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Need You Now

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Intro:   C    Am        Em    G   Dsus2     Am  Bm  
I need you Cnow..Am.  need you Emnow
Say it lGoud..Dsus2. I need you Amnow            Bm(x2)
   C  AmTired of being myEmself
Caught up in this Gworld
I never dDsus2reamed I could beAmlong
BmTo a sCtate that Amdon't see right from wEmrong
I never dreamed I would beGlongDsus2  
To your pAmlaceBm  
I need you Cnow..Am.  need you Emnow
Say it lGoud..Dsus2. I need you Amnow            Bm(x2)
   CTAmied up in disEmgrace
How can we keep a man so Glong
Dsus2Waiting for a Amfate
Stripped of Bmall our hCearts
Never dAmreamed we would beEmlong
In a wGorld, a Dsus2world that's just gone AmwrongBm  
Break:     C      D   Em     D  C  
  CAnd if we tried to stand aDlone
We'll be pEmlaying with a Dforce beyond conCtrol
  COur faces pressed against the gDlass
In the Emknowledge you beDlong to us
I need you Cnow..Am.  need you Emnow
Say it lGoud..Dsus2. I need you Amnow            Bm(x2)

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Need You Now

by Hot Chip

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

C Am Em G Dsus2 Am Bm

Intro:

C Am Em

I need you now... need you now

G Dsus2 Am Bm

Say it loud... I need you now (x2)

C Am Em

Tired of being myself

Caught up in this world

Dsus2 Am

I never dreamed I could belong

Bm C Am Em

To a state that don't see right from wrong

G Dsus2

I never dreamed I would belong

Am Bm

To your place

C Am Em

I need you now... need you now

G Dsus2 Am Bm

Say it loud... I need you now (x2)

C Am Em

Tied up in disgrace

How can we keep a man so long

Dsus2 Am

Waiting for a fate

Bm C

Stripped of all our hearts

Am Em

Never dreamed we would belong

G Dsus2 Am Bm

In a world, a world that's just gone wrong

C D Em D C

Break:

C D

And if we tried to stand alone

Em D C

We'll be playing with a force beyond control

C D

Our faces pressed against the glass

Em D

In the knowledge you belong to us

C Am Em

I need you now... need you now

G Dsus2 Am Bm

Say it loud... I need you now (x2)

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