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False Alarms

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Cmajor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 22Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

This was done by me, I don not know if these are the true chords, but they sound darn
Capo 3, standard tuning
Verse
CI-i, I-i, I wish I could say it like.G. I mean it
Wish I could say that I.Am. have seen it
Breathin' in the Fday-ay-light
CI-i, I-i, I wish all the words would come unG-done
And all the webs that I.Am. have spun...
They're coverin' my Feye-eyes.... o-o-ohAm  G  F  
    COh... tell me that there's something trGue, I'm... blind to the sight of you,
  AmOh... deafened by the false alarmFs
    COh... tell me that you've got controGl, oh... tell me it's the world you
Amhold in your hands... you... Fhold in your hands...
bridge chords:
(Am, F, C, G) X2
instrumental at the end of the verse (replaces Am,G,F) (is actually played on bass but,
wth lets just play it on the top 4 strings of the guitar for fun!)
G|----2-----0----------------------------------------|
D|------------3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
A|--0-----2------------------------------------------|
E|0-----3--------------------------------------------|

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False Alarms

by Steve Moakler

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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This was done by me, I don not know if these are the true chords, but they sound darn

Capo 3, standard tuning

Verse

C G

I-i, I-i, I wish I could say it like.. I mean it

Wish I could say that I.. have seen it

Breathin' in the day-ay-light

C G

I-i, I-i, I wish all the words would come un-done

And all the webs that I.. have spun...

F Am G F

They're coverin' my eye-eyes.... o-o-oh

C G

Oh... tell me that there's something true, I'm... blind to the sight of you,

Am F

Oh... deafened by the false alarms

C G

Oh... tell me that you've got control, oh... tell me it's the world you

Am F

hold in your hands... you... hold in your hands...

bridge chords:

Am F C G

(, , , ) X2

instrumental at the end of the verse (replaces Am,G,F) (is actually played on bass but,

wth lets just play it on the top 4 strings of the guitar for fun!)

G|----2-----0----------------------------------------|

D|------------3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---|

A|--0-----2------------------------------------------|

E|0-----3--------------------------------------------|

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