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Key: B
You can play this easier by using Capo 2 or Capo4 and transposing these chords down 2 or 4 steps.
Intro:  B   D  E  
The Bdoctor says I'm dying
I die a little every day
But Bmhe's got no prescription that could
Take my death away
The Edoctor says it don't look so good
It's Bterminal
BSome folks die in offices one day at a time
BmThey could live a hundred years
But their soul's already dead
EDon't let your spirit die before your body does
We're Bterminal, we're Bmterminal
We're Eterminal
  BWe are, we are the living souls
With Bmterminal hearts, terminal parts
Flickering Elike candles, shimmering like candles
We're Gfatally flawed, we're Afatally flawedB  
WhenBever I start cursing at the traffic or the phone
I reBmmind myself that we have all got cancer in our bones
EDon’t yell at the dead, show a little respect
It’s Bterminal, it's terminal
  BWe are, we are the living souls
With Bmterminal hearts, terminal parts
Flickering Elike candles, shimmering like candles
We're Gfatally flawed, we're Afatally flawed B  

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Terminal

by Jon Foreman

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Key: B

You can play this easier by using Capo 2 or Capo4 and transposing these chords down 2 or 4 steps.

B D E

Intro:

The doctor says I'm dying

I die a little every day

But he's got no prescription that could

Take my death away

The doctor says it don't look so good

It's terminal

Some folks die in offices one day at a time

They could live a hundred years

But their soul's already dead

Don't let your spirit die before your body does

B Bm

We're terminal, we're terminal

We're terminal

We are, we are the living souls

With terminal hearts, terminal parts

Flickering like candles, shimmering like candles

G A B

We're fatally flawed, we're fatally flawed

Whenever I start cursing at the traffic or the phone

I remind myself that we have all got cancer in our bones

Don’t yell at the dead, show a little respect

It’s terminal, it's terminal

We are, we are the living souls

With terminal hearts, terminal parts

Flickering like candles, shimmering like candles

G A B

We're fatally flawed, we're fatally flawed

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