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Hanging On To Nothing

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Can play 3x0202, x24232 (or x24230 or x24430), x02220
ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 B FC O
[INTRO]
 Gmaj9|  Bm7   A| | |
[VERSE 1]
   GWrote you like a thousand times
   BmI might'Ave lost track
   GCalling you up at night
   BmI think AI fucked up
   GI see it's over now
   BmThat I Acan't hide among
   the Gskies that we've been given
   The Bmpath is now forAbidden
[PRE-CHORUS]
    GYou say that you're in
    Bm7  Alove with me
    Gbut I can't be tamed,
    Bm7  Aimpossibly
    GWe try and we fall
    Bm7  Adesperately
n.c.
   (It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe)
[CHORUS 1]
    Gmaj9'Cause every time that you Bm7leave me I'm Aloving it
     Gmaj9And every time that I'm Bm7set free I'm Ahanging on to Gnothing
(  G)                           Bm7  A  
     Just for you babe,   just for you
     Gmaj7Just for you babe,   Bm7just for A6you
[VERSE 2]
    I've Gmaj9told you like a million lies
    Bm7To keep Ayou satisfied
    Gmaj9Kisses for your appetite
    Bm7To keep Aus far away from Gadd9fighting
    It's Bm7over now and I Acan't hide
   the Gskies that we've been given
   The Bmpath is now forAbidden
[PRE-CHORUS]
    GYou say that you're in
    Bm7  Alove with me
    Gbut I can't be tamed,
    Bm7  Aimpossibly
    GWe try and we fall
    Bm7  Adesperately
n.c.
   (It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe)
[CHORUS 2]
n.c.                      Gmaj9            Bm7  A  
    'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it
     Gmaj9And every time that I'm Bm7set free I'm Ahanging on to Gnothing
(  G)                           Bm7  A  
     Just for you babe,   just for you
     GJust for you babe,   Bm7just for F#m7you
    Gmaj9'Cause every time that you Bm7leave me I'm Aloving it
     Gmaj9Every time that I'm Bm7set free I'm Ahanging on to Gnothing
(  G)                           Bm7  A  
     Just for you babe,   just for you
     Gmaj7Just for you babe,   Bm7just for A6you
[BRIDGE]
     BmIt's unreal, how we bleed
     AI can't seem to break free Gfrom these chains
     that were made, G6made A6just for Bmme
     I try and I fall Adesperately
Gmaj7                             n.c.
    (It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe)
[FINAL CHORUS]
n.c.
    'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it
(swell)
n.c.                         Bm           A
     And every time that I'm set free I'm hanging on to nothing
(  G)                           Bm7  A  
     Just for you babe,   just for you
     GJust for you babe,   Bm7just for F#m7you
    Gmaj9'Cause every time that you Bm7leave me I'm Aloving it
     Gmaj9And every time that I'm Bm7set free I'm Ahanging on to Gnothing
(  G)                           Bm7  A  
     Just for you babe,   just for you
     Gmaj7Just for you babe,   Bm7just for A6you
[OUTRO]
     Gmaj9It's like I am hanging on to Bm7nothing just for Ayou babe
     Gmaj9It's like I am hanging on to Bm7nothing just for Ayou babe
     Gmaj9It's like I am hanging on to Bm7nothing just for Ayou babe
                             Gmaj9                Bm7         An.c.
     It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe

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Hanging On To Nothing

by Måns Zelmerlöw

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj9

Bm7

Gmaj7

Gadd9

F#m7

Can play 3x0202, x24232 (or x24230 or x24430), x02220

ORDER: I V1 PC C1 V2 PC C2 B FC O

[INTRO]

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

| | | |

[VERSE 1]

Wrote you like a thousand times

Bm A

I might've lost track

Calling you up at night

Bm A

I think I fucked up

I see it's over now

Bm A

That I can't hide among

the skies that we've been given

Bm A

The path is now forbidden

[PRE-CHORUS]

You say that you're in

Bm7 A

love with me

but I can't be tamed,

Bm7 A

impossibly

We try and we fall

Bm7 A

desperately

n.c.

(It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe)

[CHORUS 1]

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it

Gmaj9 Bm7 A G

And every time that I'm set free I'm hanging on to nothing

G Bm7 A

( )

Just for you babe, just for you

Gmaj7 Bm7 A6

Just for you babe, just for you

[VERSE 2]

Gmaj9

I've told you like a million lies

Bm7 A

To keep you satisfied

Gmaj9

Kisses for your appetite

Bm7 A Gadd9

To keep us far away from fighting

Bm7 A

It's over now and I can't hide

the skies that we've been given

Bm A

The path is now forbidden

[PRE-CHORUS]

You say that you're in

Bm7 A

love with me

but I can't be tamed,

Bm7 A

impossibly

We try and we fall

Bm7 A

desperately

n.c.

(It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe)

[CHORUS 2]

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

n.c.

'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it

Gmaj9 Bm7 A G

And every time that I'm set free I'm hanging on to nothing

G Bm7 A

( )

Just for you babe, just for you

G Bm7 F#m7

Just for you babe, just for you

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it

Gmaj9 Bm7 A G

Every time that I'm set free I'm hanging on to nothing

G Bm7 A

( )

Just for you babe, just for you

Gmaj7 Bm7 A6

Just for you babe, just for you

[BRIDGE]

It's unreal, how we bleed

A G

I can't seem to break free from these chains

G6 A6 Bm

that were made, made just for me

I try and I fall desperately

Gmaj7 n.c.

(It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe)

[FINAL CHORUS]

n.c.

'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it

(swell)

n.c. Bm A

And every time that I'm set free I'm hanging on to nothing

G Bm7 A

( )

Just for you babe, just for you

G Bm7 F#m7

Just for you babe, just for you

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

'Cause every time that you leave me I'm loving it

Gmaj9 Bm7 A G

And every time that I'm set free I'm hanging on to nothing

G Bm7 A

( )

Just for you babe, just for you

Gmaj7 Bm7 A6

Just for you babe, just for you

[OUTRO]

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe

Gmaj9 Bm7 A

n.c.

It's like I am hanging on to nothing just for you babe

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