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John Gorka - What Was That
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:     C      F              C    G  
                 Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm  hmm 
                 CHmm hmm hmm, Ghmm hmm  hmm 
                 CHmm hmm hmm, Glaa la la la 
                 CLa la la la laF  G  
Guess I'd better Cget back up
Get up off the Gground again
Guess I'm really Fnot so tough
Up there is Gfarther than it's ever been
It's not just that my Cpride's been hurt
Not just that my Gheart's been bruised
Fell down on my Fbig ideas
It's gotten me a Gbit confusCedG  F  G  
Unless you are a Ctrue bad boy
Your conscience is a Gconstant threat
Time for a Fnew idea
One to disGcard regret
CHORUS:
Prime Ctime to forgive
Prime Gtime to forget
What was that that FI just said?
What was that that GI just said?
What was that that FI just said?
INTERLUDE:
GHmmmm, Chmmm
Hmmmm, Ghmmm
Ah ah FahG  
Oh, worry's such a Cwaste of time
It's better not to Gsecond-guess
Maybe I should just Fpick a town
One where I Gnever made a mess
Move along when the Ccrowd is right
Stand alone when the Gcrowd is wrong
I always had the Flone wolf ways
Distilled the Ginstinct to get to gone
CHORUS:
Prime Ctime to forgive
Prime Gtime to forget
What was that that FI just said?
What was that that GI just said?
What was that that FI just said?
INTERLUDE:
GHmmmm, Chmmm
Hmmmm, Ghmmm
Ah ah Fah, Ah Gah 
CHmmmm, Ghmmm
FHmmmm, Ghmmm
Oh, worry's such a Cwaste of time
It's better not to Gsecond-guess
Maybe I should just Fpick a town
One where I Gnever made a mess
Move along when the Ccrowd is right
Stand alone when the Gcrowd is wrong
I always had the Flone wolf ways
Distilled the Ginstinct to get to gone
CHORUS:
Prime Ctime to forgive
Prime Gtime to forget
What was that that FI just said?
What was that that GI just said?
What was that that FI just said?
OUTRO:  (## repeat to end ##)
GHmmmm, Chmmm
Hmmmm, Ghmmm
Ah ah Fah, Hmmmm, Ghmmm
CHmmmm, Ghmmm
Ah ah Fah, Ah Gah 
CHmmmm, Ghmmm
FHmmmm, Ghmmm

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What Was That

by John Gorka

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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John Gorka - What Was That

CAPO: 2nd Fret

C F C G

INTRO:

Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm

C G

Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm

C G

Hmm hmm hmm, laa la la la

C F G

La la la la la

Guess I'd better get back up

Get up off the ground again

Guess I'm really not so tough

Up there is farther than it's ever been

It's not just that my pride's been hurt

Not just that my heart's been bruised

Fell down on my big ideas

G C G F G

It's gotten me a bit confused

Unless you are a true bad boy

Your conscience is a constant threat

Time for a new idea

One to discard regret

CHORUS:

Prime time to forgive

Prime time to forget

What was that that I just said?

INTERLUDE:

G C

Hmmmm, hmmm

F G

Ah ah ah

Oh, worry's such a waste of time

It's better not to second-guess

Maybe I should just pick a town

One where I never made a mess

Move along when the crowd is right

Stand alone when the crowd is wrong

I always had the lone wolf ways

Distilled the instinct to get to gone

CHORUS:

Prime time to forgive

Prime time to forget

What was that that I just said?

INTERLUDE:

G C

Hmmmm, hmmm

F G

Ah ah ah, Ah ah

C G

Hmmmm, hmmm

F G

Hmmmm, hmmm

Oh, worry's such a waste of time

It's better not to second-guess

Maybe I should just pick a town

One where I never made a mess

Move along when the crowd is right

Stand alone when the crowd is wrong

I always had the lone wolf ways

Distilled the instinct to get to gone

CHORUS:

Prime time to forgive

Prime time to forget

What was that that I just said?

OUTRO: (## repeat to end ##)

G C

Hmmmm, hmmm

F G

Ah ah ah, Hmmmm, hmmm

C G

Hmmmm, hmmm

F G

Ah ah ah, Ah ah

C G

Hmmmm, hmmm

F G

Hmmmm, hmmm

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