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Song: What It Costs
Artist: Switchfoot
Album: The Edge of the Earth 
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Verse 1:
SunG#mlight, fading Efast, make it Blast
Like a F#/A#flame, C#mflickers then it’s pG#mast 
MoonG#mlight fades to Edark, carBry on
You F#/A#never know what’s C#mreal until it’s goG#mne
Prechorus 1:
F#/A#Love deals the Ecurrency of lBoss
Don’t F#/A#ever forEget what it F#/A#costs
Chorus:
Hold G#mon to meE  
BCarry me thF#/A#rough
Our G#mstoryE  
Is a Bpain that we outF#/A#grew
Yeah, G#myou can’t call it lEove
Until you’ve BlostF#/A#  
If you G#mlove someone
F#/A#This is what it costs
Interlude:  G#m   E   B  F#  
Verse 2:
This G#mcity cries Esoftly Btonight
Like a F#/A#million teardrops C#mfrom a thousand eG#myes
I’m G#mdrenched beneath the Erainy Melbourne Bsky
Wondering F#/A#how it is I C#mfeel so dry iG#mnside
Prechorus 2:
Well F#/A#love uses the Epain to drill the Bholes
To F#/A#irrigate our Edry and thirsty F#/A#souls
Chorus
Interlude:
    G#m    E  BOhhF#  
    G#m    E  BOhhF#  
    G#m    E  BOhhD#m  
C#  G#m C#  G#m
D#m G#m E   F#
Outro:
SunG#mlight, fading Efast, make it Blast
SunG#mlight, fading Efast, make it Blast

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What It Costs

by Switchfoot

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G#m

F#/A#

C#m

D#m

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Song: What It Costs

Artist: Switchfoot

Album: The Edge of the Earth

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Verse 1:

G#m E B

Sunlight, fading fast, make it last

F#/A# C#m G#m

Like a flame, flickers then it’s past

G#m E B

Moonlight fades to dark, carry on

F#/A# C#m G#m

You never know what’s real until it’s gone

Prechorus 1:

F#/A# E B

Love deals the currency of loss

F#/A# E F#/A#

Don’t ever forget what it costs

Chorus:

G#m E

Hold on to me

B F#/A#

Carry me through

G#m E

Our story

B F#/A#

Is a pain that we outgrew

G#m E

Yeah, you can’t call it love

B F#/A#

Until you’ve lost

G#m

If you love someone

F#/A#

This is what it costs

G#m E B F#

Interlude:

Verse 2:

G#m E B

This city cries softly tonight

F#/A# C#m G#m

Like a million teardrops from a thousand eyes

G#m E B

I’m drenched beneath the rainy Melbourne sky

F#/A# C#m G#m

Wondering how it is I feel so dry inside

Prechorus 2:

F#/A# E B

Well love uses the pain to drill the holes

F#/A# E F#/A#

To irrigate our dry and thirsty souls

Chorus

Interlude:

G#m E B F#

Ohh

G#m E B F#

Ohh

G#m E B D#m

Ohh

C# G#m C# G#m

D#m G#m E F#

Outro:

G#m E B

Sunlight, fading fast, make it last

G#m E B

Sunlight, fading fast, make it last

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