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A |-----------------|-rest------------|-9<7-------------|-rest------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
verse 1
Shayla worked in a factory she wasn't
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A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
history she's just a number
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A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|--rest-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
one day she gets her final pay and she goes
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A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
far away
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A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|--rest-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
bit of a fill
lots of ooing and woing
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D |-----------------|-6 7 6 4 6-- ----|-----6 7 6 4 6---|-----------------|
A |------4----------|-----------4-----|---------------7-|-----------------|
E |-4-7-----7 5-----|-----------------|-7 5-------------|-rest------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
verse 2
as verse 1 but not the fill
green trees, call to me
I am free but life is so cheap
scenery is still outside of me
all alone trapped by its beauty
two notes into chorus
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A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------- 4 7---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
chorus
Shayla turned to run away to leave in peace and end her stay
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D |-----------------|-----------------|----------------6|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------7-|-9 7 ----9-------|-9 7 5-----------|
E |-5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
years of fear were in her way lost in space and down she came
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D |-----------------|-----------------|----------------6|-----------------|
A |-----------------|----------------7|---9 7---9-------|--9 7 5----------|
E |-5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 &
short guitar riff can't work out bass line but it follows this riff
play it twice
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A |-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-5---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
verse 3
as verse 1 but after 2nd line put this little bit in
suddenly some subtle entity
some cosmic energy brushed her like shadows
down here we stay to wonder
cause on the freeway bright lights and thunder
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D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------9>11 9-----|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------11 9l
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
repeat the fill which follows verse 1 and add this little jangle
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E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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Last Updated: February 9, 2026