you held the key over my head 

                         D

And just out of reach

      F                   C

Till any love that used to be

       F                    C

Got wasted on the need for me

     F                       C

To feel as though I could be free

                 F                              C

'Cause I'm not your asshole I'm not your thief

  F                              Am6/F#        G

I thank the lord that I finally was released



Am    G            C

Lover you're forgiven

                  Am              G        C

We've both suffered for long enough

        F                   G

They all held their breath

                         Am         F

But we couldn't call their bluff

                 F                 G            C

'Cause our love wasn't strong enough

       F                G             C

Our love wasn't strong enough

      F                 G             C

Our love wasn't strong enough