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Just A Thought

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Capo 2 for the album version, and 1 for the live one they do. 
the Em is for one up strum between C and D and vice versa
(no chords)
Whoa oh oh oh ohhh
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh
Verse 1:
CI'm not as scared as I feelEm  D  
DIn fact I'm totally petrifiEmedC  
CYou took your hand off the wheelEm  D  
DWhy can't we ever be unified?C  
Chorus:
And you thCrow it aGll away Cto helEmp how you fDeel
Well yoCu never caGn explaCin when Emnothing is reDal
It's just the Emthought
GWhoa oh oh Amoh oh oCh
That you were lEmost
WGhoa oh oh Amoh oh oCh
EmThere's not a lot I cGan tell ya'
(Whoa oh oh oh oh)
AmWhen you decided it wCas a fleeting tEmhoughtG  
(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)
AmThat you were loCst
(Verse chords)
(Verse 2)
CI shot myself in the footEm  D  
DOh what's a cry s'posed to sEmigniCfy?
CAnd all the time I was hookedEm  D  
DYou took the "I" out of uniCfy
And you thCrow it aGll away Cto helEmp how you fDeel
Well yoCu never caGn explaCin when Emnothing is reDal
It's just the Emthought
GWhoa oh oh Amoh oh oCh
That you were lEmost
WGhoa oh oh Amoh oh oCh
EmThere's not a lot I cGan tell ya'
(Whoa oh oh oh oh)
AmWhen you decided it wCas a fleeting tEmhoughtG  
(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)
AmThat you were loCst 
(all barre chords for the bridge)
Get rBmight out, get rigGht out of my hAead
Get riBmght out, geGt right out of my hAead
I drBmeamt that youG'd come save me
AYou'd come help me when F#mI needed a friend
BmI dreamt that yoGu'd come save meA  
CAnd in the end we are freeEm  D  
DWhen all the traces of trust are gone
And you Cnever caGn explaCin when Emnothing is rDeal
It's just the Emthought
GWhoa oh oAmh oh oCh
That you were Emlost
GWhoa oh oh Amoh oh Coh
EmThere's not a lot I cGan tell ya'
(Whoa oh oh oh oh)
AmWhen you decided it wCas a fleeting tEmhoughtG  
(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)
AmThat you were loCst 
A fleeting thoEmught
(Whoa oh oh oh oh)
GThat yoAmu were losCt
A fleeting thoEmught
(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)
GThat yoAmu were loCst

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Just A Thought

by Hudson Taylor

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

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Capo 2 for the album version, and 1 for the live one they do.

the Em is for one up strum between C and D and vice versa

(no chords)

Whoa oh oh oh ohhh

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Verse 1:

C Em D

I'm not as scared as I feel

D Em C

In fact I'm totally petrified

C Em D

You took your hand off the wheel

D C

Why can't we ever be unified?

Chorus:

C G C Em D

And you throw it all away to help how you feel

C G C Em D

Well you never can explain when nothing is real

It's just the thought

G Am C

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

That you were lost

G Am C

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Em G

There's not a lot I can tell ya'

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

Am C Em G

When you decided it was a fleeting thought

(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)

Am C

That you were lost

(Verse chords)

(Verse 2)

C Em D

I shot myself in the foot

D Em C

Oh what's a cry s'posed to signify?

C Em D

And all the time I was hooked

D C

You took the "I" out of unify

C G C Em D

And you throw it all away to help how you feel

C G C Em D

Well you never can explain when nothing is real

It's just the thought

G Am C

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

That you were lost

G Am C

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Em G

There's not a lot I can tell ya'

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

Am C Em G

When you decided it was a fleeting thought

(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)

Am C

That you were lost

(all barre chords for the bridge)

Bm G A

Get right out, get right out of my head

Bm G A

Get right out, get right out of my head

Bm G

I dreamt that you'd come save me

A F#m

You'd come help me when I needed a friend

Bm G A

I dreamt that you'd come save me

C Em D

And in the end we are free

When all the traces of trust are gone

C G C Em D

And you never can explain when nothing is real

It's just the thought

G Am C

Whoa oh oh oh oh

That you were lost

G Am C

Whoa oh oh oh oh oh

Em G

There's not a lot I can tell ya'

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

Am C Em G

When you decided it was a fleeting thought

(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)

Am C

That you were lost

A fleeting thought

(Whoa oh oh oh oh)

G Am C

That you were lost

A fleeting thought

(Whoa oh oh oh oh oh)

G Am C

That you were lost

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