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Wild Card

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Eminor

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1/48

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 48Position: 6

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
e|-------6-6-6---------6-6-6-------7--66-6-6---7-6-7-6-7-6-7------|
B|---8~--7-7-7-----8~--7-7-7-------8--77-7-7---8-7-8-7-8-7-8------|
G|-------8-8-8---------8-8-8-------9--88-8-8---9-8-9-8-9-8-9------|
D|-------8-8-8---------8-8-8-------9--88-8-8---9-8-9-8-9-8-9------|
A|-------6-6-6---------6-6-6-------7--66-6-6---7-6-7-6-7-6-7------|
E|-0-------------0--------------0---------------------------------|
e|-----------8-------3-------5-------|
B|---8---------8------3--------5-----|
G|--------------------4--------------|
D|----9------------------------------|
A|-----7-----------------------------|
E|-0--------8-------3-------5--------| x2 
e|---7-7---7-7-6-6-6--|
B|---8-8---8-8-7-7-7--|
G|---9-9---9-9-8-8-8--|
D|---9-9---9-9-8-8-8--|
A|---7-7---7-7-6-6-6--|
E|-0-----0------------| x3
[Verse 1]
I always Emcame to Cplay play Gplay
well you Emdouble down to Cstay stay Gstay
yeah I was Embetting on Cgetting my Gway
G*
yeah but you emptied my pockets
G*
while I played for keeps
well you were wild but you were dealt to Gme
yeah got Emaway with the Ccrime crime Gcrime
oh I still ended up Emdoing my Ctime time Gtime
cut Emdown in my Csilly old Gprime
G*
’cause you emptied my pockets
G*
while I played the keeps
you were wild but you were dealt to Gme
[Chorus]
yeah Gfrom the Cstart
to the Gend of G/Fthe Gstart
from the Gend of the Cstart to the Gend
and from the Gstart
to the Cend of the Gstart
from the Gend of the G/Fstart to the Gend
                         G*
yeah we played that wild card
                         G*
well we played that wild card
                         G*
yeah we played that wild card
[Verse 2]
well I Emtook it all in Cstride stride Gstride
yeah rung it Emout like the Ctide tide Gtide
yeah nothing Emreally Clets them Gshine
G*
yeah, 'cause you emptied my pockets
G*
while I played for keeps
well you were wild but you were dealt to Gme
[Chorus]
yeah Gfrom the Cstart
to the Gend of G/Fthe Gstart
from the Gend of the Cstart to the Gend
from the Gstart
to the Cend of the Gstart
               x     x  x   x   x  x     G  
yeah, from the start to the end of the start
[Outro]
G*
well we played that wild card
G*
yeah we played that wild card
G*
yeah we played that wild card﻿
|  G*  35543
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Wild Card

by Shakey Graves

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G/F

[Intro]

e|-------6-6-6---------6-6-6-------7--66-6-6---7-6-7-6-7-6-7------|

B|---8~--7-7-7-----8~--7-7-7-------8--77-7-7---8-7-8-7-8-7-8------|

G|-------8-8-8---------8-8-8-------9--88-8-8---9-8-9-8-9-8-9------|

D|-------8-8-8---------8-8-8-------9--88-8-8---9-8-9-8-9-8-9------|

A|-------6-6-6---------6-6-6-------7--66-6-6---7-6-7-6-7-6-7------|

E|-0-------------0--------------0---------------------------------|

e|-----------8-------3-------5-------|

B|---8---------8------3--------5-----|

G|--------------------4--------------|

D|----9------------------------------|

A|-----7-----------------------------|

E|-0--------8-------3-------5--------| x2

e|---7-7---7-7-6-6-6--|

B|---8-8---8-8-7-7-7--|

G|---9-9---9-9-8-8-8--|

D|---9-9---9-9-8-8-8--|

A|---7-7---7-7-6-6-6--|

E|-0-----0------------| x3

[Verse 1]

Em C G

I always came to play play play

Em C G

well you double down to stay stay stay

Em C G

yeah I was betting on getting my way

yeah but you emptied my pockets

while I played for keeps

well you were wild but you were dealt to me

Em C G

yeah got away with the crime crime crime

Em C G

oh I still ended up doing my time time time

Em C G

cut down in my silly old prime

’cause you emptied my pockets

while I played the keeps

you were wild but you were dealt to me

[Chorus]

G C

yeah from the start

G G/F G

to the end of the start

G C G

from the end of the start to the end

and from the start

C G

to the end of the start

G G/F G

from the end of the start to the end

yeah we played that wild card

well we played that wild card

yeah we played that wild card

[Verse 2]

Em C G

well I took it all in stride stride stride

Em C G

yeah rung it out like the tide tide tide

Em C G

yeah nothing really lets them shine

yeah, 'cause you emptied my pockets

while I played for keeps

well you were wild but you were dealt to me

[Chorus]

G C

yeah from the start

G G/F G

to the end of the start

G C G

from the end of the start to the end

from the start

C G

to the end of the start

x x x x x x

yeah, from the start to the end of the start

[Outro]

well we played that wild card

yeah we played that wild card

| G* 35543

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