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Ive Been Thinkin

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{Background Riff}
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|0-----2-|--------|------0-|--------|
D|--------|4-------|2-------|4---0---|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
[Intro]
  G    D         Em(SighD)     Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
GI don’t know what I’ve been thinDking’
But Emlately I just feel like drinDkin’
GI don’t know what I’ve been thinDking’
EmLately I feel like I’m sinDking’
[Verse 1]
GI don’t know whats going on
DMy whole life I done stayed strong
EmYou don’t know whats going on
You Dact like I can't do no wrong
    GBut I ain't perfect, 
    Dthats for certain yeah
   EmI ain't perfect 
I’m Djust a normal person
With Gso much pressure over me
DAll this shit that you don’t see
EmAll this shit that you don’t see
DMy whole family counts on me
    GAnd its so stressful 
    Dyeah so stressful
EmSo much on my brain I feel like 
DI just might go mental yeah
    GAnd honestly 
DI think about smoking weed
EmBut my lil bro look up to me so Dwhat I look like smoking weed
                            G      DPlus it ain't me, 
EmI just feel like I need something to Dput my mind at ease cause
[Chorus]
GI don’t know what I’ve been thinDking’
But Emlately I just feel like drinDkin’, 
Yeah, GI don’t know what I’ve been thinDking’
EmLately I feel like I’m sinDking’, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
GSometimes I’m so stressed out
That DI feel like I’m left out
So EmI just sit around I grab my Dphone and send some texts out
Like Ghey baby whats going on DI feel like we’re losing touch
EmI know that I’m never home so DI don’t get to see you much
GYou just tryna finish school DI’m just tryna get through life
EmWith no issues cause I hate it Dwhen me and my brother fight
GSometimes I just wanna quit Dmaybe I’m just into deep Emthen
Sometimes I think about the Drecords its just you and me
She Gasked me if I love her     Dand I said maybe
EmIf you knew the shit thats in my Dhead you’d think I’m crazy and
[Chorus]
GI don’t know what I’ve been thinDking’
But Emlately I just feel like drinDkin’, yeah, yeah, yeah 
GI don’t know what I’ve been thinDking’
EmLately I feel like I’m sinDking’, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
GI don’t I don’t know,     Dno no
EmI don’t I don’t know,   Dno no no
GI don’t I don’t know,     Dno no
EmI don’t I don’t know,   Dno no no
[Outro]
GMaybe drugs will ease the pain
DMaybe I’m just too insane
EmI don’t even understand
DAll the shit thats on my brain
GMaybe drugs will ease the pain
DMaybe I’m just too insane
EmI don’t even understand
DAll the shit thats on my brain

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Ive Been Thinkin

by Cardiff Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

{Background Riff}

E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

B|--------|--------|--------|--------|

G|0-----2-|--------|------0-|--------|

D|--------|4-------|2-------|4---0---|

A|--------|--------|--------|--------|

E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[Intro]

G D Em D

(Sigh) Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

G D

I don’t know what I’ve been thinking’

Em D

But lately I just feel like drinkin’

G D

I don’t know what I’ve been thinking’

Em D

Lately I feel like I’m sinking’

[Verse 1]

I don’t know whats going on

My whole life I done stayed strong

You don’t know whats going on

You act like I can't do no wrong

But I ain't perfect,

thats for certain yeah

I ain't perfect

I’m just a normal person

With so much pressure over me

All this shit that you don’t see

My whole family counts on me

And its so stressful

yeah so stressful

So much on my brain I feel like

I just might go mental yeah

And honestly

I think about smoking weed

Em D

But my lil bro look up to me so what I look like smoking weed

G D

Plus it ain't me,

Em D

I just feel like I need something to put my mind at ease cause

[Chorus]

G D

I don’t know what I’ve been thinking’

Em D

But lately I just feel like drinkin’,

G D

Yeah, I don’t know what I’ve been thinking’

Em D

Lately I feel like I’m sinking’, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

Sometimes I’m so stressed out

That I feel like I’m left out

Em D

So I just sit around I grab my phone and send some texts out

G D

Like hey baby whats going on I feel like we’re losing touch

Em D

I know that I’m never home so I don’t get to see you much

G D

You just tryna finish school I’m just tryna get through life

Em D

With no issues cause I hate it when me and my brother fight

G D Em

Sometimes I just wanna quit maybe I’m just into deep then

Sometimes I think about the records its just you and me

G D

She asked me if I love her and I said maybe

Em D

If you knew the shit thats in my head you’d think I’m crazy and

[Chorus]

G D

I don’t know what I’ve been thinking’

Em D

But lately I just feel like drinkin’, yeah, yeah, yeah

G D

I don’t know what I’ve been thinking’

Em D

Lately I feel like I’m sinking’, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

G D

I don’t I don’t know, no no

Em D

I don’t I don’t know, no no no

G D

I don’t I don’t know, no no

Em D

I don’t I don’t know, no no no

[Outro]

Maybe drugs will ease the pain

Maybe I’m just too insane

I don’t even understand

All the shit thats on my brain

Maybe drugs will ease the pain

Maybe I’m just too insane

I don’t even understand

All the shit thats on my brain

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