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You Cant Look Back
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Step 1 / 4Position: 4
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Chords used:
C#me|-----x-------Asus2--------x--------E-------x--------B5--------x--------------|
B|-----x---------------x---------------x----------------x--------------|
G|-----6---------------2---------------1----------------4--------------|
D|-----6---------------2---------------2----------------4--------------|
A|-----4---------------x---------------2----------------2--------------|
E|-----x---------------x---------------x----------------x--------------|
(its very important that you play them as power chords)
[Intro]
Asus2 A (play an A chord after strumming once) C#m B5 C#m x2
[Verse]
Asus2I was living day to day
C#mAs the meetings they would suggest
Asus2Sitting pretty having one foot out that dooC#mr
Asus2No, I didn't know how to act
EStarted running and I didn't look back
B5Still feel the same way
Still don't know where I'm going
[Pre-chorus]
Asus2Oh, then you let me in
C#mI don't know how you did it other than you did
Asus2Cut your wrist and said come get you some
C#mIt only works if you don't look down
Asus2Bought the ticket, now you're on the track
EYou can keep it but you can't look back
B5You can keep it but you can't look back
You can keep it but you can't look baAsus2ck
You can keep it but you can't look back
[Chorus]
C#mI didn't know what I was loEoking for
C#mAnd come to think I wasn't loEoking at all
C#mI'm not the same man, nEot since you came in
C#mI'm going to get you if it takes me all night B5long
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night loAsus2ng
EI'm going to get you if it takes me all night lC#mong
EI'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
Asus2I'm not the same man, not Esince you came in
B5I'm going to get you if it take me all night
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
[Verse]
Asus2I was nearly four states away
C#mMamma calling from the other end
Asus2Someday a woman's gonna need you most the timC#me, yeah
Asus2Lord, I didn't know how to act
EI started running and I didn't look back
B5Still feel the same way
Still don't know where I'm going
[Pre-chorus]
Asus2But now I'm in it until the bitter end
C#mYou're gonna do me then you do me like that
Asus2Cut your wrist and said come get you some
C#mIt only works if you don't look down
Asus2Bought the ticket, now you're on the track
EYou can keep it but you can't look back
B5You can keep it but you can't look back
You can keep it but you can't look bacAsus2k
You can keep it but you can't look back
[Chorus]
C#mI didn't kAsus2now what I was lookiEng for (can'B5t look back)
C#mAnd come to tAsus2hink I wasn't lookiEng at all (canB5't look back)
C#mI'm not the sAsus2ame man, not Esince you came B5in
C#mI'm going to get you if it tAsus2akes me all night longB5
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
[Instrumental]
C#m Asus2 E B5 C#m Asus2
B5I'm going to get you if it takes me all night
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night lAsus2ong
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
[Middle 8]
E B5 C#m Asus2
EStarted rB5unnin' in
You C#mcut your wrist
You lAsus2et me in
[Outro]
EDon't know how you did it other than you did
B5I was there beside myself in my own skin
C#mUnfamiliar, I tried it on and liked the fit
I dAsus2on't know how you did it other than you did
Asus2I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
EI don't know how you did it other than you did
B5I was there beside myself in my own skin
C#mUnfamiliar, I tried it on and liked the fit
I dAsus2on't know how you did it other than you did
EDon't know how you did it other than you did
B5I was there beside myself in my own skin
C#mUnfamiliar, I tried it on and liked the fit
I dAsus2on't know how you did it other than you did
Don't know how you did it other than you didE
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You Cant Look Back
by Taking Back Sunday
Chords in this song · guitar
C#m
Asus2
E
B5
Chords used:
C#m Asus2 E B5
e|-----x---------------x---------------x----------------x--------------|
B|-----x---------------x---------------x----------------x--------------|
G|-----6---------------2---------------1----------------4--------------|
D|-----6---------------2---------------2----------------4--------------|
A|-----4---------------x---------------2----------------2--------------|
E|-----x---------------x---------------x----------------x--------------|
(its very important that you play them as power chords)
[Intro]
Asus2 A (play an A chord after strumming once) C#m B5 C#m x2
[Verse]
Asus2
I was living day to day
C#m
As the meetings they would suggest
Asus2 C#m
Sitting pretty having one foot out that door
Asus2
No, I didn't know how to act
E
Started running and I didn't look back
B5
Still feel the same way
Still don't know where I'm going
[Pre-chorus]
Asus2
Oh, then you let me in
C#m
I don't know how you did it other than you did
Asus2
Cut your wrist and said come get you some
C#m
It only works if you don't look down
Asus2
Bought the ticket, now you're on the track
E
You can keep it but you can't look back
B5
You can keep it but you can't look back
Asus2
You can keep it but you can't look back
You can keep it but you can't look back
[Chorus]
C#m E
I didn't know what I was looking for
C#m E
And come to think I wasn't looking at all
C#m E
I'm not the same man, not since you came in
C#m B5
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
Asus2
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
E C#m
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
E
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
Asus2 E
I'm not the same man, not since you came in
B5
I'm going to get you if it take me all night
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
[Verse]
Asus2
I was nearly four states away
C#m
Mamma calling from the other end
Asus2 C#m
Someday a woman's gonna need you most the time, yeah
Asus2
Lord, I didn't know how to act
E
I started running and I didn't look back
B5
Still feel the same way
Still don't know where I'm going
[Pre-chorus]
Asus2
But now I'm in it until the bitter end
C#m
You're gonna do me then you do me like that
Asus2
Cut your wrist and said come get you some
C#m
It only works if you don't look down
Asus2
Bought the ticket, now you're on the track
E
You can keep it but you can't look back
B5
You can keep it but you can't look back
Asus2
You can keep it but you can't look back
You can keep it but you can't look back
[Chorus]
C#m Asus2 E B5
I didn't know what I was looking for (can't look back)
C#m Asus2 E B5
And come to think I wasn't looking at all (can't look back)
C#m Asus2 E B5
I'm not the same man, not since you came in
C#m Asus2 B5
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
[Instrumental]
C#m Asus2 E B5 C#m Asus2
B5
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night
Asus2
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
[Middle 8]
E B5 C#m Asus2
E B5
Started runnin' in
C#m
You cut your wrist
Asus2
You let me in
[Outro]
E
Don't know how you did it other than you did
B5
I was there beside myself in my own skin
C#m
Unfamiliar, I tried it on and liked the fit
Asus2
I don't know how you did it other than you did
Asus2
I'm going to get you if it takes me all night long
E
I don't know how you did it other than you did
B5
I was there beside myself in my own skin
C#m
Unfamiliar, I tried it on and liked the fit
Asus2
I don't know how you did it other than you did
E
Don't know how you did it other than you did
B5
I was there beside myself in my own skin
C#m
Unfamiliar, I tried it on and liked the fit
Asus2
I don't know how you did it other than you did
E
Don't know how you did it other than you did
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