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Chords:
C: x32010
G6: 320000
Am: x02210
F: 133211
Em: 022000
Intro: C, G6, Am, G6, C x2
CI hear you G6knocking on the Amdoor,
but G6you ain't comin' Cin, no, no,
to this G6house no Ammore.
Cause G6it ain't Clike,
it ain't G6like it was beAmfore.
You G6went a-Csailin' on for that G6distant Amshore.
COh, G6oh, Amoh...
CTrue, we had G6love so Amtrue, 
oh G6we had Cskies so blue,
we had G6skies so Amblue.
G6So CI, I had my G6hopes up Amhigh,
till G6all I Cheard was goodbye when I G6called for Amyou.
FI turn the key, you Ctwist the G6knife,
I can't Amwin,
no I can't Fwin.
Now you're Cknockin' on the Emdoor but you can't come Amin.
Oh Amno...
So you take it on the Cchin,
yeah you G6take it on the Amweak chin.
Then you G6do it all Cagain and again,
tell me G6when will it Amend.
And G6now you come Cback,
oh yeah, you G6crawled on Amback,
with your G6head held Chigh and your book of lies in a G6burlap Amsack.
   G6  CI just don't know, honey, G6what went Amwrong.G6  
CLove just can't grow when you're G6gone so Amlong.G6  
FI turn the key, you Ctwist the G6knife,
I can't Amwin,
no I can't Fwin.
Now you're Cknockin' on the Emdoor but you can't come Amin.
Oh Amno...
COh, you G6just don't Amknow,
G6Which way the Cwind is G6going to Amblow.G6  
CNo, you just G6don't Amknow,
G6Just when the Csky is G6going to Amfall.G6  
You've been a Csoldier,
you've been a G6privaAmteer,
now you're G6looking much Colder, yes you G6are, my Amdear.
Now you're G6back Cagain,
from the G6lion's Amden,
you've for a G6plagiarist's Ceye,
you've got a G6poison Ampen.G6  
FI turn the key, you Ctwist the G6knife,
I can't Amwin,
no I can't Fwin.
Now you're Cknockin' on the Emdoor but you can't come Amin.
Oh Amno...
G6-C             G6  Am  
Oh, you just don't know,
G6Which way the Cwind is G6going to Amblow.G6  
CNo, you just G6don't Amknow,
G6Just when the Csky is G6going to Amfall.G6  
CLove can bend you, love can G6break,
Amhearts can mend and hearts can G6ache.
CLife will give you what you G6take,
Amoh, life will give you what you G6take.
CLove can bend you, love can G6break,
Amhearts can mend and hearts can G6ache.
C G6 Am till the end!

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Twist The Knife

by Sam Roberts

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Chords:

C: x32010

G6: 320000

Am: x02210

F: 133211

Em: 022000

Intro: C, G6, Am, G6, C x2

C G6 Am

I hear you knocking on the door,

G6 C

but you ain't comin' in, no, no,

G6 Am

to this house no more.

G6 C

Cause it ain't like,

G6 Am

it ain't like it was before.

G6 C G6 Am

You went a-sailin' on for that distant shore.

C G6 Am

Oh, oh, oh...

C G6 Am

True, we had love so true,

G6 C

oh we had skies so blue,

G6 Am

we had skies so blue.

G6 C G6 Am

So I, I had my hopes up high,

G6 C G6 Am

till all I heard was goodbye when I called for you.

F C G6

I turn the key, you twist the knife,

I can't win,

no I can't win.

C Em Am

Now you're knockin' on the door but you can't come in.

Oh no...

So you take it on the chin,

G6 Am

yeah you take it on the weak chin.

G6 C

Then you do it all again and again,

G6 Am

tell me when will it end.

G6 C

And now you come back,

G6 Am

oh yeah, you crawled on back,

G6 C G6 Am

with your head held high and your book of lies in a burlap sack.

G6 C G6 Am G6

I just don't know, honey, what went wrong.

C G6 Am G6

Love just can't grow when you're gone so long.

F C G6

I turn the key, you twist the knife,

I can't win,

no I can't win.

C Em Am

Now you're knockin' on the door but you can't come in.

Oh no...

C G6 Am

Oh, you just don't know,

G6 C G6 Am G6

Which way the wind is going to blow.

C G6 Am

No, you just don't know,

G6 C G6 Am G6

Just when the sky is going to fall.

You've been a soldier,

G6 Am

you've been a privateer,

G6 C G6 Am

now you're looking much older, yes you are, my dear.

G6 C

Now you're back again,

G6 Am

from the lion's den,

G6 C

you've for a plagiarist's eye,

G6 Am G6

you've got a poison pen.

F C G6

I turn the key, you twist the knife,

I can't win,

no I can't win.

C Em Am

Now you're knockin' on the door but you can't come in.

Oh no...

G6 Am

G6-C

Oh, you just don't know,

G6 C G6 Am G6

Which way the wind is going to blow.

C G6 Am

No, you just don't know,

G6 C G6 Am G6

Just when the sky is going to fall.

C G6

Love can bend you, love can break,

Am G6

hearts can mend and hearts can ache.

C G6

Life will give you what you take,

Am G6

oh, life will give you what you take.

C G6

Love can bend you, love can break,

Am G6

hearts can mend and hearts can ache.

C G6 Am till the end!

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