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I'm a novice guitar player, but these chords all sounded right. They may not be placed 
precisely in the lyrics where they're supposed to be, but they're very close at the 
worst. You can figure where they go by ear when playing anyways.
RIP Rilo Kiley. Or better yet come back from the dead.
Just in case I got the chord names wrong:
Cmaj7: 032000 (it may be x32000 actually)
C7: 032310 (x32310?)
Fm: 133111
Intro (yes the entirety of the first 1:47 intro is C)
C
CI should have kCmaj7nown
With a bC7oy like you, your middle name is alwFays
I'd alFmways love you-ooohC  
Uh-huhuGh, yeaChG  
CYou let the nCmaj7eedle drop
C7I think that you could do so much bFetter
Those convFmentions are taking
Their tColl on youG  C  G  
The phFantom
GIs disguised
It's Chorrifyin'
Cmaj7Right before your C7eyes
The phFantom
GIs inside
And CI should have Cmaj7known
With a bC7oy like you your middle name is alFways
I'd alFmways want you-oooCh
Uh-huhGuh yeaChG  
The pFhantom
GIs disguised
It's hCorrifyin'
Cmaj7Right before your C7eyes
The pFhantom
GIs inside
It's hCideous
Cmaj7Right before your C7eyes
The pFhantom
Is wGatching
      C      Cmaj7   C7( Amworks fine too, but 
 C7makes more sense)
You---------------
The Fphantom
Is watching yFmou
(You)..C.

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Always

by Rilo Kiley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

I'm a novice guitar player, but these chords all sounded right. They may not be placed

precisely in the lyrics where they're supposed to be, but they're very close at the

worst. You can figure where they go by ear when playing anyways.

RIP Rilo Kiley. Or better yet come back from the dead.

Just in case I got the chord names wrong:

Cmaj7

: 032000 (it may be x32000 actually)

: 032310 (x32310?)

: 133111

Intro (yes the entirety of the first 1:47 intro is C)

C Cmaj7

I should have known

C7 F

With a boy like you, your middle name is always

Fm C

I'd always love you-oooh

G C G

Uh-huhuh, yeah

C Cmaj7

You let the needle drop

C7 F

I think that you could do so much better

Those conventions are taking

C G C G

Their toll on you

The phantom

Is disguised

It's horrifyin'

Cmaj7 C7

Right before your eyes

The phantom

Is inside

C Cmaj7

And I should have known

C7 F

With a boy like you your middle name is always

Fm C

I'd always want you-oooh

G C G

Uh-huhuh yeah

The phantom

Is disguised

It's horrifyin'

Cmaj7 C7

Right before your eyes

The phantom

Is inside

It's hideous

Cmaj7 C7

Right before your eyes

The phantom

Is watching

C Cmaj7 C7 Am

( works fine too, but

makes more sense)

You---------------

The phantom

Is watching you

(You)...

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