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For What Its Worth

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[Intro]
Am G/B C5
FDm GGAm/b Am
F G Am
[Verse 1]
 AmI tell you G/Bboy I C5pay my way and go
  FI ain't the Gbest at Amtimes untold
 DmI'm adult G/Bwhen I'm Amon the drink
I Fquestion if I Gbreak up eveAmrything
  AmAnd not even G/Ball the C5world's diamond rings
  FCan Gput the Amgirl to sleep to dream
  DmWe G/Bwanted Ameverything Fwhen Gwe were yoAmung
[Pre-Chorus]
We were Amkids, G/Btrying to C5make it up
As we Fcall homeG  
As we Amcall home
We were Dmkids, G/Btrying to Ammake it up
As we Fcall homeG  
As we Amcall home
[Chorus]
  AmFor G/Bwhat it's C5worth
I was only tFrying to Gwake you Amup
  DmFor G/Bwhat it's Amworth
I was only tFrying to Gwake you Amup
(trying to wake it up)
  AmFor G/Bwhat it's C5worth
I was only tFrying to Gwake you Amup
  DmFor G/Bwhat it's Amworth I was only trFyingG  Am  
[Pre-Chorus]
We were Amkids, G/Btrying to C5make it up
As we Fcall homeG  
As we Amcall home
We were Dmkids, G/Btrying to Ammake it up
As we Fcall homeG  
As we Amcall home
[Verse 2]
 AmWe were G/Bjust C5kids making it up
 FWe got Gblind eveAmn when we fucked it up
 DmBut what tG/Bhey never Amtold us, it was wrong
 FNobody Gever Amseemed to care, it was gone
[Chorus]
  AmFor G/Bwhat it's C5worth
I was only tFrying to Gwake you Amup
  DmFor G/Bwhat it's Amworth
I was only tFrying to Gwake you Amup
(trying to wake it up)
  AmFor G/Bwhat it's C5worth
I was only tFrying to Gwake you Amup
  DmFor G/Bwhat it's Amworth I was only trFyingG  Am  
[Outro]
Am G/B C5
F G Am
Dm G/B Am
F G Am

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For What Its Worth

by Kygo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

[Intro]

Am G/B C5

F G Am

Dm G/b Am

F G Am

[Verse 1]

Am G/B C5

I tell you boy I pay my way and go

F G Am

I ain't the best at times untold

Dm G/B Am

I'm adult when I'm on the drink

F G Am

I question if I break up everything

Am G/B C5

And not even all the world's diamond rings

F G Am

Can put the girl to sleep to dream

Dm G/B Am F G Am

We wanted everything when we were young

[Pre-Chorus]

Am G/B C5

We were kids, trying to make it up

F G

As we call home

Dm G/B Am

We were kids, trying to make it up

F G

As we call home

[Chorus]

Am G/B C5

For what it's worth

F G Am

I was only trying to wake you up

Dm G/B Am

For what it's worth

F G Am

I was only trying to wake you up

(trying to wake it up)

Am G/B C5

For what it's worth

F G Am

I was only trying to wake you up

Dm G/B Am F G Am

For what it's worth I was only trying

[Pre-Chorus]

Am G/B C5

We were kids, trying to make it up

F G

As we call home

Dm G/B Am

We were kids, trying to make it up

F G

As we call home

[Verse 2]

Am G/B C5

We were just kids making it up

F G Am

We got blind even when we fucked it up

Dm G/B Am

But what they never told us, it was wrong

F G Am

Nobody ever seemed to care, it was gone

[Chorus]

Am G/B C5

For what it's worth

F G Am

I was only trying to wake you up

Dm G/B Am

For what it's worth

F G Am

I was only trying to wake you up

(trying to wake it up)

Am G/B C5

For what it's worth

F G Am

I was only trying to wake you up

Dm G/B Am F G Am

For what it's worth I was only trying

[Outro]

Am G/B C5

F G Am

Dm G/B Am

F G Am

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