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BON JOVI
1. Lost Highway
G
In my rearview mirror
My life is getting clearer
Em C
The sunset sighs and slowly disappears
G
These trinkets once were treasure
Life changes like the weather
Em C
You grow up, grow old, or you hit the road 'round here
Bridge
D
So I drive
C
Watching white lines passing by
D
My plastic dashboard Jesus
F
Waiting there to greet us
Reff
C G Em D
Hey I finally found my way
C G Em D
Said goodbye to yesterday
C G Em D C G Em D
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
C G Em D
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin' go
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C G Em D
Out on this open road
C G Em D F C
It's independence day on this lost highway
C C/B Em D
Hey hey, hey hey
C C/B Em D
Hey hey, hey hey
G
Don't know where I'm going
But I know where I've been
Em C
I'm afraid of going back again
Bridge
D
So I drive
C
Years and miles are flying by
D
And waiting there to greet us
F
Is my plastic dashboard Jesus
Reff
C G Em D
Hey Hey I finally found my way
C G Em D
Said goodbye to yesterday
C G Em D C G Em D
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
C G Em D
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin' go
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C G Em D
Out on this open road
C G Em D F C
It's independence day on this lost highway.....Hey hey
Solo
C C/B Em D
C C/B Em D
C C/B Em D
C C/B Em D
Middle
G
Oh patron saint of lonely souls
G/F#
Tell this boy which way to go
G
Guide the car, you've got the keys
C
Farewell to mediocrity
Em
Kicking off the cruise control
D/F#
And turning up the radio
G
Got just enough religion
C
And a half a tank of gas
C C/B Am G G/F# G
Come on
D
Let's go
4
Reff
C G Em D
Hey Hey I finally found my way
C G Em D
Said goodbye to yesterday
C G Em D C G Em D
Hit the gas, there ain't no brakes on this lost highway
C G Em D
Yeah, I'm busting loose, I'm lettin' go
C G Em D
Out on this open road
C G Em D F C
It's independence day on this lost highway.....
C Em D
Hey hey
C Em D
Hey hey
C Em D
Hey hey
C Em
On this lost highway.....
2. Make a Memory
C
Hello again, it's you and me
C/B
Kinda always like it used to be
Em
Sippin' wine, killing time
F
Trying to solve life's mysteries
5
C
How's your life, it's been awhile?
C/B
God it's good to see you smile
Em
I see you reaching for your keys
F
Looking for a reason not to leave
(Bridge)
CG
If you don't know if you should stay
Am F
If you don't say what's on your mind
C
Baby just breathe
Em F
there's nowhere else tonight we should be
C
you wanna make a memory?
(Verse)
C
I dug up this old photograph
C/B
look at all that hair we had
Em
it's bitter sweet to hear you laugh
F
your phone is ringin i don't wanna ask
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(Bridge)
CG
If you don't know I'll understand
Am F
if you stay hey i've gotta plan
(Chorus)
C C/B
You wanna make a memory?
Am F
You wanna steal a peice of time?
C C/B
You can sing the melody to me
Am F
And I can write a couple lines
C C/B Am F
You wanna make a memory
(Bridge)
CG
If you don't know if you should stay
Am F
If you don't say what's on your mind
C
Baby just breathe
Em F
there's nowhere else tonight we should be, we should be.
(Chorus)
C C/B
You wanna make a memory?
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Am F
You wanna steal a peice of time?
C C/B
You can sing the melody to me
Am F
And I can write a couple lines
C C/B Am F
You wanna make a memory
C C/B Am F
You wanna make a memory
C C/B Am F
You wanna make a memory
3.
FD
When I look at what my life's been comin' to
C
I'm all about lovin' you
G D/F# F
I've lived, I've loved, I've lost, I've paid some dues, baby
We've been to hell and back again
C Em
Through it all you're always my best friend
CD
For all the words I didn't say
Bm Em
And all the things I didn't do
CD
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Tonight I'm gonna find a way
Back to Reff
Middle
Am C/B C
You can take this world away
C/B
You're everything I am
Am C/B C D
Just read the lines upon my face
D
I'm all about lovin' you
G D/F# F C
Back to Reff
Am C/B
CG
I'm all about lovin' you
Em
I guess this time you're really leaving
GD
I hear your suitcase say good-bye
Em
and as my broken heart lies bleeding
GD
You say true love is suicide.
Em
You say you cried a thousand rivers
GD
and now you're swimming for the shore
Em
You left me drowning in my tears
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GA
and you won't save me anymore.
[no chords]
I'm praying to God you'll give me
one more chance girl.
CHORUS:
D
I'll be there for you
Bm
These five words I swear to you
G
when you breathe I wanna be the air for you
AGAD
I'll be there for you.
D
I'd live and I'd die for you
Bm
I'd steal the sun from the sky for you
G
words can't say what love can do
AGAD
I'll be there for you.
Intro guitar : D Em G D
Em
I know that we've had some good times
GD
now they have their own hiding place
Em
I can promise you tomorrow
GA
but I can't buy back yesterday.
G
And baby you know my hands are dirty
A
(and baby you know my hands are dirty)
D F#m Bm
but I wanted to be your valentine
Em
I'll be the water when you get thirsty, baby
GA
when you get drunk I'll be the wine.
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CHORUS
Guitar Solo : D Bm G A 2X
G
And I wasn't there when you were happy
A
(And I wasn't there when you were happy)
D F#m Bm
and I wasn't there when you were down, down down
Em
CHORUS
5.AVRIL LAVIGNE
Let Go
Intro: D-A/C#
D A/C#
Hey, yea, ohoh (3x)
Verse 1
D A/C#
I've only got 3 dollars left in my hands,
D A/C#
I walk down the sidewalk as I pass a dirty man
D A/C# Bm
Walk up the staircase that leads to my hotel
F#m
I'm living in at a fancy hotel, yeayea
DE
Then I'll go up to my room
DE
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Fixate on what's the deal I'm alone again
DE
Then I will crawl into the bed,
DE
And call you up to tell you off
Chorus
A F#m
Coz I'm on my own, would you leave me alone
E
Before I lose my mind
DA
Because you lied and so did I
F#m
Oh oh oh, would you cry-y-y
ED
If I let you go tonight
E F#m D
If I let you go tonight yeah yeah let go
Interlude: D-A/C#
D A/C# (Harmonics)
Hey, yea, ohoh
Verse 2
D A/C#
I'll probably wake up a little sad
Bm F#m
But then I'll get up and let go of it all instead
D A/C#
Because really it's not worth it
Bm
To get in a mess over him
F#m
To bother get stressed over him Oh
DE
So I'll just go on with my life
DE
And fixate on everything else but you
DE
Yea I'll just go on with my life
DE
I have no reason to please you anymore
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Repeat Chorus except last line
E
If I let you go
Bridge:
E A/C# Bm
So find your way out of my sight
A/C#
I know it's hard, it's tough to laugh
Bm A/C# D E
It's all messed up, don't play this game yea yea yea
Outro
A-F#m
Yea, yea
ED
Getting stressed over you
6.
Am G/B
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
CD
Do you see how much I need you right now
Chorus:
C Em D
when you're gone the pieces of my heart
I'm missing you
C Em D
When you're gone the face that came to know is I'm missing to
Am C
When you're gone the words I need to hear
G D/F# C D
To always get me through the day and make it okay
I miss you
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(Repeat Intro)
Verse 2:
G D/F# Em
I've never felt this way before
CD
Everything that I do, reminds me of you
G D/F# Em
And the clothes you left that lied on the floor
CD
And the small test like you, I love the things that you do
Bridge:
Bm C G
B7
We were made for each other, I keep forever, I know we were yeahh!!!
Em
I know I ever wanted was for you to know
C
Everything I do I give my heart and soul
A/C# D
I can only breathe I need to pity I am when me yeahh!!!
7. Tomorrow
Intro : G Em C
G Em C G
And I wanna believe you, when you tell me that it'll be okay
Em C
Yeah I try to believe you, But I don't
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G Em C G
When you say that it's gonna be, it always turns out to be a different way
Em C G
I try to believe you, not today
Em c
Today today today today
CHORUS
Em Bm C Bm
I don't know how I feel, tomorrow, tomorrow
Em Bm C Bm
I don't know what to say, tomorrow, tomorrow is a different day
G Em C
G Em C G
It's always been up to you, it's turning around it's up to me
G Em C
I'm gonna do what I have to do, just don't
G Em C G
Give me a little time, leave me alone a little while
Em C G
Maybe it's not too late, not today
G Em C
Today today today today, oh
CHORUS
Em Bm C Bm
I don't know how I feel, tomorrow, tomorrow
Em Bm C Bm
I don't know what to say, tomorrow, tomorrow is a different day
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G Em C
Hey yeah hey yeah, and I know I'm not ready
G Em C
Hey yeah hey yeah, maybe tomorrow
G Em C
Hey yeah hey yeah, I'm not ready
G Em C
Hey yeah hey yeah, maybe tomorrow
G Em C
G Em C G
And I wanna believe you, when you tell me that it will be okay
G Em C G
Yeah I try to believe you, not today
Em C
Today today today today
C G Em C
Tomorrow it might change
C G Em C
Tomorrow it might change
C G Em C
Tomorrow it might change
C G Em C
Tomorrow it might change
8. Nobody's Home
Verse:
Em D C
I couldn't tell you why she felt that way, She felt it everyday.
ED
And I couldn't help her,
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C
I just watched her make the same mistakes again.
Em
What's wrong, what's wrong now?
D
Too many, too many problems.
Chorus:
CC
Dont know where she belongs, where she belongs.
Em G D
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
Em G D
There's no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
^^^^^
The same Verse chords as before
Chorus:
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Em D
Her feelings she hides.
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C
Her dreams she can't find.
C
shes losing her mind
Em
She's fallen behind.
D
She can't find her place.
C
She's losing her faith
C
She's fallen from grace.
C
She's all over the place. Yeah oh oh
Chorus
Em G D
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh.
Em G D Em
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh yeah.
9. Innocence
Intro : C#m7 - Amaj7 - C#m7 - Amaj7
C#m7 Amaj7
Waking up I see that everything is ok
C#m7 Amaj7
The first time in my life and now it's so great
C#m7 Amaj7
Slowing down I look around and I am so amazed
C#m7 Amaj7 B
I think about the little things that make life great
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Aadd9
I wouldn't change a thing about it
B A (B - C#m)
This is the best feeling
Chorus:
C#m A E B C#m
This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay
A E B C#m A E B
This moment is perfect, please don't go away, I need you now
A B C#m7
And I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by
C#m7 Amaj7
I found a place so safe, not a single tear
C#m7 Amaj7
The first time in my life and now it's so clear
C#m7 Amaj7
Feel calm I belong, I'm so happy here
C#m7 Amaj7 B
It's so strong and now I let myself be sincere
Aadd9
I wouldn't change a thing about it
B A (B - C#m)
This is the best feeling
Chorus:
C#m A E B C#m
This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay
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A E B C#m A E B
This moment is perfect, please don't go away, I need you now
A B Aadd9
And I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by
Bridge:
Aadd9 E B
It's the state of bliss you think you're dreaming
C#m Aadd9
It's the happiness inside that you're feeling
EB
It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry
Aadd9 E B
It's the state of bliss you think you're dreaming
C#m Aadd9
It's the happiness inside that you're feeling
EB
It's so beautiful it makes you wanna cry
B C#m
It's so beautiful it makes you want to cry
Chorus/Outro:
C#m A E B C#m
This innocence is brilliant, it makes you want to cry
C#m A E B C#m
This innocence is brilliance, please don't go away
AEB
Cause I need you now
A B C#m
And I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by
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C#m A E B C#m
This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay
A E B C#m A E B
This moment is perfect, please don't go away, I need you now
A B C#m7
And I'll hold on to it, don't you let it pass you by
10Complicated
INTRO: Dm - F C (4x)
F
Chill out, whatcha yellin' for?
Dm
Lay back, it's all been done before
Bb
And if you could only
C
Let it be, you will see
F
I like you the way you are
Dm
When we're driving in your car
Bb
And you're talking to me
C
One on one but you become
Bridge:
Dm
Somebody else round everyone else
F
Watching your back like you can't relax
Bb
You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool
C
to me, tell me
CHORUS:
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Dm Bb F C
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated
C Dm Bb F C
I see the way you're acting like somebody else gets me frustrated
C Dm Bb
And life's like this you .. fall and you crawl
F
And you break and you take what you said
C
And you turn it into
Dm Bb F C
Honesty promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
No no no
F
You come over unannounced
Dm
Dressed up like you're something else
Bb
Where you are and where it's at
C
You see you're making me
F
Laugh out when you strike your pose
Dm
Take off all your preppy clothes
Bb
You know you're not fooling
C
Anyone when you become ...
Bridge
CHORUS
Bridge
CHORUS (2x)
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End on F
Am C G F
I looked away then I looked back at you
Am C G F
You tried to say, things that you can't undo
Am C G F
If I had my way, I'd never get over you
Am C G F
Today's the day, I pray that we make it through
Dm F
Make it through the fall, make it through it all
Chorus:
C
And I don't want to fall to pieces
Am G
I just want to sit and stare at you
F
I don't wanna talk about it
C
And I don't want a conversation
Am G
I just want to cry in front of you
Dm F
I don't wanna talk about it cause I'm in love with you
Am C G F
You're the only one, I'd be with till the end
Am C G F
When I come undone, you bring me back again
Dm F
Back under the stars, back to your arms
Chorus
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Bridge:
Am C G
I wanna know who you are
Em F
I wanna know where to start
Am G
I wanna know what this means
Am C G
I wanna know how you feel
Em F
I wanna know what is real
Am G Em F
I wanna know ev..erything, ev..erything
Chorus (x3)
C
Cause I'm in love with you
Am
I'm in love with you
G
I'm in love with you
F
I'm in Love with you
12. Girlfriend
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Intro:
D5
Hey Hey You You
I don't like your girlfriend
No way No way
I think you need a new one
Hey Hey You You
D5-F#5-G5
I could be your girlfriend
D
Hey Hey You You
I know that you like me
No way No way
No, it's not a secret
Hey Hey You You
D5-F#5-G5
I want to be your girlfriend
Verse 1:
D
You're so fine I want you mine You're so delicious
A5
I think about you all the time You're so addictive
B5 G5
Don't you know What I can do To make you feel alright
D
Don't pretend I think you know I'm damn precious
A5
And hell Yeah I'm the mother fucking princess
B5 G5
I can tell you like me too And you know I'm right
Refrain:
B5 F#5
She's like so whatever You can do so much better
A5
I think we should get together now
G5 A5
Well that's what everyone's talking about
Chorus:
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D5 A5
Hey Hey You You
B5 G5
I don't like your girlfriend
D5 A5
No way No way
B5 G5
I think you need a new one
D5 A5
Hey Hey You You
Bm G5 D5-F#5-G5
I could be your girlfriend
D A5
Hey Hey You You
B5 G5
I know that you like me
D5 A5
No way No way
B5 G5
No, it's not a secret
D5 A5
Hey Hey You You
B5 G5 D5-F#5-G5
I want to be your girlfriend
Verse 2:
D
I can see the way I see the way you look at me
A5
And even when you look away I know you think of me
B5 G5
I know you talk about me all the time Again and again
D
So come over here and tell me what I wanna hear
A5
Better, yeah, make your girlfriend disappear
B5 G5
I don't wanna hear you say her name ever again
Bridge: Rap
D
In a second you'll be wrapped around my finger
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'Cause I can, cause I can do it better
There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in
She's so stupid, what the hell were you thinking?
(Repeat)
Hey Hey!
CG
I couldn't give a damn what you say to me
F
I don't really care what you think of me
CG
cause either way you're gonna think what you believe
F
there's nothing you could say that would hurt me
CG
I'm better off without you anyway
F
I thought it would be hard but I'm ok
CG
I don't need you if you're gonna be that way
F
cause with me it's all or nothing
BRIDGE:
Am F
I'm sick of your shit don't deny
Am
You're a waste of time
Am
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I'm sick of your shit
FG
Don't ask why
CHORUS:
C
I Hate you now
GF
So go away from me
Am
You're gone, so long
G
I can do better
F
I can do better
C
Hey, hey you
GF
I found myself again
Am
That's why, goodbye
G
I can do better
F
I can do better
verse2:
C
You're so full of shit
GF
I can't stand the way you have to just can't comprehend
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CG
I don't think that she can handle it
F
I'm way over, over it
CG
I will drink as much Lemoncello as I can
F
And I'll do it again and again
CG
I don't really care what you have to say
F
Cuz you know you know you're nothing
Am F
(I'm so sick)I'm sick of your shit don't deny
Am
You're a waste of time
Am
I'm sick of your shit
FG
Don't ask why
C
I Hate you now
GF
So go away from me
Am
You're gone, so long
G
I can do better
F
I can do better
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C
Hey, hey you
GF
I found myself again
Am
That's why, goodbye
G
I can do better
F
I can do better
(No chords)
What'd you say?
I told you so
You know that
Because I always know
Get outta my face
Hey Hey
You're not my taste
Hey Hey
I am so
Sick of you
You're on my nerves
I wanted you
Get outta my face
Hey Hey
You're not my taste
Hey Hey
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ED
Won't somebody come take me home
CHORUS:
A Bm D
It's a damn cold night,
A Bm D
Tryin to figure out this life,
A Bm D
Won't you take me by the hand, take me somewhere new,
F#m E D
I don't know who you are, but I,
F#m A
I'm with you
F#m A
I'm with you umm
F#m A
I'm lookin for a place, I'm searching for a face,
F#m A
Is there anybody here I know.
F#m A
Cause nothing's goin' right, and everythings a mess,
F#m A
And no one likes to be alone
ED
Isn't anyone tryin to find me,
ED
Won't someone come take me home
Chorus
ED
Oh, why is everything so confusing,
ED
Maybe I'm just out of my mind
E
Yeah-ee-yeah, yeah-ee-yeah
D
Yeah-ee-yeah, Yeah-ee-yeah
F#m E
Yeah
Chorus
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Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
(So Much For My Happy Ending)
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
(So Much For My Happy Ending)
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Ohhhhh
Bm G
Lets talk this over; its not like we're dead.
DA
Was it something i did ? Was it something you said ?
Bm G
Don't leave me hanging in a city so dead.
DA
Held up so high on such a breakable thread.
PRE CHORUS:
GA
And you were all the things I thought I knew.
GA
And I thought we could be.
Chorus:
GDA
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
GDA
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
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Em G
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
(So Much For My Happy Ending)
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Ohhhh
Bm G
You've got your dumb friends, I know what they say.
DA
They tell you I'm difficult, but so are they.
Bm G
But they don't know me, do they even know you?
DA
All the things you hide from me, all the shit that you do.
PRE CHORUS:
GA
And you were all the things I thought I knew.
GA
And I thought we could be.
CHORUS:
GDA
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
GDA
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
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Em G
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.
Bridge:
AG
It's nice to know that you were there,
GA
Thanks for acting like you cared,
G
And making me feel like I was the only one.
A Bm G
It's nice to know we had it all, thanks for watching as I fall,
A
And letting me know we were done.
Chorus:
GDA
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
GDA
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
Em G
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending
GDA
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
GDA
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
G D A Bm
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
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Em G
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
(So Much For My Happy Ending)
Bm G D A
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Oh
(So Much For My Happy Ending)
Bm G D A G~~~
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh- Oh-Ooooh
16.LINKIN PARK
In Between
Capo +1
1. Verse:
C G Am
Let me apologize to begin with
C G Am G
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
Am G C Am
But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed
C G Am
And somehow I got caught up in between
2. Verse:
C G Am
Let me apologize to begin with
C G Am G
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
Am G C Am
But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed
C G Am
And somehow I got caught up in between
Refrain:
C-G Am
Between my pride and my promise
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C-G Am G
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
Am G Am C
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
Am G Am
The only thing that's worse than one is none
3. Verse:
C G Am
Let me apologize to begin with
C G Am G
Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
Am G C Am
But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed
C G Am
And somehow I got caught up in between
Refrain:
C-G Am
Between my pride and my promise
C-G Am G
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
Am G Am C
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
Am G Am
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Am G Am
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Bridge:
Dm Am
And I cannot explain to you in anything I say or do or plan,
Dm Am
Fear is not afraid of you, but guilt's a language you can understand
Dm
I cannot explain to you in anything I say or do
(Dm) G
but hope the actions speak the words they can
Refrain:
C-G Am
For my pride and my promise
C-G Am G
For my lies and how the truth gets in the way
Am G Am C
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
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Am G
The only thing that's worse than one is...
Refrain:
C-G Am
...pride and my promise
C-G Am G
Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
Am G Am C
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come
Am G Am C
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Am G Am C
The only thing that's worse than one is none
Am G Am
The only thing that's worse than one is none
17. In Pieces
Capo 1
Intro: Em C Am Em B
Em C
Telling me to go
Am Em B
But hands beg me to stay
Em C
Your lips say that you love
Am Em B
Your eyes say that you hate
Em
There's truth in your lies
C
Doubt in your faith
Am Em B
What you build you lay to waste
Em
There's truth in your lies
C
Doubt in your faith
Am Em B
All I've got's what you didn't take
Am C
So I, I won't be the one
G
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Be the one to leave this
D
In pieces
Am C
And you, you will be alone
G
Alone with all your secrets
D
And regrets, don't lie
Em C Am Em B
Em C Am
You promise me the sky
Em B
Then toss me like a stone
Em C Am
You wrap me in your arms
Em B
And chill me to the bone
Em
There's truth in your lies
C
Doubt in your faith
Am Em B
All I've got's what you didn't take
Am C
So I, I won't be the one
G
Be the one to leave this
D
In pieces
Am C
And you, you will be alone
G
Alone with all your secrets
D
And regrets
Em
Don't lie
[Guitar Solo]
C Am Em B
Em C Am Em B
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Am C
So I, I won't be the one
G
Be the one to leave this
D
In pieces
Am C
And you, you will be alone
G
Alone with all your secrets
D
And regrets
Em
Don't lie
C Em C
Em C Em C
Em Em Em Em D D D D
Am D
Water grey through the windows Up the stairs
Am D
Chilling rain Like an ocean Everywhere
Chorus:
C
Don't want to reach for me do you?
F
I mean nothing to you
D
The Little Things Give You Away
C
And now there will be no mistaking
F
The levees are breaking
Am G D
All you've ever wanted
E Am G D E
Was someone to truly look up to you
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Am G F Dm
And six feet / under water
FE
I do
Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares
*Chorus*
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under ground now I
Now I do
(C and D switching)
Little things give you away x5
19.BOB MARLEY
One Drop
G Em
Feel it in the one drop
CD
And we’ll still find time to rap
G Em
We’re making the one stop
CD
The generation gap
G Em
So feel this drum beat
CD
As it beats within
G Em
Playing a rhythm
CD
resisting against the system
G Em C
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Ooh-we I know Jah’d never let us down
CD
Pull your rights from wrong
G Em C
I know Jah’d never let us down
D
Oh no! oh no! oh no!
Verse:
G Em
They made the world so hard
CD
Everyday the people are dying
G Em C D
From hunger and starvation, lamentation
G Em
But read it in Revelation
CD
You’ll find your redemption
G Em
And then you give us the teaching of His Majesty
CD
For we no want no devil philosophy
Chorus:
G Em
Feel it on the one drop
CD
And we still find time to rap
G Em
We’re making the one stop
CD
And we fill in the gap
G Em
So feel this drum beat
C D G Em
As it beats within, playing a rhythm
CD
Fighting against ism and skism
C G/B Am F
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No woman, no cry.
CFCG
No woman, no cry.
C G/B Am F
No woman, no cry. 1st verse
Here Little darlin’, don’t shed no tears. 2nd verse
CFCG
No woman, no cry.
G
Said, said,
C G/B Am F
Said I remember when we used to sit
C G/B Am F
In the government yard in Trenchtown.
C G/B Am F
Oba, Observing the hypocrites 1st verse
And then Georgie would make a fire light 2nd verse
C G/B Am F
As they would mingle with the good people we meet,
As it was log wood burnin’ through the night.
C G/B Am F
Good friends we had oh good friends we’ve lost
Then we would cook corn meal porridge
C G/B Am F
along the way.
of which I’ll share with you.
C G/B Am F
In this bright future you can’t forget your past
My feet is my only carriage,
C G/B Am F
So dry your tears I say And
So, I’ve got to push on through, but while I’m gone I mean…
C G/B Am Fm G
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright. Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright.
C G/B Am Fm G
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright. Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright.
Am F C G/B Am F
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alrigh so, woman, no cry.
CFCCG
No, no woman, no woman, no cry.
C G/B
Oh, my little sister don’t shed no tears.
CFCG
No woman no cry.
C G/B Am F C F C G
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C G/B Am F
No woman, no cry.
CFCG
No woman, no cry.
C G/B Am F
Oh, my little darlin’, I say don’t shed no tears.
CFCG
No woman, no cry.
C G/B Am F
Yeah little darlin’, don’t shed no tears.
CFCG
No woman, no cry.
C G/B Am F C F C
Chorus 1:
G Em
African herbsman, why linger on?
G Em
Just concen-trate, ’cause heaven lives on
G Em
Greet-I-eth slave men will look with a scorn
C D G Em
With a transplanted heart (yes, how quick they had to part)
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Verse 2:
G Em
The re-membrance of to-day
G Em
Is the sad feelin’ of to-morrow
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G Em C
(…How quick …) Oh (… part), oh yeah
Chorus 2:
G Em
African herbsman, seize your time
G Em
I’m takin’ il-lusion on the edge of my mind
G Em
I’m takin’ losers down thru my life
C D G Em
Down thru my life, yeah (yes, how quick they had to part)
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Verse 3:
G Em
Dideh part, yes, they part
G Em
The re-membrance of to-day
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Chorus 3:
G Em
African herbsman, why linger on?
G Em
Just concen-trate, ’cause your heaven lives on
G Em
Greet-I-eth slave men will look with a scorn
C D G Em
With a transplanted heart, yes, how (… quick they have to part)
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Verse 4:
G Em
In re-membrance of to-day
G Em
Brings sad feelings of to-morrow
C
(Yes, how quick they have to …) Lead me on, oh, Lord, I pray to you
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Chorus 2:
G Em
(African herbsman) (African herbsman)
G Em
Chorus 1
A F#m
Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta,
A
There was a Buffalo Soldier,
F#m
In the heart of America
A F#m
Stolen from Africa,brought to America
A F#m
Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
Verse 1
D C#m D C#m
I mean it, when I analyse the stench,
C#m7 Bm7 F#m
To me it makes a lot of sense
D C#m D C#m
How the Dreadlock Rasta
C#m7 Bm7 F#m
Was the Buffalo Soldier
Chorus 2
A F#m
And he was taken from Africa,brought to America
A F#m
Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
A F#m
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta
A F#m
Buffalo Soldier,in the heart of America
Verse 2
D C#m D C#m
If you know your history
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C#m7 Bm7 F#m
Then you would know where your coming from
D C#m D C#m
Then you wouldnt have to ask me_
C#m7 B#m F#m
Who the heck do I think I am
Chorus 3
A
I’m just a Buffalo Soldier
F#m
In the heart of America
A F#m
Stolen from Africa,brought to America
A
Said he was fighting on arrival
F#m
Fighting for survival
A
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier
F#m
Win the war for America
Link 1
A
Said he, woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
F#m A
Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
(A)
Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
F#m A
Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
Bridge
F#m
Buffalo Soldier
D C#m
Trodding through the land
F#m
Said he wanna ran
(F#m)
Then you wanna hand
D C#m E
Trodding through the land,yea,yea
Chorus 4
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(E) A
Said he was a Buffalo Soldier
F#m
Win the war for America
A F#m
Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta
A F#m
Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
A
Driven from the mainland
F#m
To the heart of the Carribean
Link 2
A
Singing,woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
F#m A
Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
(A)
Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
F#m A
Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
Chorus 5
A
Trodding through San Juan
F#m
In the arms of America
A F#m
Trodding through Jamaica,a Buffalo Soldier
A F#m
Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
A F#m
Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta
Coda
A
Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
F#m A
Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
(A)
Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
F#m A
Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
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Cm Cm Cm Cm
Eb Eb Cm Cm
Could you be loved
Ab Ab Eb Eb
and be loved?
Eb Eb Cm Cm
Could you be loved
Ab Ab Eb Cm
and be loved?
Cm Cm Fm Fm Fm Fm
Don’t let them fool you
Cm Cm Cm Cm Fm Fm
or even try to school you,
Fm Fm Cm Cm
Oh, no!
Cm Cm
We’ve got a mind of our own
Ab Cm Fm Fm
So go to hell if what you’re thinking is not right
Cm Cm Cm Cm
Love would never leave us alone.
Ab Gm Bb Bb
In the darkness there must come out the light.
Cm Cm
The road of life is rocky
Cm Cm
and you may stumble too.
Cm Cm
So while you point your fingers
Cm Cm
someone else is judging you.
Cm Cm
Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
Cm Cm
Could you be, could you be loved?
Cm Cm
Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
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Cm Cm
Could you be, could you be loved?
Say something…
24. Jamming
| Bm | E7 |
We’re jamming
G | F#m7 |
I wanna jam it with you,
Bm | E7 |
We’re jamming jamming
G | F#m7 |
and I hope you like jamming too.
Bm E7 | Bm E7 |
Ain’t no rules ain’t no vow we can do it anyhow
G | F#m7 |
and I Jah know will see you through,
Bm E7 | Bm E7 |
‘Cos every day we pay the price with a loving sacrifice
G | F#m7 |
jamming till the jam is through.
We’re jamming
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to think that jamming was a thing of the past,
We’re jamming
and I hope this jam is gonna last.
No bullet can stop us now we neither beg nor will we bow
neither can be bought nor sold.
We all defend the right that the children us unite,
your life is worth much more than gold.
Bm E7
We’re jamming jamming jamming jamming
G F#m7
We’re jamming in the name of the Lord.
Bm E7
We’re jamming jamming jamming jamming
G F#m7
We’re jamming right straight from Jah.
Bm Em
Holy mount Zion
Bm Em
Holy mount Zion
Bm Bm
Jah sitteth in mount Zion
Bm Bm
And rules all Creation, yeah we’re,
Bm E7
we’re jamming.
We’re jamming
I wanna jam it with you.
We’re jamming jamming
I’m jammed I hope you’re jamming too.
Jam’s about my pride and tryth I cannot hide
to keep you satisfied.
True love that now exist is the love I can’t resist
so jam by my side.
Bm E7
We’re jamming jamming jamming jamming
G F#m7
I wanna jam it with you.
Bm E7
Jamming jamming jamming jamming
G F#m7
hope you like jamming too.
25.MAROON 5
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Maroon - Wake Up Call Lyric
Intro: Em
Em
I didn’t hear what you were saying
Am
I live on raw emotion baby
B – Em
I answer questions, never maybe
B Em
And I’m not kind if you betray me
B Am
So who the hell are you to say we
B – Em
Never would’ve made it babe
Em
If you needed love well then ask for love
B
And it’s not my fault ‘cause you both deserve
Chorus1:
Em
Wake up call
B
Don’t you care about me anymore
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You care about me? I don’t think so
Em
Six foot tall
B
He won’t come around here anymore
I don’t think so
Em B – Em
Would have bled to make you happy
B – Am
You didn't need to treat me that way
B – Em
And now you beat me at my own game
B – Em
And now I find sleeping soundly
B – Am
And your lover's screaming loudly
B – Em
I hear a sound and hit the ground
Em
If you needed love well then ask for love
B
And it’s not my fault ‘cause you both deserve
Chorus 2:
Em
Wake up call
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Caught you in the morning with another man in my bed
B
Don’t you care about me anymore
Em
Six foot tall
B
He won’t come around here anymore
Em F#m
I don’t feel so bad
G Am Em F#m
I don’t feel so bad
G Am B
I don’t feel so bad
B
I'm so sorry darling
Wo woah oh ohh…
Chorus 3:
Em
Wake up call
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Don’t you care about me anymore
Em
Six foot tall
B
He won’t come around here anymore
Em F#m
Wake up call
G Am Em F#m G Am
Caught you in the morning with another man in my bed
B
Don’t you care about me anymore
Em
Six foot tall
B
He won’t come around here anymore
Em
I don’t feel so bad
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Intro Lick:
A---------5-------10-9-8----8-6-5---------
E-7----7----8------------------------4--6
G7 Cm7
I was so high I didn't recognize
Fm7 G7
the fire burning in her eyes, the chaos that controlled my mind....
Dm7 X C
Sunday morning rain is falling
Dm7 X Cmaj7
Steal some covers share some skin
Dm7 X C
Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable
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Dm7 X Cmaj7
You twist to fit the mold that I am in
Dm7 X C
But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
Dm7 X Cmaj7
And I would gladly hit the road get up and go if I knew
Dm7 X C
That someday it would lead me back to you
Dm7 X C
That someday it would lead me back to you
Chorus
Dm7 X Cmaj7
That may be all I need
Dm7 X Cmaj7
In darkness she is all I see
Dm7 X Cmaj7
Come and rest your bones with me
Dm7
Driving slow on Sunday morning
X Cmaj7
And I never want to leave
Dm7 X C
Fingers trace your every outline
Dm7 X Cmaj7
Paint a picture with my hands
Dm7 X C
Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm
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Dm7 X Cmaj7
Change of weather still together when it ends
Chorus
SOLO
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|------1-2----------------------------------------------------
A|---3--------3-2-0---2h3----2h3----2h3--------------0-3-3-0---
E|------------------------3------2------1----1-3---3-----------
X
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------5---6-----
D|------1-2------------------------------------------5---5-----
A|---3--------3-2-0---2h3----2h3----2h3--------------3---4-----
E|------------------------3------2------1----1-3---------------
Dm7 X Cmaj7
But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do
Dm7 X Cmaj7
Sunday morning rain is falling and I'm calling out to you
Dm7 X C
Singing someday it'll bring me back to you
Dm7 X C
Find a way to bring myself back home to you
Dm7 X Cmaj7
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That may be all I need
Dm7 X Cmaj7
In darkness she is all I see
Dm7 X Cmaj7
Come and rest your bones with me
Dm7
Driving slow on Sunday morning
X Cmaj7.....and so on
Driving slow?
C#m B
Beaty queen of only eighteen
C#m B
She had same trouble with herself
C#m B
He was always there to help her
C#m B
She always belonged to someone else
C#m B
I drove for miles and miles
C#m B
And wound up at your door
C#m B C#m
I’ve had you so many times but somehow
B
I want more
EB
Chorus: I don’t mind spending everyday
C#m B
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Out on your corner in the pouring rain
EB
Look for the girl with a broken smile
C#m A
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
E B C#m A
And she will be loved she will be loved
C#m B
Tap on my window knock on my door
C#m B
I want to make you feel beautiful
C#m B
I know I tend to get to insecure
C#m B
It doesn’t matter anymore
C#m B
It’s not always rainbow and butterflies
C#m B
It’s compromise that moves us along
C#m B
My heart is full and my doors always open
C#m B
You can come anytime you want
EB
Chorus I I: I don’t mind spending everyday
C#m B
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
EB
Look for the girl with a broken smile
C#m A
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
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E B C#m A
And she will be loved, she will be loved
E B C#m A
And she will be loved, she will be loved
C#m B C#m
I know where you hide alone in your car
B
Know all of the things that make you who you are
C#m B C#m
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
BA
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
C#m B
Tap on my window knock on my door
C#m B
I wanna to make you feel beautiful
EB
I don’t mind spending everyday
C#m B
Out on your corner in the pouring rain oh
EB
Look for the girl with a broken smile
C#m A
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
E B C#m B
And she will be loved she will be loved
E B C#m A
And she will be loved and she will be loved
E B C#m B
Please don’t try so hard to say goodbye
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E B C#m A
Please don’t try so hard to say goodbye
A
Please don’t try so hard to say goodbye
GA
And you don't have the time
GD
And it really makes me wonder
G A Bm
If I ever gave a f**k about you
[Chorus]
Bm D A
Give me something to believe in
G Bm D
Cause I don't believe in you
AG
Anymore, Anymore
Bm D A Bm
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try
(Yeah)
AG
So this is goodbye
Intro
C Am G F G
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Verse
C
Well when you go
Am
Don’t ever think I’ll make you try to stay
G
And maybe when you get back
C
I’ll be off to find another way
C
And after all this time that you still owe
Am
You’re still the good for nothing I don’t know
G
So take your gloves and get out, better get out
C
While you can
Chorus:
FG
When you go
G/G# A5 G5 F5
Would you even turn to say
F/E F
I don’t love you
G
Like I did
C
Yesterday
Verse
C
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
Am
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
G
But baby when they knock you down and out
C
It’s where you oughta stay
C
And after all the blood that you still owe
Am
Another dollar’s just another blow
G
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So fix your eyes and get up, better get up
C
While you can
31. Helena
Long ago
Just like the hearse you died to get in again,
We are so far from you.
C#m E C#m A
Burning on, just like a match you start to incinerate
C#m B
the lives, of every one you knew.
G#m A C#m B
And whats the worst to take, from every heart you break.
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G#m A C#m B E
like a blade you stain, I've been holding on tonight.
E B C C#m
Whats the worst thing I can say? Things are better if I stay.
CE
So long and goodnight, so long and goodnight!
C#m E C#m A
Came a time, where every star fall brought you to tears again.
C#m B
we are the very hurt you sold.
G#m A C#m B
And whats the worst to take, from every heart you break.
G#m A C#m B E
like a blade you stain, I've been holding on tonight.
E B C C#m
Whats the worst thing I can say? Things are better if I stay.
CE
So long and goodnight, so long and goodnight!
E B C C#m
And if I carry on this way, thing are better if I stay.
CE
So long and goodnight, so long and goodnight!
E B C C#m
Whats the worst thing I can say? Things are better if I stay.
CE
So long and goodnight, so long and goodnight!
E B C C#m
And if I carry on this way, thing are better if I stay.
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CE
So long and goodnight, so long and goodnight!
32. Teenagers
EE
They’re gonna clean up your looks
EE
With all the lies and the books
EB
To make a citizen out of you
AA
Because they sleep with a gun
E
And keep an eye on you son
BE
So they can watch all the things you do
EE
Because the drugs never work
EE
They gonna give you a smirk
EB
Cause they got methods
E
Of keeping you clean
A
They’re gonna rip out your heads
E
Your aspirations to shreads
BE
Another caught in the murder machine
EE
They say all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
EB
They could care less as long as someone will bleed
A
So darken your clothes
E
Or strike a violent pose
B
Maybe they’ll leave you alone
E
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But not me
EE
The boys and girls in the clique
EE
The awful names that they stick
EB
You’re never gonna fit in much kid
A
But if you’re troubled and hurt
E
What you got under your shirt
BE
We’ll make them pay for the things that they did
EE
They say all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
EB
They could care less as long as someone will bleed
A
So darken your clothes
E
Or strike a violent pose
B
Maybe they’ll leave you alone
E
But not me
* oh yeah *
(Solo)
EE
They say all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
EB
They could care less as long as someone will bleed
A
So darken your clothes
E
Or strike a violent pose
B
Maybe they’ll leave you alone
E
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But not me
Verse
Bm D Em
If I died we’d be together
F#m Bm
I can’t always just forget her
D Em
But she could try
F#m
Chorus
G
Or the last thing I see
Em
You are
Never coming home, Never coming home
Bm
Could I? Should I?
D
And all the things that you never ever told me
G
And all the smiles that are ever ever
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Em
Ever Get the feeling that you’re never
Bm D Em
All alone and I remember now
F#m Bm
At the top of my lungs in my arms she dies
D Em
She dies!
F#m
At the end of the world
G
Or the last thing I see
Em
You are
Never coming home, Never coming home
Bm
Could I? Should I?
D
And all the things that you never ever told me
G
And all the smiles that are ever ever gonna haunt me
Em
Never coming home, Never coming home
Bm
Could I? Should I?
D
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
G
For all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me
Em
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Bridge
If I fall…
If I fall…
Down
Bm
G
Or the last thing I see
Em
You are
Never coming home, Never coming home
Bm
Never coming home, Never coming home
D
And all the things that you never ever told me
G
And all the smiles that are ever ever gonna haunt me
Em
Never coming home, Never coming home
Bm
Could I? Should I?
D
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
G
For all the ghosts that are never gonna
Em
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My father took me into the
Am C D
city to see a marching band.
GD
He said, "Son when you grow up,
Em D Am C D
would you be the saviour of the broken, the beaten and the damned?"
GD
He said "Will you defeat them,
Em D Am C D
your demons, and all the non believers, the plans that they have made?"
GD
Because one day I'll leave you,
Em D
A phantom to lead you in the
Am C D
summer, to join the black parade."
GD
We'll carry on,
Em D
We'll carry on
Am C
And though you're dead and gone believe me
D
Your memory will
GD
carry on
Em D
We'll carry on
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Am C
And in my heart I can't contain it
D
The anthem won't explain it.
G D Em D
A woman sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Am C D
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
GD
So paint it black and take it back
Em D
Lets shout it loud and clear
Am C
Defiant to the end
D
We hear the call
GD
To carry on
Em D
We'll carry on
Am C
And though you're dead and gone believe me
D
Your memory will
GD
Carry on
Em D
We'll carry on
Am C
And though you're broken and defeated
D
Your weary widow marches
Em Am
On and on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh
Em Am
Disappointed faces of your peers
Ooh oh ohhhh
CD
Take a look at me cause I could not care at all
G
Do or die
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D
You'll never make me
Em D
Because the world, will never take my heart
Am C
You can try, you'll never break me
DD
You want it all, you wanna play this part
G
I won't explain or
D
Say I'm sorry
Em D
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Am
Give a cheer, for all the broken
D
Listen here, because it's who we are
GD
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
Em D
I'm just a boy, who's meant to sing this song
Am
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
DDD
I -- don't -- care
GD
We'll carry on
Em D
We'll carry on
Am C
And though you're dead and gone believe me
D
Your memory will
GD
Carry on
Em D
You'll carry on
Am C
And though you're broken and defeated
D
Your weary widow marches on
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We'll carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry
We'll carry on
GD
(Do or die You'll never make me
Em D
Because the world, will never take my heart
Am C
You can try, you'll never break me
Interlude: D5
D5
So many
C5 Bb5
Bright lights they cast a shadow
A5 G5
But can I speak
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A5 Bb5
Well is it hard understanding?
C5 D5
I'm incomplete
C5 Bb5
A life that's so demanding
A5 G5
I get so weak
A5 Bb5
A love that's so demanding
C5
I can't speak
F5 E5
Chorus: I am not afraid to keep on living
D5 A5 Bb5
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
C5
Honey if you stay I'll be forgiven
G5 C5 D5
Nothing you can say can stop me going home
Int: D5
D5
Can you see?
C5 Bb5
My eyes are shining bright
A5 G5
'Cause I'm out here, on the other side
A5 Bb5
Of a jet black hotel mirror
C5 D5
And I'm so weak
C5 Bb5
Is it hard understanding?
A5 G5
I'm incomplete
A5 Bb5
A love that's so demanding
C5
I get weak
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Back to: Chorus (2x)
D5 C5 Bb5 A5 G5 F5 G5 A5
These bright lights have always blinded me
D5 C5 Bb5 A5 G5 F5 G5 C5
These bright lights have always blinded me
F5
I say
E5 D5
I see you lying next to me
A5 Bb5
With words I thought I'd never speak
C5 G5
Awake, and unafraid
C5 Bb5 A5
Asleep, or dead
D5
(*) 'Cause I see you lying next to me
C5 Bb5
With words I thought I'd never speak
C5 G5
Awake, and unafraid
C5 A5
Asleep, or dead
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