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1/3

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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e|---E0----D0----A0---|
B|---0----0----0---|
G|---14---14---9---|
D|---12---0----7---|
A|---14---12---0---|
E|---x----14---9---|
EHe got lDoved up on the seaAshore
EKissing with a Dgirl he’d never met bAefore
EFood was spDarse but the drink was plAenty
EJack was sixteDen and Jill had just turned tAwenty
ELying there Don the midnight saAnd He said he’d 
Egive her the Dsky if she held his haAnd
EShe counted every sDtar in the sky and sAaid
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
EIf it don’t rDearrange Aus
EIf it don’t rDearrange Aus
EIf it don’t rDearrange Aus
EIf it don’t rDearrange A  
EShe got Dloved up on the seAashore
EKissing with a Dboy she’d never met bAefore
EFood was spDarse but the booze was plAenty
EJill was sixteDen and Jack had just turned tAwenty
ELying there Don the midnight saAnd He said he’d 
Egive her the Dsky if she held his haAnd
EShe counted every sDtar in the sky and sAaid
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
(EIf it don’t rDearrange Aus)
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
(EIf it don’t rDearrange Aus)
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
(EIf it don’t rDearrange Aus)
I I dEon’t want tDhat I want you instAead
IEf it don’t reDarrangeA  
We won’t chEangeD  A  
We won’t chEangeD  A  
We won’t chEangeD  A  
We won’t chEangeD  A  

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You Instead

by The Make

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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E D A

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

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

G|---14---14---9---|

D|---12---0----7---|

A|---14---12---0---|

E|---x----14---9---|

E D A

He got loved up on the seashore

E D A

Kissing with a girl he’d never met before

E D A

Food was sparse but the drink was plenty

E D A

Jack was sixteen and Jill had just turned twenty

E D A

Lying there on the midnight sand He said he’d

E D A

give her the sky if she held his hand

E D A

She counted every star in the sky and said

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

If it don’t rearrange us

E D A

If it don’t rearrange us

E D A

If it don’t rearrange us

E D A

If it don’t rearrange

E D A

She got loved up on the seashore

E D A

Kissing with a boy she’d never met before

E D A

Food was sparse but the booze was plenty

E D A

Jill was sixteen and Jack had just turned twenty

E D A

Lying there on the midnight sand He said he’d

E D A

give her the sky if she held his hand

E D A

She counted every star in the sky and said

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

(If it don’t rearrange us)

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

(If it don’t rearrange us)

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

(If it don’t rearrange us)

E D A

I I don’t want that I want you instead

E D A

If it don’t rearrange

E D A

We won’t change

E D A

We won’t change

E D A

We won’t change

E D A

We won’t change

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