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Chemicals
From "Economy"
To play the main riff on the acoustic, use your thumb to play the G so you 
can hammer on the B string. For the F, hammer off the B string.
John Mark plays the Am7 and C by sliding up the G position, but it plays fine
in standard.
Capo 2
Intro 
 G-  F-  Am7- C  
Verse 1
GA room sometimes is a body Fwith the loneliest Am7viewC  G  
Gand porch lights grow dim with every Fonsetting hour 
and the Am7stars seem so Cfinite to Gyou
Chorus 1
Am7but love it ain't like the chemiGcals, babe 
cuz the Fchemicals Am7don't hang Garound
Am7everybody's drilling for a fGountain of youth
losing yFears oAm7n the way CdownG  
losing yFears oAm7n the way CdownG  
Verse 2
A melody can be exhausted babe, short of friend and fame
cuz the birds they don't sing in the winter short of spring
and even then they only sing in the day 
Chorus 2
but love it ain't like a melody babe cuz the birds don't hang around
everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth 
but sometimes in these fountains they drown
sometimes in these fountains they drown
Bridge
But I wanna Clove you when the blood of my veins don't know Ghow to
call out your name, yeah I wanna Clove you when the Am7birds Cdon't hang Garound
Solo over verse chords
Chorus 3
but love it ain't like the chemicals, babe 
cuz the chemicals don't hang around
everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth
but sometimes in these fountains they CdrownG/B  Bb6  Asus4  G  
For the Bb6, play the chord in the intro to "Over the Hills and Far Away".
from C back to G, and that's a cool sounding chord.

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Chemicals

by John Mark McMillan

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

G/B

Bb6

Asus4

Chemicals

From "Economy"

To play the main riff on the acoustic, use your thumb to play the G so you

can hammer on the B string. For the F, hammer off the B string.

John Mark plays the Am7 and C by sliding up the G position, but it plays fine

in standard.

Capo 2

Intro

G F Am7 C

- - -

Verse 1

G F Am7 C G

A room sometimes is a body with the loneliest view

G F

and porch lights grow dim with every onsetting hour

Am7 C G

and the stars seem so finite to you

Chorus 1

Am7 G

but love it ain't like the chemicals, babe

F Am7 G

cuz the chemicals don't hang around

Am7 G

everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth

F Am7 C G

losing years on the way down

F Am7 C G

losing years on the way down

Verse 2

A melody can be exhausted babe, short of friend and fame

cuz the birds they don't sing in the winter short of spring

and even then they only sing in the day

Chorus 2

but love it ain't like a melody babe cuz the birds don't hang around

everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth

but sometimes in these fountains they drown

sometimes in these fountains they drown

Bridge

C G

But I wanna love you when the blood of my veins don't know how to

C Am7 C G

call out your name, yeah I wanna love you when the birds don't hang around

Solo over verse chords

Chorus 3

but love it ain't like the chemicals, babe

cuz the chemicals don't hang around

everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth

C G/B Bb6 Asus4 G

but sometimes in these fountains they drown

For the Bb6, play the chord in the intro to "Over the Hills and Far Away".

from C back to G, and that's a cool sounding chord.

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