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Nelly Furtado
[Intro] 
 Em   D   Am(2x)
[Verse 1]
   Em  DAll I Amknow
Is evEmerything is nDot as it's sAmold
    Embut the Dmore I gAmrow the leEmss I knowD  Am  
       EmAnd DI have lived Amso many lives
       EmThough I'm Dnot oAmld
       EmAnd the morDe I sAmee, the less I grow
The fEmewer the seDeds the more I Amsow
[Chorus 1]
       EmThen I sCee you standing theGre, 
Dwanting more from Emme , and alCl I can Gdo is trDy
       EmThen I sCee you standing thGere
wDanting more from Emme , and aCll I can dGo i-i-i-iDs    EmtryD  Am  
EmtryD  Am  
[Verse 2]
     EmI wish I haDdn't sAmeen          EmalDl of the Amrealness
       EmAnd alDl the real peAmople are rEmeally not rDeal at Amall
      EmThe mDore I leAmarn, the more I leaEmrn 
the more DI cAmry , the more I cry
      EmAs I say DgoodAmbye to the way of lEmife
I thought I Dhad designAmed for me
[Chorus 2]
       EmThen I sCee you standing tGhere, 
Dwanting more from Emme , and alCl I can Gdo is trDy
       EmThen I sCee you standing tGhere
I am Dall I'll ever Embe , but aCll I can dGo i-i-i-iDs    tEmryD  Am  
Oh oohh tEmry D  Am  
Emtry-y-y-y-y         D                  Am  Emtry-y-y-Dy-y Am  
e|--------------12------------------------------12-----------------|
B|--12--12--13------15--12----------12--12--13------15--12---------|
G|--------------------------14--12--------------------------14--12-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em          D       Am              Em      D       Am
e|--------------12------------------------------12-----------------|
B|--12--12--13------15--12----------12--12--13------15-------------|
G|--------------------------14--12---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
[Outro]
AEmll of the momCents that alrGeady pDassed
We'll Emtry to go baCck and maGke them lDast
AEmll of the thCings we want each Gother to Dbe
We Emnever will Cbe, we nGever will bDe 
And that's      EmwondeCrfulG,           Dand that'Ems lifeC  G  D  
And that's Emyou, babCy , this is Gme, babDy
And we aEmre,          Cwe aGre,       Dwe aEmre,       Cwe arGeD  
And we aEmre,          Cwe arGe,        DFreeeeeEmeeeeeeeeCeG  D  
In our looooEmooooove       C         G      Dwe aEmaaaaaaCaaare G  D  
free in Emour looooooCoooooooGoooove     D       Em      C      G              DtEmry
e|--------------12------------------------------12-----------------|
B|--12--12--13------15--12----------12--12--13------15--12---------|
G|--------------------------14--12--------------------------14--12-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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by Nelly Furtado

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Nelly Furtado

[Intro]

Em D Am

(2x)

[Verse 1]

Em D Am

All I know

Em D Am

Is everything is not as it's sold

Em D Am Em D Am

but the more I grow the less I know

Em D Am

And I have lived so many lives

Em D Am

Though I'm not old

Em D Am

And the more I see, the less I grow

Em D Am

The fewer the seeds the more I sow

[Chorus 1]

Em C G

Then I see you standing there,

D Em C G D

wanting more from me , and all I can do is try

Em C G

Then I see you standing there

D Em C G D Em D Am

wanting more from me , and all I can do i-i-i-is try

Em D Am

try

[Verse 2]

Em D Am Em D Am

I wish I hadn't seen all of the realness

Em D Am Em D Am

And all the real people are really not real at all

Em D Am Em

The more I learn, the more I learn

D Am

the more I cry , the more I cry

Em D Am Em

As I say goodbye to the way of life

D Am

I thought I had designed for me

[Chorus 2]

Em C G

Then I see you standing there,

D Em C G D

wanting more from me , and all I can do is try

Em C G

Then I see you standing there

D Em C G D Em D Am

I am all I'll ever be , but all I can do i-i-i-is try

Em D Am

Oh oohh try

Em D Am Em D Am

try-y-y-y-y try-y-y-y-y

e|--------------12------------------------------12-----------------|

B|--12--12--13------15--12----------12--12--13------15--12---------|

G|--------------------------14--12--------------------------14--12-|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Em D Am Em D Am

e|--------------12------------------------------12-----------------|

B|--12--12--13------15--12----------12--12--13------15-------------|

G|--------------------------14--12---------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Outro]

Em C G D

All of the moments that already passed

Em C G D

We'll try to go back and make them last

Em C G D

All of the things we want each other to be

Em C G D

We never will be, we never will be

Em C G D Em C G D

And that's wonderful, and that's life

Em C G D

And that's you, baby , this is me, baby

Em C G D Em C G D

And we are, we are, we are, we are

Em C G D Em C G D

And we are, we are, Freeeeeeeeeeeeee

Em C G D Em C G D

In our looooooooove we aaaaaaaaaare

Em C G D Em C G D Em

free in our looooooooooooooooove try

e|--------------12------------------------------12-----------------|

B|--12--12--13------15--12----------12--12--13------15--12---------|

G|--------------------------14--12--------------------------14--12-|

D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

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