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Afraid by Nico
I think the actual song is in A, but I tabbed it in C because I find it much 
easier to play and sing along. Most of us girls cannot comfortably sing as low as Nico could. :)
(Intro)
 C   C/B   Am   G   F   C(G) X2
(Verse 1)
        C          C/B           Am           G         F      C(G)
Cease to know or to tell or to see or to be your own
        C          C/B           Am           G         F      C(G)
Cease to know or to tell or to see or to be your own
CHave someone Felse’s Gwill as your Fown
CHave someone Felse’s Gwill as your Fown
CYou are Embeautiful and Amyou are aGlone
CYou are Embeautiful and Amyou are aGlone
(Break)
 C   C/B   Am   G   F   C(G) X2
(Verse 2)
         C   C/B       Am           G           F        C(G)
Often the adolescent plague, reward your grace
         C   C/B       Am           G           F        C(G)
Often the adolescent plague, reward your grace
CConfuse your Fhunger, Gcapture the Ffake
CConfuse your Fhunger, Gcapture the Ffake
CBanish the Emfaceless, reAmward your Ggrace
CBanish the Emfaceless, reAmward your Ggrace
(Outro)
 C   C/B   Am   G   F   C(G) X2

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Afraid

by Nico (Christa Päffgen)

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C/B

Afraid by Nico

I think the actual song is in A, but I tabbed it in C because I find it much

easier to play and sing along. Most of us girls cannot comfortably sing as low as Nico could. :)

(Intro)

C C/B Am G F C G

() X2

(Verse 1)

C C/B Am G F C G

()

Cease to know or to tell or to see or to be your own

C C/B Am G F C G

()

Cease to know or to tell or to see or to be your own

C F G F

Have someone else’s will as your own

C F G F

Have someone else’s will as your own

C Em Am G

You are beautiful and you are alone

C Em Am G

You are beautiful and you are alone

(Break)

C C/B Am G F C G

() X2

(Verse 2)

C C/B Am G F C G

()

Often the adolescent plague, reward your grace

C C/B Am G F C G

()

Often the adolescent plague, reward your grace

C F G F

Confuse your hunger, capture the fake

C F G F

Confuse your hunger, capture the fake

C Em Am G

Banish the faceless, reward your grace

C Em Am G

Banish the faceless, reward your grace

(Outro)

C C/B Am G F C G

() X2

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