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SACRIFICE: ANOUK (in: D#) (O. Boumans/S. Van Amerongen) 4/4 - Slow
Capo   : First Fret, or Transpose all Chords one semi-tone up (top page left).
|     |: Measure with Chord of 4-Counts.
[Intro:] |    D|    A|    C|    G|
[Verse]
                             D|    A|
  WHO'S THE ONE THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY,
                                        C|    G|
  AND WHO'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU LAUGH.
                          D|      A|
  WHO'S THE REASON YOU WERE SMILING,
                                       C|    G|
  AND DRAGGED YOU THROUGH THESE TIMES SO ROUGH.
[Verse]
                            D|    A|
  I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE YOU HAPPY,
                                 C|    G|
  AND I WAS THE ONE THAT EASED THE PAIN.
                               D|         A|
  BUT I'M THE REASON THAT YOU'RE CRYING NOW,
                              C|    G|
  MY OWN TEARS SCATTERED BY THE RAIN.
[Chorus]
                  D|    A|                  C|   Gsus4|
  YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME,     YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME,
               D|    A|                          C|    G|
  YOU CAN SET ME FREE,   YOU CAN BE  WHO YOU WANNA BE.
Interlude: |    D|    A|    C|    G|
[Verse]
                                  D|        A|
  DEEPER THAN DEEP YOU TOOK ME ON A TRIP BABY,
                                   C|    G|
  YOU SHARED YOUR WILDEST DREAMS AND MORE.
                                   D|     A|
  YOU DARE ME TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS TO YOU,
                          C|    G|
  I NEVER FELT THAT NEED BE-FORE.
[Verse]
/                                 / /  /
                        D|       A   A   A#  B|
  BUT SUDDENLY YOU NEEDED FREEDOM,
                           C|       G|
  YOU FELT THE NEED TO BREAK FREE, OH.
                             D|     A|
  YOU STARTED DROWNING IN YOUR SORROW,
                                C|        G|
  YOU DIDN'T WANNA KNOW I HAD THE KEY, YEAH.
Chorus + Outro:
                     D|    A|                  C|   Gsus4|
SO,  YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME,     YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME, BABY.
                           / /  /
               D|         A   A   A#  B|                         C|
  YOU CAN SET ME FREE YEAH,         YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA,
                         G|D  
  YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA BE.
       |            A|       C|          G|            D|    A|
YOU YOU YOU,  YOU YOU YOU CAN,   SACRIFICE ME, SACRIFICE ME,
                           /                                /
                         C|                         G|    D|      D  
  YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA,  YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA BE.

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Sacrifice

by Anouk

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Gsus4

SACRIFICE: ANOUK (in: D#) (O. Boumans/S. Van Amerongen) 4/4 - Slow

Capo : First Fret, or Transpose all Chords one semi-tone up (top page left).

| |: Measure with Chord of 4-Counts.

D A C G

[Verse]

D A

| |

WHO'S THE ONE THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY,

C G

| |

AND WHO'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU LAUGH.

D A

| |

WHO'S THE REASON YOU WERE SMILING,

C G

| |

AND DRAGGED YOU THROUGH THESE TIMES SO ROUGH.

[Verse]

D A

| |

I WAS THE ONE THAT MADE YOU HAPPY,

C G

| |

AND I WAS THE ONE THAT EASED THE PAIN.

D A

| |

BUT I'M THE REASON THAT YOU'RE CRYING NOW,

C G

| |

MY OWN TEARS SCATTERED BY THE RAIN.

[Chorus]

D A C Gsus4

| | | |

YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME, YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME,

D A C G

| | | |

YOU CAN SET ME FREE, YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA BE.

D A C G

[Verse]

D A

| |

DEEPER THAN DEEP YOU TOOK ME ON A TRIP BABY,

C G

| |

YOU SHARED YOUR WILDEST DREAMS AND MORE.

D A

| |

YOU DARE ME TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS TO YOU,

C G

| |

I NEVER FELT THAT NEED BE-FORE.

[Verse]

/ / / /

D A A A# B

| |

BUT SUDDENLY YOU NEEDED FREEDOM,

C G

| |

YOU FELT THE NEED TO BREAK FREE, OH.

D A

| |

YOU STARTED DROWNING IN YOUR SORROW,

C G

| |

YOU DIDN'T WANNA KNOW I HAD THE KEY, YEAH.

Chorus + Outro:

D A C Gsus4

| | | |

SO, YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME, YOU CAN SACRIFICE ME, BABY.

/ / /

D A A A# B C

| | |

YOU CAN SET ME FREE YEAH, YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA,

G D

YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA BE.

A C G D A

| | | | | |

YOU YOU YOU, YOU YOU YOU CAN, SACRIFICE ME, SACRIFICE ME,

/ /

C G D D

| | |

YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA, YOU CAN BE WHO YOU WANNA BE.

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