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Young New England
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# -   c46664
 G#-   466544
 Bbm-  x13321
 F#-   244322
 G#/C- x365xx
 C#/F- 143xxx
Intro:
G#-Bbm--G#-F#--G#/C-C#--G#/C-F#-
Verse 1:
G#Is it so Bbmhard to
G#forF#get All G#/Cthe
C#nights we used
G#/Cto  sF#pend tanG#gled
Bbmup? I won't G#sing
those F#songs againG#/C  
C#No I won't sing
G#/Cthose F#songs again
G#Your Bbmeyes were
glued to G#the F#floor
And G#/Cmy   C#eyes were
locked on G#/Cthe  F#door
And you G#were Bbmjust
fighG#ting to sF#tay
awake You G#were
Bbmjust fighG#ting
to sF#tay awake
You G#/Cwere
C#just fighG#/Cting
to sF#tay awakeF#  
Chorus 1:
I'm always telling
myself C#one thing
And dBbmoing another
It C#always gets
the best of
me But BbmI don't
know any other
C#way to Bbmlive Any
      G#/C   Bbm(hold)
other way to live
Verse 2:
I G#tried Bbmso hard
to G#forF#get
SelecG#/Ctive C#words
you chose G#/Cto   F#send
In my G#di-Bbmrection
I won't G#sing those
F#songs again     G#/C  C#No
we can't G#/Csing those
F#songs again G#Was
Bbmit your direct
G#in-F#tention? Those
litG#/Ctle sC#tabs
kept G#/Cmy atF#tention
I won't G#forBbmget a
word G#you F#said
I can't G#/Cfor--C#get
a word G#/Cyou  F#said F#  
Chorus 2:
I'm always telling
myself C#one thing
And dBbmoing another
It C#always gets
the best of
me But BbmI don't
know any other
C#way to Bbmlive Any
other G#/Cway to Bbmlive
You're always giving
me those C#same dirty
looks And Bbmcliche
analogies Don't
sC#peak another word
No Bbmneed for an
apology No C#way
to Bbmlive This is
no G#/Cway to Bbmlive 
Bridge:
It's a G#modern trageBbmdy
You're your F#own worst
eneC#my G#/CYou should G#look
before you Bbmleap You
should F#think before
you sC#peak G#/CLook at
G#us we're sBbmtumbling
To overF#analyze
C#everything G#/CWe should
G#both go back to
sBbmleep We should both
F#go back to sC#leep
Interlude
G#-Bbm--G#-F#--G#/C-F#--C#/F-F#-
Chorus 3:
I'm always telling
myself C#one thing
And dBbmoing another
It C#always gets
the best of
me But BbmI don't
know any other
C#way to Bbmlive Any
other G#/Cway to Bbmlive
You're always giving
me those C#same dirty
looks And Bbmcliche
analogies Don't
sC#peak another word
No Bbmneed for an
apology No C#way
to Bbmlive This is
   G#/C   Bbm(hold)
no way to live

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Sleep

by Transit

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbm

G#/C

C#/F

Young New England

Key: C#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

C# - c46664

- 466544

Bbm

- x13321

- 244322

G#/C

- x365xx

C#/F

- 143xxx

Intro:

G#-Bbm--G#-F#--G#/C-C#--G#/C-F#-

Verse 1:

G# Bbm

Is it so hard to

G# F# G#/C

forget All the

nights we used

G#/C F# G#

to spend tangled

Bbm G#

up? I won't sing

F# G#/C

those songs again

No I won't sing

G#/C F#

those songs again

G# Bbm

Your eyes were

G# F#

glued to the floor

G#/C C#

And my eyes were

G#/C F#

locked on the door

G# Bbm

And you were just

G# F#

fighting to stay

awake You were

Bbm G#

just fighting

to stay awake

G#/C

You were

C# G#/C

just fighting

F# F#

to stay awake

Chorus 1:

I'm always telling

myself one thing

Bbm

And doing another

It always gets

the best of

Bbm

me But I don't

know any other

C# Bbm

way to live Any

G#/C Bbm(hold)

other way to live

Verse 2:

G# Bbm

I tried so hard

G# F#

to forget

G#/C C#

Selective words

G#/C F#

you chose to send

G# Bbm

In my di-rection

I won't sing those

F# G#/C C#

songs again No

G#/C

we can't sing those

F# G#

songs again Was

Bbm

it your direct

G# F#

in-tention? Those

G#/C C#

little stabs

G#/C F#

kept my attention

G# Bbm

I won't forget a

G# F#

word you said

G#/C C#

I can't for--get

G#/C F# F#

a word you said

Chorus 2:

I'm always telling

myself one thing

Bbm

And doing another

It always gets

the best of

Bbm

me But I don't

know any other

C# Bbm

way to live Any

G#/C Bbm

other way to live

You're always giving

me those same dirty

Bbm

looks And cliche

analogies Don't

speak another word

Bbm

No need for an

apology No way

Bbm

to live This is

G#/C Bbm

no way to live

Bridge:

G# Bbm

It's a modern tragedy

You're your own worst

C# G#/C G#

enemy You should look

Bbm

before you leap You

should think before

C# G#/C

you speak Look at

G# Bbm

us we're stumbling

To overanalyze

C# G#/C

everything We should

both go back to

Bbm

sleep We should both

F# C#

go back to sleep

Interlude

G#-Bbm--G#-F#--G#/C-F#--C#/F-F#-

Chorus 3:

I'm always telling

myself one thing

Bbm

And doing another

It always gets

the best of

Bbm

me But I don't

know any other

C# Bbm

way to live Any

G#/C Bbm

other way to live

You're always giving

me those same dirty

Bbm

looks And cliche

analogies Don't

speak another word

Bbm

No need for an

apology No way

Bbm

to live This is

G#/C Bbm(hold)

no way to live

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