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Trouble – Jim Cuddy
Intro:  D x4
Verse:
Have they Dput out all the fires yet
now the F#mcelebration's dGone.
I Gmhope you'll come to sDee me befAore the summer's gone.
My miDnd still lives in your time
my F#mspirit's up and doGwn.
I trGmied to find some olDd friends but noAbody's around.
F#mCan't undersGtand it I got my signals croDssed.
I thEmought I could do it but alAready I've had enough.
Verse:
The builDdings they're so graceful here 
they F#mbarely touch the skGy.
SoGmmetimes it's so quDiet you can heAar your neighbours cry.
I Dmiss my messy circus street with mF#music through the Gnight.
I misGms the times we'd stDumble home 
togeAther in the morning light.
F#mOh my I wiGsh that I had thought about this mDore
mEmaybe then I'd be waking up beAhind familiar doors.
Chorus: 
              G|             A     D     D/C#  Bm  
I must be blind.   I must be out of my mind.
to Gthink I'd come back and eveArything would chaDnge.
I must be sGo naïAve that I fDorgot D/C#about the Bmpain.
GHere I am in Atrouble once agaiDn.
Guitar Solo
  G|   F#m|   G|  D|    Em| |   A| |  
Verse:
And Das one day becomes the next cF#mlearly it's the Gtime
to sGmee the things I nevDer change and whAat I leave behind.
F#mOh my I wiGsh that I had thought about this Dmore
mEmaybe then I'd be waking up behAind familiar doors.
Chorus:
              G|             A     D     D/C#  Bm  
I must be blind.   I must be out of my mind.
to Gthink I'd come back and eveArything would chaDnge.
I must be sGo naïAve that I fDorgot aD/C#bout the Bmpain.
GHere I am in trAouble once
GHere I am in trAouble once
GHere I am in trAouble once
GHere I am in trAouble once agaDin
 D|  D/C#|  Bm|  A|  G|  G/F#|  G|  A(twice)
D...

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Trouble

by Jim Cuddy

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F#m

D/C#

G/F#

Trouble – Jim Cuddy

Intro: D x4

Verse:

Have they put out all the fires yet

F#m G

now the celebration's done.

Gm D A

I hope you'll come to see me before the summer's gone.

My mind still lives in your time

F#m G

my spirit's up and down.

Gm D A

I tried to find some old friends but nobody's around.

F#m G D

Can't understand it I got my signals crossed.

Em A

I thought I could do it but already I've had enough.

Verse:

The buildings they're so graceful here

F#m G

they barely touch the sky.

Gm D A

Sometimes it's so quiet you can hear your neighbours cry.

D F#m G

I miss my messy circus street with music through the night.

Gm D

I miss the times we'd stumble home

together in the morning light.

F#m G D

Oh my I wish that I had thought about this more

Em A

maybe then I'd be waking up behind familiar doors.

Chorus:

G A D D/C# Bm

I must be blind. I must be out of my mind.

G A D

to think I'd come back and everything would change.

G A D D/C# Bm

I must be so naïve that I forgot about the pain.

G A D

Here I am in trouble once again.

Guitar Solo

G F#m G D Em A

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Verse:

D F#m G

And as one day becomes the next clearly it's the time

Gm D A

to see the things I never change and what I leave behind.

F#m G D

Oh my I wish that I had thought about this more

Em A

maybe then I'd be waking up behind familiar doors.

Chorus:

G A D D/C# Bm

I must be blind. I must be out of my mind.

G A D

to think I'd come back and everything would change.

G A D D/C# Bm

I must be so naïve that I forgot about the pain.

G A

Here I am in trouble once

G A

Here I am in trouble once

G A

Here I am in trouble once

G A D

Here I am in trouble once again

D D/C# Bm A G G/F# G A

D...

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