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Gettin Even

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[Intro]
G   G7
[Verse 1]
You Csleep alone and so do I,  I guess we're DmevenG7  
'cause we can't Gtalk unless we G7fight gettin' CevenG7  
The Cthings we say to C7hurt each other's Ffeelins'Dm  
It's Cjust not fair we G7get nowhere gettin' CevenG7  
[Verse 2]
We Cact like kids and play our games gettin DmevenG7  
how we Gcriticize and make up G7lies gettin' CevenG7  
and Cwe've told ourselves a C7thousand times we're Fleavin'Dm  
All the Cthings we do to G7me and you gettin' Ceven
[Chorus]
GOh what a G7sad price to Cpay
It D7cost us our heart's when Gwe G7act this Gway
But CWe're still here so C7there must be a FreasonDm  
to keep Choldin' on though we Gknow it's G7wrong gettin' CevenG7  A  
[Verse 3]
We Dhurt enough let's give it up, we're EmevenA7  
I Aknow we could 'cause A7we're so good at gettin' DevenA7  
then Dlet's go back to D7where we lost the GfeelinE7  
let's try Dlove again don't A7let it end, call it DevenA7  
[Outro]
let's try Dlove again let's don't A7let it end, call it GevenE7  D  

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Gettin Even

by John Schneider

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G G7

[Verse 1]

C Dm G7

You sleep alone and so do I, I guess we're even

G G7 C G7

'cause we can't talk unless we fight gettin' even

C C7 F Dm

The things we say to hurt each other's feelins'

C G7 C G7

It's just not fair we get nowhere gettin' even

[Verse 2]

C Dm G7

We act like kids and play our games gettin even

G G7 C G7

how we criticize and make up lies gettin' even

C C7 F Dm

and we've told ourselves a thousand times we're leavin'

C G7 C

All the things we do to me and you gettin' even

[Chorus]

G G7 C

Oh what a sad price to pay

D7 G G7 G

It cost us our heart's when we act this way

C C7 F Dm

But We're still here so there must be a reason

C G G7 C G7 A

to keep holdin' on though we know it's wrong gettin' even

[Verse 3]

D Em A7

We hurt enough let's give it up, we're even

A A7 D A7

I know we could 'cause we're so good at gettin' even

D D7 G E7

then let's go back to where we lost the feelin

D A7 D A7

let's try love again don't let it end, call it even

[Outro]

D A7 G E7 D

let's try love again let's don't let it end, call it even

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