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              Awful - Courtney Love
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Tabbed by: Frank Rudolph
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mainstreetmusicny.com/
[Intro]
  E    E    B    Ax2
ESwing low, sEweet cherry
Make it BawfulA  
EIt's your life, Eit's your party
It's so BawfuAl
ELet's start a fire! ELet's start a riot!
Yeah, it's BawfulA  
EIt was punk EYeah, it was perfect
Now it's BawfulA  
                              C#m(          E  A)
They know how to break all the girls like you
                              C#m(         E  A)
And they rob the souls of the girls like you
And they bC#mreak the hearts of the giBrlsA  
ESwing low, Echerry, cherry
Yeah, it's BawfulA  
EHe's drunk, Ehe tastes like candy
He's so bBeautiAful
EHe's so deep Elike dirty water
God, he's BawfulA  
EYou're lost, Eoh, where's your daddy?
It's so BawfulA  
And they C#mroyalty rate all the gEirls like yAou
And they C#msell it out to the giErls like yoAu
To incC#morporate little gBirlsA  
C#mHey, ruAn away with the lC#might
ARun away, it's C#mdivine
Let's Arun away, yeah, C#mtonight
And we'll Bsteal the light of the Aworld
ESwing low, Esweet cherry
Yeah, it's BawfulA  
EYou're ripe Efor the picking
It's so BawfulA  
EYou've got your youth EDon't waste your money
Yeah, it's BawfulA  
EI was punk! ENow I'm just stupid!
I'm so BawfulA  
EIf the world Eis so wrong
Yeah, you can Bbreak them all Awith one song
EIf the world is so wrong
Yeah, you can Btake it all wAith one song
ESwing low, Esweet cherry
Make it BawfulA  
EThey bought it all, Ejust build a new one
Make it BbeautAifulE  

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Awful

by Courtney Love

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C#m

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Awful - Courtney Love

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Tabbed by: Frank Rudolph

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://www.mainstreetmusicny.com/

[Intro]

E E B A

E E

Swing low, sweet cherry

B A

Make it awful

E E

It's your life, it's your party

B A

It's so awful

E E

Let's start a fire! Let's start a riot!

B A

Yeah, it's awful

E E

It was punk Yeah, it was perfect

B A

Now it's awful

C#m E A

( )

They know how to break all the girls like you

C#m E A

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And they rob the souls of the girls like you

C#m B A

And they break the hearts of the girls

E E

Swing low, cherry, cherry

B A

Yeah, it's awful

E E

He's drunk, he tastes like candy

B A

He's so beautiful

E E

He's so deep like dirty water

B A

God, he's awful

E E

You're lost, oh, where's your daddy?

B A

It's so awful

C#m E A

And they royalty rate all the girls like you

C#m E A

And they sell it out to the girls like you

C#m B A

To incorporate little girls

C#m A C#m

Hey, run away with the light

A C#m

Run away, it's divine

A C#m

Let's run away, yeah, tonight

B A

And we'll steal the light of the world

E E

Swing low, sweet cherry

B A

Yeah, it's awful

E E

You're ripe for the picking

B A

It's so awful

E E

You've got your youth Don't waste your money

B A

Yeah, it's awful

E E

I was punk! Now I'm just stupid!

B A

I'm so awful

E E

If the world is so wrong

B A

Yeah, you can break them all with one song

If the world is so wrong

B A

Yeah, you can take it all with one song

E E

Swing low, sweet cherry

B A

Make it awful

E E

They bought it all, just build a new one

B A E

Make it beautiful

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