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Tell Me- Sharon Van Etten
  G   C/Gx2
GWoke in a sweC/Gat
GWhat I can't fC/Gorget
Am7And what I'll nevC/Ger ask toG  Am7  C/G  
GTell me that i'D/F#m somethinC/Gg you just don't know
GTell me that i'm D/F#somewhere you doC/Gn't want to go
GTell me that I'm sD/F#ome place you don't wC/Gant to know
Like thAm7e back of your hand I doC/Gn't understandG  
C/GUndone GdisarmC/Ged well i dAm7on't know and C/Gyou don't mindG  
C/GThis time thGere's C/Gno time Am7and i don't C/Gknow and you don't Gmind
C/G    G   C/G
GDeep inside of the C/Gday 
GAnyone else would fC/Gall in your arms
Am7And I do not do i do C/Gi do i want that ?
GI was something tD/F#hat you just couldC/Gn't feel
GI was something thaD/F#t you couldn't fear C/Gthat was real
GI believed you wheD/F#n you shut your eyes aC/Gnd dreamed a dream aAm7bout meC/G  G  
C/GSometimGes I dC/Gon't think Am7about youC/G  G  
C/GSometimGes I dC/Gon't think Am7about itC/G  
    G    D/F#   C/Gx2
GTears are falling iC/Gn the underground
GFalling into thoughC/Gts that turn into colors
Am7The colors are the colours of my C/Gthoughts and they are painting youG  
C/G   G
SomC/Getimes GI lC/Give mAm7y own C/Glife, my owGn lifD/F#eC/G  

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Tell Me

by Sharon Van Etten

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C/G

Am7

D/F#

Tell Me- Sharon Van Etten

G C/G

Woke in a sweat

G C/G

What I can't forget

Am7 C/G G Am7 C/G

And what I'll never ask to

G D/F# C/G

Tell me that i'm something you just don't know

G D/F# C/G

Tell me that i'm somewhere you don't want to go

G D/F# C/G

Tell me that I'm some place you don't want to know

Am7 C/G G

Like the back of your hand I don't understand

C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G

Undone disarmed well i don't know and you don't mind

C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G

This time there's no time and i don't know and you don't mind

C/G G C/G

G C/G

Deep inside of the day

G C/G

Anyone else would fall in your arms

Am7 C/G

And I do not do i do i do i want that ?

G D/F# C/G

I was something that you just couldn't feel

G D/F# C/G

I was something that you couldn't fear that was real

G D/F# C/G Am7 C/G G

I believed you when you shut your eyes and dreamed a dream about me

C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G

Sometimes I don't think about you

C/G G C/G Am7 C/G

Sometimes I don't think about it

G D/F# C/G

G C/G

Tears are falling in the underground

G C/G

Falling into thoughts that turn into colors

Am7 C/G G

The colors are the colours of my thoughts and they are painting you

C/G G

C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G D/F# C/G

Sometimes I live my own life, my own life

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