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| She & Him- I Knew It Would Happen This Way |
Tuning: Its actually on D, but I prefer to play in on standard EADGBe
Chords:
E:       022100
F#m:     244222
F#mmaj7: 243222
F#m7:    242222
F#m6:    244242
G#m:     466444
Bm:      x24432
C#:      x46664
D6sus2:  xx0200
Intro
 E-  D-  E-  D-  E-  D-  Bm- C#  
e|------------------------------------------------------0---0-------------------|
B|-2-2-2-0---0~-2~---------2-2-2-0--------0---0h2-0-------0---0-0h2-0-2~--------|
G|---------2----------2~-----------2--------2-------2~--------------------------|
D|-----------------3~-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
          F#mF#mmaj7             F#m7   F#m6D6sus2                        F#m    G#m  C#  
Verse
                    F#mF#mmaj7
Hair got caught in the sunlight, darling
But F#m7I    just wasted the F#m6day
  D6sus2                        F#m   G#m  C#  
I knew   it would happen this way
                 F#mF#mmaj7
Can't get up in the morning lately
And F#m7I'm  just stuck in a F#m6dream
    D6sus2                           F#m   G#m  C#  
I'm always in this ship in the stream
 F#mF#mmaj7     F#m7       F#m6D6sus2                    F#m   G#m  C#  
I'm not     wasting away and you    don't want me anymore
                        F#mF#mmaj7
You're free to do what you want,   I know
But F#m7I    can't be on the F#m6clock
D6sus2                            F#m  
I      won't be waiting on the dock
e|-----------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----2~--3---3~----------------------------------------------|
G|-1-2---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------0~--0-0h2-4~--4-0h2h4-0--2--4~--------|
A|-------------------0h2---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
           F#m7D6sus2                                F#m  
Hair got caught in the sunlight, darling
But I just wasted the day
I knew it would happen this way
Can't get up in the morning lately
And I'm just stuck in a dream
I'm always in this ship in the stream
I'm not wasting away and you don't want me anymore
You're free to do what you want, I know
But I can't be on the clock
I won't be waiting on the dock

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I Knew It Would Happen This Way

by She & Him

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#m7

F#m6

G#m

| She & Him- I Knew It Would Happen This Way |

Tuning: Its actually on D, but I prefer to play in on standard EADGBe

Chords:

: 022100

F#m

: 244222

F#mmaj7: 243222

F#m7

: 242222

F#m6

: 244242

G#m

: 466444

: x24432

: x46664

D6sus2: xx0200

Intro

E D E D E D Bm C#

- - - - - - -

e|------------------------------------------------------0---0-------------------|

B|-2-2-2-0---0~-2~---------2-2-2-0--------0---0h2-0-------0---0-0h2-0-2~--------|

G|---------2----------2~-----------2--------2-------2~--------------------------|

D|-----------------3~-----------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

F#m F#m7 F#m6 F#m G#m C#

F#mmaj7 D6sus2

Verse

F#m

F#mmaj7

Hair got caught in the sunlight, darling

F#m7 F#m6

But I just wasted the day

F#m G#m C#

D6sus2

I knew it would happen this way

F#m

F#mmaj7

Can't get up in the morning lately

F#m7 F#m6

And I'm just stuck in a dream

F#m G#m C#

D6sus2

I'm always in this ship in the stream

F#m F#m7 F#m6 F#m G#m C#

F#mmaj7 D6sus2

I'm not wasting away and you don't want me anymore

F#m

F#mmaj7

You're free to do what you want, I know

F#m7 F#m6

But I can't be on the clock

F#m

D6sus2

I won't be waiting on the dock

e|-----------0-------------------------------------------------|

B|-----2~--3---3~----------------------------------------------|

G|-1-2---------------------------------------------------------|

D|-----------------------0~--0-0h2-4~--4-0h2h4-0--2--4~--------|

A|-------------------0h2---------------------------------------|

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

F#m7 F#m

D6sus2

Hair got caught in the sunlight, darling

But I just wasted the day

I knew it would happen this way

Can't get up in the morning lately

And I'm just stuck in a dream

I'm always in this ship in the stream

I'm not wasting away and you don't want me anymore

You're free to do what you want, I know

But I can't be on the clock

I won't be waiting on the dock

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