3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "It's Not My Time" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F                                    Am
Looking back at the beginning of this
And how life was
F                                         Am
Just you and me loving all of our friends
Living life like an ocean
F
But now the current slowly pulling me down
Am
It’s getting harder too breathe
F
It won’t be to long and I will be going under
Am
Can you save me from this?

Chorus:
            Am  G  F            C
Cause it’s not my time I’m not going
                   G
There’s a fear in me it’s not showing
  Am        G     F
This could be the end of me
    C              G
And everything I know
                F Am
Oh but I won’t go

I look ahead to all the plans that we made
And the dreams that we had
I'm in a world that tries to take them away
Oh, but I'm taking them back
'Cause all of this time I've just been too blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend, this life we live, it's not what we have
It's what we believe in

Chorus - x2

                F C G
Oh but I won’t go

F               C               G
There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see

Chorus:
But it’s not my time, I'm not going
There's a fear in me, it’s not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
But it’s not my time, I'm not going
There's a will in me and now it’s gonna show
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Oh

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see

             F
But I won’t go
      Am       F
No I won’t go down
    Am
Yeah


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "It's Not My Time" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "It's Not My Time" by 3 Doors Down.