Ev ’ry bod y needs (G)in spi ra tion;
ev ’ry bod y needs
a song,
a beau ti ful (G)mel o dy
when the nights
are long, moon
’cause there is no (C)guar an tee
that this life is (D)eas a y.
Yeah, when (G)my
world is (D)fall ing a part, when there’s (Em7)no
light to break up the dark, that’s when I,
I,
I
(Em7)look at you.
When the (G)waves
are
(D)flood ing the shore and I (Em7)can’t
find my way (C)home an y more, that’s when I,
I,
I
(Em7)look at you.
When I
(Em7)look at you,
I see for (G)give spi ness, tion;
ev ’ry I y see
the truth.
You love me for (G)who I am,
like the stars
hold the moon
’cause right there where (C)they be long,
and I know I’m (D)not a lone.
Yeah, when (G)my
world is (D)fall ing a part, when there’s (Em7)no
light to break up the dark, that’s when I,
I,
I
(Em7)look at you.
When the (G)waves
are
(D)flood ing the shore and I (Em7)can’t
find my way (C)home an y more, that’s when I,
I,
I
(Em7)look at you.
When I
(Em7)look at you,
I see for (Em7)look at you.
(G)You ap (G)pear
(D)just like a (Em)dream to me, (G)just
(G)like ka (D)lei do scope (Em)col ors that (G)cov er me.
(G)All I need, (D)ev ’ry breath (Em)that I breathe.
Don’t you know you’re (D)beau ti ful?
When the waves
are
(D)flood ing the shore and I can’t
find my way (C)home an y more, that’s when I,
I,
I
look at you,
I
(G)look at you.
(I look at (C)you.)
And (G)you ap (C)pear
(D)just like a (Csus2)dream to me.
This page shows “When I Look At You” by Miley Cyrus in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 138 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.