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The Growlers - I'll Be Around
[Intro]
      Gm*    F  Gm  
e|-x--3--x--1/3-3--x--3--|
B|-x--3--x--1/3-3--x--3--| the Gm in the verses
G|-x--3--x--2/3-3--x--3--| is played like this,
D|-x--5--x--3/5-5--x--5--| with an extra F
A|-x--5--x--3/5-5--x--5--|
E|-----------------------|
[Verse 1]
GmYes, I’m only a man
Judgements of something ancient
Clocking my time as finished
The same as all replacements
Ignorance is complacency
Why I am purposely faded
No stand, no sit, no stopping
Ripping through the neon prophecies
Got let off by a ticket stub
My time is fading fast
CThrough your mouth and Dout your
[Chorus]
Gm(You never do what you say) Say what?
(Shine till the sun comes up) Come down
(You oughta wash your hands and pray) For what?
(Shaking hands, swapping dirty blood) Pass it round
(You never do what you say) Say what?
(Shine till the sun comes up) For now
C(You promise Dthat you’ll come around?) I’ll be aroundGm  
[Interlude]
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
C    D
[Verse 2]
N.C.
So I fear, but I don’t know what it is
So I want, but I pretend I don’t need
So is the pain of the stop of a lover’s kiss
I throw my pages all away like shaking wrists
So shake me down
(Shake me up, shake me down, shake me down, shake me down)
(Shake me up, shake me down, shake me down, shake me down)
(So shake me up)
[Interlude]
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
C     D
[Chorus]
Gm(You never do what you say) Say what?
(Shine till the sun comes up) Come down
(You oughta wash your hands and pray) For what?
(Shaking hands, swapping dirty blood) Pass it round
(You never do what you say) Say what?
(Shine till the sun comes up) For now
C(You promise Dthat you’ll come around?) I’ll be aroundGm  
[Interlude]
Gm
Gm
Gm
Gm
C     D
[Synth interlude]
Gm
Gm
[Verse 3]
GmI tell me it ain’t hard
As I hold my breath, thinking why
Tell me to my beating heart
That I know for sure
(Shake me up, shake me down, shake me down, shake me down)
Better than I can know for sure
What is real
My mistakes bend like payphone metal
I never know just what will come
As our hands bind together
Realer than my children
Longer than a trillion
Get what I am given, forever (So shake me up)
[Chorus]
Gm(You never do what you say) Say what?
(Shine till the sun comes up) Come down
(You oughta wash your hands and pray) For what?
(Shaking hands, swapping dirty blood) Pass it round
(You never do what you say) Say what?
(Shine till the sun comes up) For now
C(You promise Dthat you’ll come around?Gm)
[Outro]
Gm

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Ill Be Around

by The Growlers

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The Growlers - I'll Be Around

[Intro]

F Gm

Gm*

e|-x--3--x--1/3-3--x--3--|

B|-x--3--x--1/3-3--x--3--| the Gm in the verses

G|-x--3--x--2/3-3--x--3--| is played like this,

D|-x--5--x--3/5-5--x--5--| with an extra F

A|-x--5--x--3/5-5--x--5--|

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

[Verse 1]

Yes, I’m only a man

Judgements of something ancient

Clocking my time as finished

The same as all replacements

Ignorance is complacency

Why I am purposely faded

No stand, no sit, no stopping

Ripping through the neon prophecies

Got let off by a ticket stub

My time is fading fast

C D

Through your mouth and out your

[Chorus]

(You never do what you say) Say what?

(Shine till the sun comes up) Come down

(You oughta wash your hands and pray) For what?

(Shaking hands, swapping dirty blood) Pass it round

(You never do what you say) Say what?

(Shine till the sun comes up) For now

C D Gm

(You promise that you’ll come around?) I’ll be around

[Interlude]

C D

[Verse 2]

N.C.

So I fear, but I don’t know what it is

So I want, but I pretend I don’t need

So is the pain of the stop of a lover’s kiss

I throw my pages all away like shaking wrists

So shake me down

(Shake me up, shake me down, shake me down, shake me down)

(So shake me up)

[Interlude]

C D

[Chorus]

(You never do what you say) Say what?

(Shine till the sun comes up) Come down

(You oughta wash your hands and pray) For what?

(Shaking hands, swapping dirty blood) Pass it round

(You never do what you say) Say what?

(Shine till the sun comes up) For now

C D Gm

(You promise that you’ll come around?) I’ll be around

[Interlude]

C D

[Synth interlude]

[Verse 3]

I tell me it ain’t hard

As I hold my breath, thinking why

Tell me to my beating heart

That I know for sure

(Shake me up, shake me down, shake me down, shake me down)

Better than I can know for sure

What is real

My mistakes bend like payphone metal

I never know just what will come

As our hands bind together

Realer than my children

Longer than a trillion

Get what I am given, forever (So shake me up)

[Chorus]

(You never do what you say) Say what?

(Shine till the sun comes up) Come down

(You oughta wash your hands and pray) For what?

(Shaking hands, swapping dirty blood) Pass it round

(You never do what you say) Say what?

(Shine till the sun comes up) For now

C D Gm

(You promise that you’ll come around?)

[Outro]

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