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The Great Escape

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Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Step 1 / 53Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Capo 4.
e|Em7--3-Cadd9---3---G-3-Dsus4---3--A7sus4--3----|
B|--3----3----3----3----3----|
G|--0----0----0----2----0----|
D|--2----2----0----0----2----|
A|--2----3----2----0----0----|
E|--0----x----3----x----x----|
[Intro]
(x4)
e|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|--------------------------0---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--3-------2-------0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Cadd9Paper bags and plastic hearts
GAll are belongings in shopping carts
Em7It's goodbye
Cadd9But we got one more night
GLet's get drunk and ride around
Dsus4And make peace with an empty town
Cadd9We can make it right
[Chorus]
Throw it Em7away
Forget yesterCadd9day
We'll make the Ggreat escDsus4ape
We won't hear a Em7word they sCadd9ay
They don't know us aGnywDsus4ay
A7sus4Watch it burn
GLet it die
Cadd9Cause we are finally Dsus4free tonight
(x2)
e|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|--------------------------0---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--3-------2-------0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
Cadd9Tonight will change our lives
GIt's so good to be by your side
Em7But we'll cry
Cadd9We won't give up the fight
GWe'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
Dsus4And they'll think it's just cause we're young
Cadd9And we'll feel so alive
[Chorus]
Throw it Em7away
Forget yesterCadd9day
We'll make the Ggreat escDsus4ape
We won't hear a Em7word they sCadd9ay
They don't know us aGnywDsus4ay
A7sus4Watch it burn
GLet it die
Cadd9Cause we are finally Dsus4free tonight
[Bridge]
Cadd9All of the wasted time
GThe hours that were left behind
Dsus4The answers that we'll never find
A7sus4They don't mean a thing tonight
Em7   Cadd9   G   Dsus4(x2)
[Chorus]
(strum once)
Throw it Em7away
Forget yesterCadd9day
We'll make the Ggreat escDsus4ape
We won't hear a Em7word they sCadd9ay
They don't know us aGnywDsus4ay
[Chorus]
Throw it Em7away
Forget yesterCadd9day
We'll make the Ggreat escDsus4ape
We won't hear a Em7word they sCadd9ay
They don't know us aGnywDsus4ay
Throw it Em7away
Forget yesterCadd9day
We'll make the Ggreat escDsus4ape
We won't hear a Em7word they sCadd9ay
They don't know us aGnywDsus4ay
A7sus4Watch it burn
GLet it die
Cadd9Cause we are finally Dsus4free tonight
[Outro]
(x6)
e|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|--------------------------0---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--3-------2-------0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------|
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| x Dead note
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