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Slow Dancing In A Burning Room Tab - John Mayer

intro

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[Verse:]

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It's not a silly little moment. It's not the storm before the calm.

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This is the deep and dying breath. This love that we've been workin' on.

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Can't seem to hold you like I want to. But I can feel you in my arms.

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Nobodies gonna come and save us. We've pulled too many false alarms.

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We're goin' down... And you can see it too.

We're goin' down... And you know that we're doomed.

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My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room.

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E- 022100
C#m7- x 4 6 6 0 0
Aadd9- 5 7 7 6 0 0
Badd11- 7 9 9 8 0 0
F#m11- 2 4 4 2 0 0

C#m7 Aadd9 E

C#m7 Aadd9 E

[Verse]

C#m7
It's not a silly little moment
Aadd9 E
It's not the storm before the calm
C#m7
This is the deep and dying breath of
Aadd9 E
This love that we've been working on
C#m7
Can't seem to hold you like I want to
Aadd9 E
So I can feel you in my arms
C#m7
Nobody's gonna come and save you
Aadd9 E
We've pulled too many false alarms
Badd11
We're going down
C#m7 Aadd9
And you can see it too
Badd11
We're going down
C#m7 F#m11
And you know that we're doomed
C#m7 Aadd9 E
My Dear we're slow dancing in a burning room

[Verse]
C#m7
I was the one you always dreamed of
Aadd9 E
You were the one I tried to draw
C#m7
How dare you say it's nothing to me
Aadd9 E
Baby you're the only light I ever saw
C#m7
I'll make the most of all the sadness
Aadd9 E
You'll be a bitch because you can
C#m7
You try to hit me just to hurt me so you leave me feeling dirty
Aadd9 E
Because you can't understand
Badd11
We're going down
C#m7 Aadd9
And you can see it too
Badd11
We're going down
C#m7 F#m11
And you know that we're doomed
C#m7 Aadd9 E
My Dear we're slow dancing in a burning room

[Bridge]
F#m11 C#m7 Badd11 F#m11
Go Cry about it why don't you (repeat 3 times)
C#m7 Aadd9 E
My Dear we're slow dancing in a burning room

C#m7
Don't you think we outta know by now
Aadd9 E
Don't you think we should've learned somehow
C#m7
Don't you think we outta know by now
Aadd9 E
Don't you think we should've learned somehow
C#m7
Don't you think we outta know by now
Aadd9 E
Don't you think we should've learned somehow

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