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Step 1 / 10Position: 1
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
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Tuning:EADGBe
Chords are:
F#m   ABm7add4 E7   D   Bm7   F#m7   Esus4   E  G  
e|---2------0--------x-------0----2------2------2-----0-----0----3--|
B|---2------2--------3-------3----3------3------2-----0-----0----0--|
G|---2------2--------2-------1----2------2------2-----2-----1----0--|
D|---4------2--------2-------2----0------4------2-----2-----2----0--|
A|---4------0--------2-------2----x------2------4-----2-----2----3--|
E|---2------x--------x-------0----x------x------2-----0-----0----2--|
F#m   ABm7add4 E7  
What if there was no light
Nothing wrong, nothing rDight
F#m   ABm7add4
What if there was no time
E7And no reason or rhDyme
Bm7What if you should decide?E7  
That you doF#mn’t want be theDre by your siE7de
That you don’F#mt want me theDre in your liE7fe
F#m   ABm7add4 E7  
What if I got it wrong?
And no poem or soDng
F#m   ABm7add4 E7  
Could put right what I got wrong
Or make you feel I belong?D  
Bm7And what if you should decideE7  
That you don’t F#mwant me therDe by your sideE7  
That you don’t F#mwant me therDe in your lifeE7  
DOoh, that’s Bm7right
F#m7Lets take a breath jump ovEsus4er the sideE  
DOoh, that’Bm7s right
F#m7How can you know it if you Esus4don’t even tEry?
DOoh, that’s Bm7right
F#m   ABm7add4 E7  
Every step that you take
Could be your biggest misDtake
F#m   ABm7add4 E7  
It could bend or it could break
That’s the risk that you Dtake
Bm7And what if you should deE7cide
That you doF#mn’t want me therDe in your lifeE7  
That you doF#mn’t want me therDe by your sideE7  
DOoh, that’s righBm7t
F#m7Lets take a breath jump oEsus4ver the sidEe
DOoh, that’s rBm7ight
F#m7How can you know it when you doEsus4n’t even tryE  
DOoh, thaBm7t’s right
Oooooooooooooo
DOoh, thBm7at’s right
F#m7Lets take a breath jump oEsus4ver the sidEe
DOoh, tBm7hat’s right
F#m7You know that darkness haEsus4s turned inEto light
DOoh Bm7that’s right
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