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Counting The Ways

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Intro:   G   D/F#   Em7  Cadd9  
I think she plays it like this:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-------3-----------3----------3------0-|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----|
D|---0-----------0----------2------------|
A|------------------------3------------3-|
E|-3------------1------------------------|
   G           D/F#      Cadd9
GOh my darling D/F#I'm so far in, I Emcan't see my Cadd9feet
Your Dwater deep is Cadd9washing over Gme
GFifty states must sD/F#eparate us Embut it only Cadd9makes me Dsee
Cadd9How much you Gmean
Em7When your whisper brought me Cadd9outta my slumber
GI stumbled under sDome kind of spell
Em7Now the distance gives me rCadd9eason to wonder
GHow I'll recover fDrom our farewell
Cause these Gdays, doesn't Dmatter what you sayEm7  
I'm a Cadd9mess when you're awayG  
And uDnless you come back,
Em7I'll be one step Cadd9closer to insaneG  
It's Denough to keep me lEm7yin' wide aCadd9wake
Counting the Dways that I miss you Gbabe
[Verse 2]
GComplications, cD/F#onversations, Emlate into the nCadd9ight
I'm oDver the same oCadd9ld hello goodGbye
So Gleave me speechless, I D/F#miss that feeling
EmWith each lonely Cadd9evening that Dgoes by, Cadd9I can't descGribe
Well Em7San Francisco has a Cadd9way with the summer
And Gfall does a number to DNew York City
Em7But regardless of the Cadd9season above us
GYou're doing something that's sDure to get me
Cause these Gdays, doesn't Dmatter what you sayEm7  
I'm a Cadd9mess when you're awayG  
And uDnless you come back,
Em7I'll be one step Cadd9closer to insaneG  
It's Denough to keep me lEm7yin' wide aCadd9wake
Counting the Dways that I miss you baEmbe
CSave me, Ggive my troubled Dheart
What it's been Emaching Cdaily foGrD  
I'm Emhoping, you Cknow me Genough to see
That DI can't be Calone Danymore
Cause these Gdays, doesn't Dmatter what you sayEm7  
I'm a Cadd9mess when you're awayG  
And uDnless you come back,
Em7I'll be one step Cadd9closer to insaneG  
It's Denough to keep me lEm7yin' wide aCadd9wake
Counting the Dways that I miss you Gbabe

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Counting The Ways

by Kate Voegele

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

Em7

Cadd9

G D/F# Em7 Cadd9

Intro:

I think she plays it like this:

e|---------------------------------------|

B|-------3-----------3----------3------0-|

G|-----0-----0-----0-----0----0----0-----|

D|---0-----------0----------2------------|

A|------------------------3------------3-|

E|-3------------1------------------------|

G D/F# Cadd9

G D/F# Em Cadd9

Oh my darling I'm so far in, I can't see my feet

D Cadd9 G

Your water deep is washing over me

G D/F# Em Cadd9 D

Fifty states must separate us but it only makes me see

Cadd9 G

How much you mean

Em7 Cadd9

When your whisper brought me outta my slumber

G D

I stumbled under some kind of spell

Em7 Cadd9

Now the distance gives me reason to wonder

G D

How I'll recover from our farewell

G D Em7

Cause these days, doesn't matter what you say

Cadd9 G

I'm a mess when you're away

And unless you come back,

Em7 Cadd9 G

I'll be one step closer to insane

D Em7 Cadd9

It's enough to keep me lyin' wide awake

D G

Counting the ways that I miss you babe

[Verse 2]

G D/F# Em Cadd9

Complications, conversations, late into the night

D Cadd9 G

I'm over the same old hello goodbye

G D/F#

So leave me speechless, I miss that feeling

Em Cadd9 D Cadd9 G

With each lonely evening that goes by, I can't describe

Em7 Cadd9

Well San Francisco has a way with the summer

G D

And fall does a number to New York City

Em7 Cadd9

But regardless of the season above us

G D

You're doing something that's sure to get me

G D Em7

Cause these days, doesn't matter what you say

Cadd9 G

I'm a mess when you're away

And unless you come back,

Em7 Cadd9 G

I'll be one step closer to insane

D Em7 Cadd9

It's enough to keep me lyin' wide awake

D Em

Counting the ways that I miss you babe

C G D

Save me, give my troubled heart

Em C G D

What it's been aching daily for

Em C G

I'm hoping, you know me enough to see

D C D

That I can't be alone anymore

G D Em7

Cause these days, doesn't matter what you say

Cadd9 G

I'm a mess when you're away

And unless you come back,

Em7 Cadd9 G

I'll be one step closer to insane

D Em7 Cadd9

It's enough to keep me lyin' wide awake

D G

Counting the ways that I miss you babe

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