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Em  C  A
Em  C  A
C  A  C  A  C  A  G
A  C  A  C  A  C  E  Em
Tears me Cup to get sAtuck at the gatesEm  
How you sCtay in one pAlace like molassesC  
AAll you wCant
AAll you wCant
AIs someGbody to get oAff
COnA… ConA… ConE…Em  
AliCbi with the mAan that you offerEm  
All the waCys it's untArue, I won't fight C  
AAll you're nCot
AAll you're nCot
AAll disGhonest in your heAart 
CHeaArt… CheaArt… CheaErt…Em  
LullaCby and they pAlay it on the guitar Em  
Fire you Cup to get Aout and get some C  
AAll this Cis 
AAll this Cis 
ABut the Gbottle did get dAropped
COuAt… CouAt… CouEt…
Em   C   A
Em   C   A   C
AAll you wCant
AAll you wCant 
AIs someGbody to get Aoff
COnA… ConA… ConE.

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The Gates

by Metric

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Em C A

C A C A C A G

A C A C A C E Em

C A Em

Tears me up to get stuck at the gates

C A C

How you stay in one place like molasses

A C

All you want

A C

All you want

A G A

Is somebody to get off

C A C A C E Em

On… on… on…

C A Em

Alibi with the man that you offer

C A C

All the ways it's untrue, I won't fight

A C

All you're not

A C

All you're not

A G A

All dishonest in your heart

C A C A C E Em

Heart… heart… heart…

C A Em

Lullaby and they play it on the guitar

C A C

Fire you up to get out and get some

A C

All this is

A C

All this is

A G A

But the bottle did get dropped

C A C A C E

Out… out… out…

Em C A

Em C A C

A C

All you want

A C

All you want

A G A

Is somebody to get off

C A C A C E

On… on… on.

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