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Emajor

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1/17

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 17Position: 9

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Hi guys! I haven't found any chords for this song yet, so I figured I might as well write them. 
This song is played a half step low, but I will write the chords as if the guitar was in standard tuning.
Intro:
e|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0---0---0|
B|--9---9--10---9--10---7---8---7------2---2---3---2---9--10|
G|--9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7------2---2---2---2---9---9|
D|--9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7------2---2---2---2---9---9|
A|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0---0---0|
E|--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x------x---x---x---x---x---x|
Verse 1:
Well I live too loud and I talk too much
But somehow I don’t see it as such
Seems like what I love the most 
Is the sound of my own voice
Verse 2:
I pray my list and I say my piece
I check You off but I’m incomplete
Seems like what I’m missing most
Is the sAound of Your vBoice 
Chorus:
So wAhy is it so hEard for me
To sBhut my mouth and C#mlet you sBpeak
Why do I fAeel the need to alEways keep on taBlking
Well I kAnow I need to hEear from You
I kBnow what I have C#mgot to Bdo
To fD2ind what I’ve been missingE  
I’ve got to learn to listen
intro through verse 3
Verse 3:
A wise man hears before he speaks
He knows he doesn’t know everything
I wish that sounded more like me
But I have got so far to go
Verse 4:
   EWhy is my fD2irst reaction
   ATo give my Eown opinion
   ELike I could D2tell You something
   You dAon’t already kEnow
Chorus:
So wAhy is it so hEard for me
To sBhut my mouth and C#mlet you sBpeak
Why do I fAeel the need to alEways keep on taBlking
Well I kAnow I need to hEear from You
I kBnow what I have C#mgot to Bdo
To fiDnd what I’ve been missingE  
I’ve got to learn to listen
Bridge/Outro (repeat as needed):
E    D2   A   E
EListen, lD2isten yeah
  AListen, liEsten yeuh

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by Josh Wilson

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C#m

Hi guys! I haven't found any chords for this song yet, so I figured I might as well write them.

This song is played a half step low, but I will write the chords as if the guitar was in standard tuning.

Intro:

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

B|--9---9--10---9--10---7---8---7------2---2---3---2---9--10|

G|--9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7------2---2---2---2---9---9|

D|--9---9---9---9---9---7---7---7------2---2---2---2---9---9|

A|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0---0---0|

E|--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x------x---x---x---x---x---x|

Verse 1:

Well I live too loud and I talk too much

But somehow I don’t see it as such

Seems like what I love the most

Is the sound of my own voice

Verse 2:

I pray my list and I say my piece

I check You off but I’m incomplete

Seems like what I’m missing most

A B

Is the sound of Your voice

Chorus:

A E

So why is it so hard for me

B C#m B

To shut my mouth and let you speak

A E B

Why do I feel the need to always keep on talking

A E

Well I know I need to hear from You

B C#m B

I know what I have got to do

D2 E

To find what I’ve been missing

I’ve got to learn to listen

intro through verse 3

Verse 3:

A wise man hears before he speaks

He knows he doesn’t know everything

I wish that sounded more like me

But I have got so far to go

Verse 4:

E D2

Why is my first reaction

A E

To give my own opinion

E D2

Like I could tell You something

A E

You don’t already know

Chorus:

A E

So why is it so hard for me

B C#m B

To shut my mouth and let you speak

A E B

Why do I feel the need to always keep on talking

A E

Well I know I need to hear from You

B C#m B

I know what I have got to do

D E

To find what I’ve been missing

I’ve got to learn to listen

Bridge/Outro (repeat as needed):

E D2 A E

E D2

Listen, listen yeah

A E

Listen, listen yeuh

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