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Intro:
Em G/F# G
C C/B C D
Verse 1:
  EmI can't nG/F#ot look bacGk
  Coz as the rain Cdrips off the wiC/Bndscreen
  I wiCsh I didn't Dcause a scene but
  EmI think I'd raG/F#ther have a heaGrt attack
  Than walCk away from someC/Bthing real
  I'm tryCin' to say it's nDo big deal but
Chorus:
  CThinking too much Gjust fG/F#ucks things up
  CAnd it always wilGlG/F#  
  CAnd caring too muGchG/F#  
  Has made this stCupidly hard, stupidly hard for me
Verse 2:
  I can't not think back
  To driving with you next to me, singing along happily
  And it hurts to think that you're probably doing that
  With somebody else, with anybody else
Chorus:
  We thought too much and it fucked things up
  Like it always does
  And I cared too much
  And it's made this stupidly hard, stupidly hard
Middle 8:
  And it's Emnot liCke there's notGhing else invG/F#olved
  But it's haEmrd to sit bCack and leGt it just unfG/F#old
  When I kEmnow there's somCething thereG  G/F#  
  We both kEmnow that something rCeal is still tGhereG/F#  
  CAnd so for now we've got to stop, just be friends and carry onEm  G/F#  G  
  CAnd I'm pretty sure at some point we'll end up back where we were though I couEmld be wG/F#rongG  
  CAnd it's just the thought you might forget how goddamn happy we could bEmeG/F#  G  
  If the ciCrcumstance was different but it's not so we'll just have to wait and sEmeeG/F#  G  
  Coz I knCow that something real is still there
  But maybe just for mGe 

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Thinking Back

by Frank Hamilton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

C/B

Intro:

Em G/F# G

C C/B C D

Verse 1:

Em G/F# G

I can't not look back

C C/B

Coz as the rain drips off the windscreen

C D

I wish I didn't cause a scene but

Em G/F# G

I think I'd rather have a heart attack

C C/B

Than walk away from something real

C D

I'm tryin' to say it's no big deal but

Chorus:

C G G/F#

Thinking too much just fucks things up

C G G/F#

And it always will

C G G/F#

And caring too much

Has made this stupidly hard, stupidly hard for me

Verse 2:

I can't not think back

To driving with you next to me, singing along happily

And it hurts to think that you're probably doing that

With somebody else, with anybody else

Chorus:

We thought too much and it fucked things up

Like it always does

And I cared too much

And it's made this stupidly hard, stupidly hard

Middle 8:

Em C G G/F#

And it's not like there's nothing else involved

Em C G G/F#

But it's hard to sit back and let it just unfold

Em C G G/F#

When I know there's something there

Em C G G/F#

We both know that something real is still there

C Em G/F# G

And so for now we've got to stop, just be friends and carry on

C Em G/F# G

And I'm pretty sure at some point we'll end up back where we were though I could be wrong

C Em G/F# G

And it's just the thought you might forget how goddamn happy we could be

C Em G/F# G

If the circumstance was different but it's not so we'll just have to wait and see

Coz I know that something real is still there

But maybe just for me

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