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Alison Krauss-Maybe                     
 Dmxx0231      Dm/Cx30231
 Bb113331        Am002210
  C332010         F133211
 FM132211        F7131211
 Ebx65343       Bbm113321
 C#x43121
Capo 1st position
Intro:  Dm   Dm/C   Bb   Am   Dm   Am  C  
DmYesterday the odds were stacked  
in Dm/Cfavor of my expecBbtations
AmFlyin’ above the Dmrest 
never Amfallin’ from the Cnest
DmTuesday came and went and now 
I’m Dm/Cin a little situBbation
AmMaybe it’s for the Dmbest 
I can Amlive alone, I Cguess
Chorus:
Maybe I can Fstand FMa____F7lone
Maybe I’m Ebstrong Bbas   Bbmsto____C#_ne
Even though the Fbird FMhas  F7flown
Maybe he’ll Ebfly  Bbon   Bbmho____C#_me
DmForgive me if I’m keeping you 
aDm/Cpart from better converBbsation
AmHung up on all my Dmdoubt, 
trying to Amsort the whole thing Cout
DmTell me that I’m smart enough 
to Dm/Cdeal with all the inforBbmation
AmSpinning inside my Dmhead 
every Amword he ever Csaid
Chorus
Instrumental break: same as verse [stop]
Chorus
Outro:    Dm    Dm/C  Bb  

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Maybe

by Alison Krauss

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm/C

Bbm

Alison Krauss-Maybe

Dm Dm/C

xx0231 x30231

Bb Am

113331 002210

C F

332010 133211

FM F7

132211 131211

Eb Bbm

x65343 113321

x43121

Capo 1st position

Dm Dm/C Bb Am Dm Am C

Intro:

Yesterday the odds were stacked

Dm/C Bb

in favor of my expectations

Am Dm

Flyin’ above the rest

Am C

never fallin’ from the nest

Tuesday came and went and now

Dm/C Bb

I’m in a little situation

Am Dm

Maybe it’s for the best

Am C

I can live alone, I guess

Chorus:

F FM F7

Maybe I can stand a____lone

Eb Bb Bbm C#

Maybe I’m strong as sto_____ne

F FM F7

Even though the bird has flown

Eb Bb Bbm C#

Maybe he’ll fly on ho_____me

Forgive me if I’m keeping you

Dm/C Bb

apart from better conversation

Am Dm

Hung up on all my doubt,

Am C

trying to sort the whole thing out

Tell me that I’m smart enough

Dm/C Bb

to deal with all the information

Am Dm

Spinning inside my head

Am C

every word he ever said

Chorus

Instrumental break: same as verse [stop]

Chorus

Dm Dm/C Bb

Outro:

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