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Key: G

    G                          G/C
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|   2x
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|


    G                          G/C                          G
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
  Let  me  just tell  you I   really should go back    to  sleep.


   G/C                          G                          G/C
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
                   It’s   not  that  I’m ungrateful
I   have too many memories  to


    G                          G/C                          G
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
   keep.                                              I  wish you could feel just how


   G/C                         G                            G/C
E|--------1-----------1------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
A|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
   heavy   I am     all   the  time.                                           Some -


    G                          G/C                         G
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
  - times  when  I  smile  I   bite my lip so  I  don’t    cry.


   G/C                         Am                          Dsus2
E|--------3-----------3------|--------0-----------0------|--------0-----------0------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------1-----------1--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
                      And  it  bu       -       rns                          for  a


   G          G/C               G                          Am
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------0-----------0------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------1-----------1--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------0---0---0----|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
E|--3---3---3----------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
   while.                                         And it  hurts all the more when you


    D7                         G           G/C             G
E|--------2-----------2------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------1-----------1--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--------------0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3----------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
   carry    the world   as a   child.


    G                          G/C                         G
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------3-----------3------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--2------------------------|--3------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|--3------------------------|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
   All that I've wanted is to talk to someone   who  is      dead.

   G/C                          G                          G/C
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
                     But un  - fortunately   I   can’t   call him
so I  sing  ins-


    G                          G/C                         G
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
   -tead.                                            No
I’d  never   tell  you to


  Dm                           G                          G/C
E|--------1-----------1------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
A|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
  cover  yourself     in  a   lie
but


    G                          G/C                         G
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
   I will still bite my  lip  harder  so  that  I   don't  cry.


   G/C                          Am                          D
E|--------3-----------3------|--------0-----------0------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------1-----------1--|------------2-----------2--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
A|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
                     And it    bu            -          rns                    for a


    G          G/C              G                          Am
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------0-----------0------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------1-----------1--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------0---0---0----|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
E|--3---3---3----------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
    whi  -    le.                                And  it  hurts all the more when you


    D                            G          G/C              G
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------2-----------2--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--------------0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3----------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
   carry   the world   as  a   child.                                         And  I



   Am                           Dm         G/D               G          G/C
E|--------0-----------0------|--------1-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------1-----------1--|------------3-----------2--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|---------------------------|
D|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--------------0---0---0----|
A|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|--3---3---3----------------|
   bu    -   rn                                       for   my    -  self.


    G                           Am                          N/C
E|--------3-----------3------|--------0-----------0------|---------------------------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------1-----------1--|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|---------------------------|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
                     ‘Cause I know that I should when its  screaming   at me  to be


    G          G/C              G          G/C             Am
E|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|--------0-----------0------|
B|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|------------1-----------1--|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------0---0---0----|--------------0---0---0----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
A|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|
E|--3---3---3----------------|--3---3---3----------------|---------------------------|
  felt.                                            And we  bu     -         rn


   D7                          G            G/C             G
E|--------2-----------2------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------1-----------1--|------------3-----------3--|------------3-----------3--|
G|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--------------0---0---0----|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|
E|---------------------------|--3---3---3----------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|
                  all    the   time.                                       ‘Cause it


   Am                           D                           G          G/C
E|--------0-----------0------|--------3-----------3------|--------3-----------3------|
B|------------1-----------1--|------------2-----------2--|------------3-----------3--|
G|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3----|---------------------------|
D|--2---2---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|--------------0---0---0----|
A|--0---0---0---0---0---0----|---------------------------|--2---2---2---3---3---3----|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|--3---3---3----------------|
  hurts all the more when you carry    the  world   as  a  child.


    G           G/C
E|--------3----------3----3--|--3-------------------------|
B|------------3------3----3--|--3-------------------------|
G|---------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------0-----------|----------------------------|
A|--2---2---2----3-----------|----------------------------|
E|--3---3---3----------------|----------------------------|
                    dum  bum   bum




Chords :

   G   G/C   Dm    Am   Dsus2   D7
E|-3----3----1-----0------0-----2--|
B|-3----3----3-----1------3-----1--|
G|-0----0----2-----2------2-----2--|
D|-0----0----0-----2------0-----0--|
A|-2----3----x-----0------x-----x--|
E|-3----x----x-----x------x-----x--|


Alternate Picking Pattern:

E|--------X------------X------|
B|-------------X-----------X--|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----X------------X----------|
E|--X---X---X----X---X---X----|

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