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Lightning Strikes

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Hey Guys! I made another tab for the intro that goes with this version of the song.
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Hope you like it!!!
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*=strum twice then mute 
**=strum once let ring
TAmhere ain't no way that I could ever forget you 
AmI can't remember why I ever went and left you 
MFaybe I was hit in my head 
MFaybe must've been something that I said 
DmMaybe I want to take it back toniEght 
AmOh oh oh Dmoh Eno oh oh oh Amoh
AmYou don't have to tell me twiDmce
When lEightning strikeAms 
AmOh oh oh Dmoh Eno oh oh oh Amoh 
AmYou don't have to tell me twiDmce
When lEightning strikeAms 
AmEh eh eh Dmeh Eeh eh eh ehAm  
AmSo obvious that I wasn't seeing clearly 
Am'Cause right before my eyes you were disappearing
AmIf I could just go back in time 
AmSay the words that blow your mind 
AmLoneliness is such a crime
FThere ain't a thing I wouldn't do, I wouldn't do yeah 
FMaybe I wouldn't have been so crazy 
FI was stupid letting you go 
DmMaybe I want to take it back tonEight 
AmOh oh oh Dmoh Eno oh oh oh Amoh
AmYou don't have to tell me twiDmce
When lEightning strikeAms 
AmOh oh oh Dmoh Eno oh oh oh Amoh 
AmYou don't have to tell me twiDmce
When lEightning strikeAms
      G    EAm*  G*  F  
Why Did I Let you go 
GWhy Did EI 
AmOh oh oh Dmoh Eno oh oh oh Amoh
AmYou don't have to tell me twiDmce 
E**
You don't have to tell me twice 
AmOh oh oh Dmoh Eno oh oh oh Amoh 
AmYou don't have to tell me twiDmce
When lEightning strikeAms 

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Lightning Strikes

by R5

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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N.C

Hey Guys! I made another tab for the intro that goes with this version of the song.

N.C

Hope you like it!!!

N.C

*=strum twice then mute

**=strum once let ring

There ain't no way that I could ever forget you

I can't remember why I ever went and left you

Maybe I was hit in my head

Maybe must've been something that I said

Dm E

Maybe I want to take it back tonight

Am Dm E Am

Oh oh oh oh no oh oh oh oh

Am Dm

You don't have to tell me twice

E Am

When lightning strikes

Am Dm E Am

Oh oh oh oh no oh oh oh oh

Am Dm

You don't have to tell me twice

E Am

When lightning strikes

Am Dm E Am

Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh

So obvious that I wasn't seeing clearly

'Cause right before my eyes you were disappearing

If I could just go back in time

Say the words that blow your mind

Loneliness is such a crime

There ain't a thing I wouldn't do, I wouldn't do yeah

Maybe I wouldn't have been so crazy

I was stupid letting you go

Dm E

Maybe I want to take it back tonight

Am Dm E Am

Oh oh oh oh no oh oh oh oh

Am Dm

You don't have to tell me twice

E Am

When lightning strikes

Am Dm E Am

Oh oh oh oh no oh oh oh oh

Am Dm

You don't have to tell me twice

E Am

When lightning strikes

G E F

Am* G*

Why Did I Let you go

G E

Why Did I

Am Dm E Am

Oh oh oh oh no oh oh oh oh

Am Dm

You don't have to tell me twice

E**

You don't have to tell me twice

Am Dm E Am

Oh oh oh oh no oh oh oh oh

Am Dm

You don't have to tell me twice

E Am

When lightning strikes

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