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Kryptonite

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[Intro]
   GUuuAmuuuEmuuuh
  C   GUuuAmuuuEmuuuh
[Verse 1]
CThe story Gends here
CI'm making Gamends here
AmMove aDlong, I Dneed the Emsilence
But Cthis doubts are Geating me
From Cinside they Gfeed on me
Each Amtime I Dlook Dinto your Emeyes
AmI've seen my Emreflection
The Amwrong Emdirection
You Amlost the Emchance to Dwalk the Gline
[Chorus]
GI'm hearing you Dsay, you know I Gtried
You Empromise Cworlds but speak of Glies
Still thinking you'll Dchange
After Gall we've Emtried
Won't let you Cbe my KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
[Verse 2]
We tried to Ggrow old
CBut instead we Ggrew cold
We're Amtwo ships Dpassing Din the Emnight
CYou say I Gmisread you
CWe both know Gthat ain't true
You Amkept your Dway let Dme keep Emmine
My Amdoor was Emopen
But Amyou went on and Embroke in
[Chorus]
GI'm hearing you Dsay, you know I Gtried
You Empromise Cworlds but speak of Glies
Still thinking you'll Dchange
After Gall we've Emtried
Won't let you Cbe my KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
[Bridge]
And so you Amcan't give up, counting every minute
And you Emnever look back, stretching out the limit
All the Glines that you've Ccrossed
Are the Amyears that we've lost
Oh Ambuild me up, promise that you'll quit it
But Emwhenever you stop, it's only for a minute
GSay you've never been lCoved
But Amyou've always been loved
   GUuuAmuuuEmuuuh
   GUuuAmuuuEmuuuh
   GUuuAmuuuEmuuuh
   GUuuAmuuuEmuuuh
[Outro]
I'm hearing you Dsay
After Gall we've Emtried
I won't let you Cbe my KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
KryptonGite
UuuAmuuuEmuuuh
      N.C.   
Kryptonite

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Kryptonite

by Thorsteinn Einarsson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

C G Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

[Verse 1]

C G

The story ends here

C G

I'm making amends here

Am D D Em

Move along, I need the silence

C G

But this doubts are eating me

C G

From inside they feed on me

Am D D Em

Each time I look into your eyes

Am Em

I've seen my reflection

Am Em

The wrong direction

Am Em D G

You lost the chance to walk the line

[Chorus]

G D G

I'm hearing you say, you know I tried

Em C G

You promise worlds but speak of lies

Still thinking you'll change

G Em

After all we've tried

C G

Won't let you be my Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

[Verse 2]

We tried to grow old

C G

But instead we grew cold

Am D D Em

We're two ships passing in the night

C G

You say I misread you

C G

We both know that ain't true

Am D D Em

You kept your way let me keep mine

Am Em

My door was open

Am Em

But you went on and broke in

[Chorus]

G D G

I'm hearing you say, you know I tried

Em C G

You promise worlds but speak of lies

Still thinking you'll change

G Em

After all we've tried

C G

Won't let you be my Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

[Bridge]

And so you can't give up, counting every minute

And you never look back, stretching out the limit

G C

All the lines that you've crossed

Are the years that we've lost

Oh build me up, promise that you'll quit it

But whenever you stop, it's only for a minute

G C

Say you've never been loved

But you've always been loved

G Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

G Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

G Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

G Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

[Outro]

I'm hearing you say

G Em

After all we've tried

C G

I won't let you be my Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

Kryptonite

Am Em

Uuuuuuuuuh

N.C.

Kryptonite

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