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I Need A Word

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Dave Matthews - I Need a Word
A Chords...then
e---------0---------0--------------------------------|
B-------------------------------0-----------0--------|
G------2----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
D-------------------------0-----------0-----------0--|
A---0----------3-------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
(Play the above during chorus)
I need a word so I can say what I'm feeling today
I need a word so I can say how I feel
I need a word that'll say what I'm meaning to say
And tell you the way that I'm feeling
(F#m, A, D, E)
I made a wish with all of my heart
To take a rocket ship up to the moon
Well I'm sad and I'm mad
And I don't have a rocket
Cause the wish that I wished did not come true
No the wish that I wished did not come true
(Chorus) (The choruses chords are A, D, E)
(F#m, A, D, E)
I have a friend with a cape
who can fly through the sky
And I'm jealous cause I wanna fly too
I'm proud that I know him
And I'm happy he's my friend
But I wanna be a superhero too
Yes I wanna be a superhero too
ANobody wDants to bF#me angry, I know
ANobody Dwants to be Esad
F#mBut I can't always Ahelp the Dway that I'm Efeeling
I F#mwon't alAways be DhappEy
DOh, Ewell
We found the words so we can say what we are feeling today
We found the words so we can say how we feel
We found the words so we can tell you our feelings today
We found the words so we can tell them to you

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I Need A Word

by Dave Matthews

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F#m

Dave Matthews - I Need a Word

A Chords...then

e---------0---------0--------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

E----------------------------------------------------|

(Play the above during chorus)

I need a word so I can say what I'm feeling today

I need a word so I can say how I feel

I need a word that'll say what I'm meaning to say

And tell you the way that I'm feeling

F#m A D E

(, , , )

I made a wish with all of my heart

To take a rocket ship up to the moon

Well I'm sad and I'm mad

And I don't have a rocket

Cause the wish that I wished did not come true

No the wish that I wished did not come true

A D E

(Chorus) (The choruses chords are , , )

F#m A D E

(, , , )

I have a friend with a cape

who can fly through the sky

And I'm jealous cause I wanna fly too

I'm proud that I know him

And I'm happy he's my friend

But I wanna be a superhero too

Yes I wanna be a superhero too

A D F#m

Nobody wants to be angry, I know

A D E

Nobody wants to be sad

F#m A D E

But I can't always help the way that I'm feeling

F#m A D E

I won't always be happy

D E

Oh, well

We found the words so we can say what we are feeling today

We found the words so we can say how we feel

We found the words so we can tell you our feelings today

We found the words so we can tell them to you

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