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Intro:    G    D    Dsus    D    C(x2)
(note that some C2's are added here (lift second finger)) 
Verse 1:
When I first laid eyes Con you
Well, Gthe night just felt sDo oCdd
You looked at me and the stars lined Gup
                Em            D  C//
So I thought I'd heard from God
And I gave him my best shot
Chorus:
GLoving you Dwas like tChrowing a laGsso arCound a tGornado
I tCried to Dhold on to 
TGook a rDide on a Ctilt-a-whGirl that sits on tCop of the wGorld
Man, I thCought I could sDhow you
                Em7            D  C//
I've always been afraid of flying
                     C               D   G(Intro Chords 2x)
But you can't blame a girl for trying
Verse 2:
Felt like a pCearl when I was holding your hGand
So precious DI foCrgot
You could have any gCirl but I only wanted onGe man
And you were Emeverything I'm nCot
Still I gave it my best Gshot
Chorus:
GLoving you Dwas like tChrowing a laGsso arCound a tGornado
I tCried to Dhold on to 
GTook a Dturn on a Chigh traGpeze swinging over Cthe deGep
I Cthought I coulDd show you
                 Em            D  C//
I've always been afraid of flying
But you cCan't blame a girl for Dtrying
Bridge:
Cadd9Like a vine bends a tree Gto the ground
DI won't hold you down
I Cadd9tried to climb just as high
But GI found all the Dclouds touch the gCadd9round
In this sAmmall town
Instr:    G   D   C   Gx2
End Chorus:
GTook a rFide on a hCigh trGapeze sCwinging over the dGeep
I tChought I Dcould show you
That I've aGlways been aD/F#fraid of Cflying
                                    Am   G(Intro Chords 4x)
But you can't blame a girl for trying
No, you can't blame a girl.... heCeeey

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Lasso

by The Band Perry

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus

Em7

Cadd9

D/F#

G D Dsus D C

Intro: (x2)

(note that some C2's are added here (lift second finger))

Verse 1:

When I first laid eyes on you

G D C

Well, the night just felt so odd

You looked at me and the stars lined up

Em D C

So I thought I'd heard from God

And I gave him my best shot

Chorus:

G D C G C G

Loving you was like throwing a lasso around a tornado

C D

I tried to hold on to

G D C G C G

Took a ride on a tilt-a-whirl that sits on top of the world

C D

Man, I thought I could show you

Em7 D C

I've always been afraid of flying

C D G

(Intro Chords 2x)

But you can't blame a girl for trying

Verse 2:

C G

Felt like a pearl when I was holding your hand

D C

So precious I forgot

C G

You could have any girl but I only wanted one man

Em C

And you were everything I'm not

Still I gave it my best shot

Chorus:

G D C G C G

Loving you was like throwing a lasso around a tornado

C D

I tried to hold on to

G D C G C G

Took a turn on a high trapeze swinging over the deep

C D

I thought I could show you

Em D C

I've always been afraid of flying

C D

But you can't blame a girl for trying

Bridge:

Cadd9 G

Like a vine bends a tree to the ground

I won't hold you down

Cadd9

I tried to climb just as high

G D Cadd9

But I found all the clouds touch the ground

In this small town

G D C G

Instr: x2

End Chorus:

G F C G C G

Took a ride on a high trapeze swinging over the deep

C D

I thought I could show you

G D/F# C

That I've always been afraid of flying

Am G

(Intro Chords 4x)

But you can't blame a girl for trying

No, you can't blame a girl.... heeeey

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