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Capo 1
[Intro]
 C   F   Gx2
C
[Verse]
                      CF
Ginger's sleeping on the floor, 
Of a Ghardwood floor aCpartment
Maybe one day she'll have Fmore to say,
But right Gnow she has no EmcommentF  C  
[Pre-Chorus]
EmEverything's a FcavityC  
The Emlast few months esFpeciallyC  
But Emall of that's beFhind her Cnow
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Chorus]
See you can tie her Emup,F  
Just don't tie her Cdown
Yeah, you can tie her Emup,F  
Don't tie her Cdown
F G C
[Verse]
CBack before I got struck by lighting,
FAnd things were so much Gdifferent than they are Cnow
I got a lot more people leaning on Fme
And all I Gwanna do is make them Emproud
[Pre-Chorus]
But Fthis is my bodyC  
The Emonly thing that I Fown entirelyC  
And it'll Emcarry me to Fgreatness somehowC  
Oh yeah, oh yeah
[Chorus]
See, you can tie me Emup,F  
Don't tie me dCown
Yeah, you can tie me Emup,F  
Don't tie me Cdown
Don't tie me Cdown.
[Bridge]
C F Am G
(No chords – Optional  C   F   Am  G)
Every spider I kill,
Stays inside of my pocket
I am so desperate to tame the beast,
I shut the door and I lock it
CI got a dead sFpider in my Ampocket,
I'm not Gashamed to say
I was dCesperate to tame the Fbeast
AmDesperate to tame the Gbeast
See you can tie me Fup (You can tie me up),
But don't tie me Gdown (Don't tie me down)
Yeah you can tie me Fup (You can tie me up),
But don't tie me dGown (Don't tie me down)
[Pre-Chorus]
EmEverything's a FcavityC  
The Emlast three months esFpeciallyC  
But Emall of that's beFhind me nCow
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Ending
So you can tie me uEmp,F  
Don't tie me dCown

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Ginger

by The Front Bottoms

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1

[Intro]

C F G

[Verse]

Ginger's sleeping on the floor,

G C

Of a hardwood floor apartment

Maybe one day she'll have more to say,

G Em F C

But right now she has no comment

[Pre-Chorus]

Em F C

Everything's a cavity

Em F C

The last few months especially

Em F C

But all of that's behind her now

Oh yeah, oh yeah

[Chorus]

Em F

See you can tie her up,

Just don't tie her down

Em F

Yeah, you can tie her up,

Don't tie her down

F G C

[Verse]

Back before I got struck by lighting,

F G C

And things were so much different than they are now

I got a lot more people leaning on me

G Em

And all I wanna do is make them proud

[Pre-Chorus]

F C

But this is my body

Em F C

The only thing that I own entirely

Em F C

And it'll carry me to greatness somehow

Oh yeah, oh yeah

[Chorus]

Em F

See, you can tie me up,

Don't tie me down

Em F

Yeah, you can tie me up,

Don't tie me down

Don't tie me down.

[Bridge]

C F Am G

(No chords – Optional )

Every spider I kill,

Stays inside of my pocket

I am so desperate to tame the beast,

I shut the door and I lock it

C F Am

I got a dead spider in my pocket,

I'm not ashamed to say

C F

I was desperate to tame the beast

Am G

Desperate to tame the beast

See you can tie me up (You can tie me up),

But don't tie me down (Don't tie me down)

Yeah you can tie me up (You can tie me up),

But don't tie me down (Don't tie me down)

[Pre-Chorus]

Em F C

Everything's a cavity

Em F C

The last three months especially

Em F C

But all of that's behind me now

Oh yeah, oh yeah

Ending

Em F

So you can tie me up,

Don't tie me down

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