Boxes chords by Gavin James

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC DmDm A minorAm FF

Verse 1:
C majorC
Went to the wrong school
DmDm
Wearing the wrong shoes
A minorAm             FF             C majorC
They told me that I should sit down and just bite my tongue

'Cause if you're lucky
DmDm
You'll get to university
A minorAm
Say three hail Marys
FF                C majorC   DmDm
And everything bad will be gone

Refrain:

     A minorAm   G+G    FF
But I'm so tired of standing still
      A minorAm         G+G     FF
And I'm not buying what you're trying to sell

Chorus:
         C majorC
So don't wake me up
     DmDm                A minorAm
If you're only going to tell me to give it up
     FF             C majorC
Then say everything I do is never enough
       DmDm
'Cause you're lying through your teeth
     A minorAm
We don't fit into your boxes
     FF
We're all different underneath
        C majorC  DmDm
Don't wake me up


Verse 2:
C majorC
When I got my first guitar
DmDm
My father told me "Son
A minorAm               FF             C majorC
Four chords is all you need to show people just who you are"

So I played to strangers
DmDm
Down by the backstreets
A minorAm                  FF
And everytime they caught me dreaming I'd say

Chorus:

         C majorC
So don't wake me up
     DmDm                A minorAm
If you're only going to tell me to give it up
     FF             C majorC
Then say everything I do is never enough
       DmDm
'Cause you're lying through your teeth
     A minorAm
We don't fit into your boxes
     FF
We're all different underneath
        C majorC  DmDm
Don't wake me up
        A minorAm  FF
Don't wake me up


Refrain:
       A minorAm    G+G    FF
'Cause I'm so tired of standing still
      A minorAm         G+G     FF
And I'm not buying what you are trying to sell
         C majorC  DmDm  A minorAm
So don't wake me up


Chorus:

FF         C majorC
Oh, oh, oh, don't wake me up
     DmDm                A minorAm
If you're only going to tell me to give it up
     FF             C majorC
Then say everything I do is never enough
       DmDm
'Cause you're lying through your teeth
     A minorAm
We don't fit into your boxes
     FF
We're all different underneath
        C majorC  DmDm
Don't wake me up
        A minorAm  FF
Don't wake me up
        C majorC  DmDm  A minorAm  FF
Don't wake me up
        C majorC
Don't wake me up

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