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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
Guitar Riff - 10 bars, vocals start at end of 10th bar
e|-Am----------------|-Am----------------|-E7----------------|-E7----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------2-----0---|-----------------|-------2-----0---|-----------------|
A|-0-0-0---------3-|-0-0-0-----------|---------------3-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-------0-----0-3-|-4-4-4-----------|-4-4-4-0-----0-2-|
e|-G----------------|-G----------------|-D7----------------|-D7----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------3-2-|-3-2-------0---2-|-0---------3--2--|-0---------------|
E|-3-3-3-----------|-------3---------|-----------------|---------------0-|
                     F            F("Well iAmt started...")
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-------2-2--0----|-----------------|
D|---------------3-|-3-------------3-|-2---------------|
A|-------3-3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verse]
Well it Amstarted as a game
using E7pleasure using pain
We got Ghigher and higher that D7way
But it Fdidn't work today
Even Amthough it felt so right
Nothing's E7permanent in life
so it's Guseless to hold on so Dtight
[Chorus]
You've gotta give it Fup give it up give it up
OhhAmh give it up give it up
OhhE7h give it up give it up you lost conDtrol
cause nothing stands around too long
[Instrumental]
(repeat Guitar Riff from intro)
Am    E    G    D    F
[Verse]
so now Ameverything has changed
and your E7heart's been rearranged
until Gnothing we've known here reDmains
and you Fsay you shouldn't stay
as you're tAmaking off your clothes
you think it's E7loving I suppose
it's just you Gendlessly needing coDntrol
[Chorus]
Well you've gotta give it Fup give it up give it up
OhhAmh give it up give it up
OhhEh give it up give it up you lost conDtrol
cause nothing stands around too long
[Outro]
  Fcause nothing stands around too lonAmg
nothing stands around too Elong
you lost conDtrol
you gotta give it up
[Instrumental Outro]
F(repeAmat as E7desireDd)

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Control

by Broken Bells

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Guitar Riff - 10 bars, vocals start at end of 10th bar

Am Am E7 E7

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

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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

A|-0-0-0---------3-|-0-0-0-----------|---------------3-|-----------------|

E|-----------------|-------0-----0-3-|-4-4-4-----------|-4-4-4-0-----0-2-|

G G D7 D7

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

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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

A|-------------3-2-|-3-2-------0---2-|-0---------3--2--|-0---------------|

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

F F Am

("Well it started...")

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

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

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

D|---------------3-|-3-------------3-|-2---------------|

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

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

[Verse]

Well it started as a game

using pleasure using pain

G D7

We got higher and higher that way

But it didn't work today

Even though it felt so right

Nothing's permanent in life

G D

so it's useless to hold on so tight

[Chorus]

You've gotta give it up give it up give it up

Ohhh give it up give it up

E7 D

Ohhh give it up give it up you lost control

cause nothing stands around too long

[Instrumental]

(repeat Guitar Riff from intro)

Am E G D F

[Verse]

so now everything has changed

and your heart's been rearranged

G D

until nothing we've known here remains

and you say you shouldn't stay

as you're taking off your clothes

you think it's loving I suppose

G D

it's just you endlessly needing control

[Chorus]

Well you've gotta give it up give it up give it up

Ohhh give it up give it up

E D

Ohhh give it up give it up you lost control

cause nothing stands around too long

[Outro]

F Am

cause nothing stands around too long

nothing stands around too long

you lost control

you gotta give it up

[Instrumental Outro]

F Am E7 D

(repeat as desired)

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