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Relatively Permanent

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Ebminor

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[Intro]
D#m A#m B F#
D#m A#m G#m F#
B G#m D#m A#m
D#m A#m B F#
[Verse]
I D#mwonder if wA#me'll still bBe togF#ether
D#mSeveral A#myears Bdown F#the line
But D#mhow could I A#mknow, you Bcan't know F#either
[Chorus]
BThis could be an G#maccident
Or D#mrelatively A#mpermanent
But Beither way I'm G#mgonna stay
And D#mlove you for aA#mnother day
D#m A#m B F#
D#m A#m G#m F#
[Verse]
How D#mlucky cA#man two Bpeople F#get
D#mHand in A#mhand, Bside by sF#ide
A coD#mincidA#mence we Beven F#met
[Chorus]
BThis could be an G#maccident
Or D#mrelatively A#mpermanent
But Beither way I'm G#mgonna stay
And D#mlove you for aA#mnother day
D#m A#m B F#

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Relatively Permanent

by Chris Staples

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m

A#m

G#m

[Intro]

D#m A#m B F#

D#m A#m G#m F#

B G#m D#m A#m

D#m A#m B F#

[Verse]

D#m A#m B F#

I wonder if we'll still be together

D#m A#m B F#

Several years down the line

D#m A#m B F#

But how could I know, you can't know either

[Chorus]

B G#m

This could be an accident

D#m A#m

Or relatively permanent

B G#m

But either way I'm gonna stay

D#m A#m

And love you for another day

D#m A#m B F#

D#m A#m G#m F#

[Verse]

D#m A#m B F#

How lucky can two people get

D#m A#m B F#

Hand in hand, side by side

D#m A#m B F#

A coincidence we even met

[Chorus]

B G#m

This could be an accident

D#m A#m

Or relatively permanent

B G#m

But either way I'm gonna stay

D#m A#m

And love you for another day

D#m A#m B F#

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