Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
Eb MajorEb (DbDb) 4x
(I never thought it would happen to me but
I never thought it would happen to me but)
Verse 1:
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No one should ever
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have to look
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at themselves
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I steer clear of graveyards
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They are cliche
Eb MajorEb (DbDb) (AbAb)
In my death-obsessed generation
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No one should ever
Eb MajorEb (DbDb)
have to look
Eb MajorEb (DbDb) (AbAb)
at themselves
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High school teen dream
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dies in the hospital
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leaves behind a journal and a pair of Air Jordans
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Lyrics of popular rock ballads
Eb MajorEb DbDb A augmentedA
Changed to include his name
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb
I’m taking back my heart
DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
You were digging a hole for it six feet deep
(At the state park, at the state park)
Chorus:
AbAb Eb MajorEb
I didn’t want you to hear
AbAb
That shake in my voice
FF
My pain is my own
AbAb Eb MajorEb
And when the cops shook me down
AbAb
I cried walking home
FF AbAb Bb majorBb
I cried walking hooooooome
FF AbAb Eb MajorEb
Hooooooome
Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb (DbDb)
You and me are
Eb MajorEb
connected now
(DbDb) Eb MajorEb (DbDb) (AbAb)
We were in one photograph and we don’t even look happy
Eb MajorEb (DbDb) Eb MajorEb
I can't commit to a crime
(DbDb) Eb MajorEb (DbDb) (AbAb)
to commit I need to get one done for the biography because
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When I split the scene
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Leave the party early
Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
What am I leaving behind me?
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Just a memory
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Another body
Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
It ain’t no pair of Air Jordans
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Something is ringing
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Death is playing his
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Xylophone ribs for me
Instrumental:
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
Chorus:
AbAb Eb MajorEb
I didn’t want you to hear
AbAb
That shake in my voice
FF
My pain is my own
AbAb Eb MajorEb
And when the cops shook me down
AbAb
I cried walking home
FF
I cried walking home
AbAb Eb MajorEb
I didn’t want you to hear
AbAb
That shake in my voice
FF
My pain is my own
AbAb Eb MajorEb
And when the cops shook me down
AbAb
I cried walking home
FF AbAb Bb majorBb
I cried walking hooooooome
FF AbAb Bb majorBb
Hooooooome
FF AbAb Eb MajorEb
Hooooooome
Outro:
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb DbDb
Eb MajorEb DbDb AbAb
Eb MajorEb DbDb
Don’t worry
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I’m worrying for two
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So don’t worry baby
Eb MajorEb DbDb
Don’t worry
Eb MajorEb DbDb Eb MajorEb
I’m worrying for two
DbDb AbAb
So don’t worry baby