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[Intro]
E A B A E
EYou keep changing your mind for so many reAasons
From whBat I can tell... you just might as well
ALay down and choke on your oEwn
EI can't give you enough to just keep belieAving
This shBit don't run well... it's burned out as hell
And it's tArying so hard not to kEnow
C#mYou're filling it up just to turn out on eAmpty
BGod damn I know just how it feEels
C#mI'm gonna tear out all that's insAide me
BLook away from here, cause nobody cares
And they're tArying so hard not to kEnow
[Solo]
EYou take all of you want haven't found any anAswers
LBook down and stare and I run around and yell
That it miAght not rain any mEore
EYou never stand up long enough to pull it togeAther
Well wBho gives a damn and very few can
When they're tArying so hard not to kEnow

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Trying So Hard Not To Know

by Nathaniel Rateliff

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

[Intro]

E A B A E

E A

You keep changing your mind for so many reasons

From what I can tell... you just might as well

A E

Lay down and choke on your own

E A

I can't give you enough to just keep believing

This shit don't run well... it's burned out as hell

A E

And it's trying so hard not to know

C#m A

You're filling it up just to turn out on empty

B E

God damn I know just how it feels

C#m A

I'm gonna tear out all that's inside me

Look away from here, cause nobody cares

A E

And they're trying so hard not to know

[Solo]

E A

You take all of you want haven't found any answers

Look down and stare and I run around and yell

A E

That it might not rain any more

E A

You never stand up long enough to pull it together

Well who gives a damn and very few can

A E

When they're trying so hard not to know

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