Understanding Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][Bm][Em][Am][Dsus4]
[G][Am][Bm][Em][Am][C][Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]What I need from you is [Am]under[Bm]standing[Em]
[Dsus4]How can w[Am]e communicate
[Em]If y[Am]ou don't hear
[Dsus4]what I sa[C]y?[Dsus4]
[G]What I need from you is [Am]under[Bm]standing
[Em]So simpl[Dsus4]e as one, tw[Am]o, three[Em][Am][C]
Under[G]standing is what we need
You don't really know me You [Am]just wanna

[Verse 2]
[Bm]
do what you
wanna [Em]do
That's not the [Am]way it should be,
no
You should [Dsus4]listen to me
(You better listen to me, boy) boy
[G]I try so very har[Am]d to mak[Bm]e
you under[Em]stand
But the [Am]choices you make, baby,
they're [F#dim]all deman[B]ds, oh

[Verse 3]
I [Em]try so very [Baug]hard to
keep our love alive
But you [G]don't wanna meet [Em]me halfway
[G]Then the und[C#dim]erstanding dies
There's no [C]way that we
can work [Bm]it out
If we [C]don't pull togeth[Bm]er
I don't [Am]mean to be demand[G]ing
But I [C]want some understand[C#dim]ing
I [Dsus4]wanna be with you

[Verse 4]
[G]What I need from you is
[Am]under[Bm] stan[Em]ding
[Dsus4]How can w[Am]e communica[Em]te
[Am]If you don't hear [Dsus4]what I sa[C]y?[Dsus4]
[G]What I need from you is
[Am]under[Bm]stand[Em]ing
[Dsus4]So simple as one,[Am]
two, [Em]three[Am][C]
Under[Em]standing is what [G]we need
I listen to you, baby [Am]And I know the

[Verse 5]
[Bm]
things you're going [Em]through
I [Am]try to understand
That's why I'm [C]still with you,
baby [Dsus4](I'm still [G]with you)
See, every day we're living
[Am]Is one thing that will [Bm]always
be un[Em]sure
That's why I [Am]need you, baby,
pleading, baby
Please [F#dim]let our love endure
[B]

[Verse 6]
[Em]I try so very hard to
[Baug]keep our love alive
But you [Em]don't wanna
meet me halfway
Then the [C#dim]understanding dies
And there's no [C]way that
we can work [Bm]it out
If we [C]don't pull [Bm]together
I don't [Am]mean to be demand[G]ing
But I [C]want some understand[C#dim]ing
I [Dsus4]wanna be with you

[Verse 7]
[G]What I need from [Am]you i[Bm]s un[Em]derstand
[Dsus4]ing (all I need is understanding)
How can we [Am]communicate
If you don't hear [Dsus4]what I say? (I[C]f you
don't hear [Dsus4]what I sa[G]y)
What I need from you is understanding
(all I [Am]need from [Bm]you, [Em]baby)
So [Dsus4]simple as on[Am]e, two,
[Em]three (can't you see? [Am]One,[C] two, three)
Un[Em]derstanding [G]is what we need
All I need, [Am]all I

[Verse 8]
[Bm]need
All need is [Em]un derstanding
[Dsus4][Am][Em]
[Am]How?[Dsus4]
[C]If you don't hear what [G]I say[Am]
[Bm]Can't you see,
[Em]baby?[Dsus4]
[Am][C][Am][C][Em][G]

[Verse 9]
[Em]I tried so very hard
To [Baug]keep our love alive (yes, I do)
But you [Em]don't wanna
[G]meet me halfway
Then the [C#dim]understanding dies
There's no [C]way that we can [Bm]work it
out (no way)
[C]If we don't pull [Bm]together
I don't [Am]mean to be demand[G]ing
But I [C]want some understand[C#dim]ing
I [Dsus4]wanna be wit[G]h you
[Am]What

[Verse 10]
[Bm]I need[Em] from [Dsus4]you is underst[Am]anding
(understanding)
How can we com[C]munic[Am]ate
(how can we communicate)
If you don't hear [Dsus4]what I say?
[C](Pleasehear what I say)
[Dsus4]What I ne[G]ed from yo[Am]u is understanding (ye[Bm]ah, come on,
[Em]baby, come on)
[Dsus4]So simple as one, t[Am]wo,
three (it's so [Em]sim ple as [C]one, two, three)

[Verse 11]
Understanding is what we need
What I need from you is understanding
(all I need from you)
How can we communicate (how can
we communicate)
If you don't hear what I say?
What I need from you is understanding
(understanding)
So simple as one, two, three
Understanding is what we need
What I need from you is understanding