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There's already a tab up of this song, and I tried to help they guy who made it out, but the formatting ended
up messing the the chord diagrams. So here we are! Thanks to norwayviking61 for the inspiration to learn and
There are five chords in the song, here are the fingerings for them:
Chord - Fret Number
 G- 3 5 5 4 3 3
 Em- 0 2 2 0 0 0
 C/G- 3 3 2 0 1 0
 D/A- 5 5 4 0 3 0
 B7- 0 2 1 2 0 2
[Intro]
  G    G    Em    C/G[1x]
[Verse 1]
  GDon’t act like it’s good when you know it’s noEmt with usC/G  
  GSo put your leather jacket downEm  C/G  
  G'Cause I know you're better than that so we should Emsit and talkC/G  
  G'Cause honey I’ll go if that’s what you Emreally wantC/G  
[Pre-Chorus]
  But I wonD/A't
  C/GBend the ruleEms
  To Gbring you back D/Ahome
  C/GI'm on the other sideEm, now
[Chorus] [2x]
  C/GAnd I told yoGu
  Everything will B7be alrightC/G  
  But you came and weGnt
  Like a tD/Ahief in the night
[Build-Up] (2x)
C/G
[Verse 2]
 GDon’t act like you should when you know that we coEmuldn’tC/G  
 GSo maybe you should turn aroundEm  C/G  
 GFinish rolling your eyes and make up your mEmindC/G  
 GCause honey I’ll go if that’s what you really waEmntC/G  
[Pre-Chorus]
  But I wonD/A't
  C/GBend the ruleEms
  To Gbring you back D/Ahome
  C/GI'm on the other sideEm, now
[Chorus] [2x]
  C/GAnd I told yoGu
  Everything will B7be alrightC/G  
  But you came and weGnt
  Like a tD/Ahief in the night
[Build-Up] (2x)
C/G
[Pre-Chorus 2] (mute your strums on this part)
  But I wD/Aon't
  C/GBend the rEmules
  To brGing you back homD/Ae
  C/GI'm on the other side, Emnow
  No I wD/Aon't
  C/GBend the rEmules
  To brGing you back homD/Ae
  C/GI'm on the other side, Emnow
[Chorus] [2x]
  C/GAnd I told yoGu
  Everything will B7be alrightC/G  
  But you came and weGnt
  Like a tD/Ahief in the night
[Outro] (4x)
C/G

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Talk

by Clayton James

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

D/A

There's already a tab up of this song, and I tried to help they guy who made it out, but the formatting ended

up messing the the chord diagrams. So here we are! Thanks to norwayviking61 for the inspiration to learn and

There are five chords in the song, here are the fingerings for them:

Chord - Fret Number

- 3 5 5 4 3 3

- 0 2 2 0 0 0

C/G

- 3 3 2 0 1 0

D/A

- 5 5 4 0 3 0

- 0 2 1 2 0 2

[Intro]

G G Em C/G

[1x]

[Verse 1]

G Em C/G

Don’t act like it’s good when you know it’s not with us

G Em C/G

So put your leather jacket down

G Em C/G

'Cause I know you're better than that so we should sit and talk

G Em C/G

'Cause honey I’ll go if that’s what you really want

[Pre-Chorus]

D/A

But I won't

C/G Em

Bend the rules

G D/A

To bring you back home

C/G Em

I'm on the other side, now

[Chorus] [2x]

C/G G

And I told you

B7 C/G

Everything will be alright

But you came and went

D/A

Like a thief in the night

[Build-Up] (2x)

C/G

[Verse 2]

G Em C/G

Don’t act like you should when you know that we couldn’t

G Em C/G

So maybe you should turn around

G Em C/G

Finish rolling your eyes and make up your mind

G Em C/G

Cause honey I’ll go if that’s what you really want

[Pre-Chorus]

D/A

But I won't

C/G Em

Bend the rules

G D/A

To bring you back home

C/G Em

I'm on the other side, now

[Chorus] [2x]

C/G G

And I told you

B7 C/G

Everything will be alright

But you came and went

D/A

Like a thief in the night

[Build-Up] (2x)

C/G

[Pre-Chorus 2] (mute your strums on this part)

D/A

But I won't

C/G Em

Bend the rules

G D/A

To bring you back home

C/G Em

I'm on the other side, now

D/A

No I won't

C/G Em

Bend the rules

G D/A

To bring you back home

C/G Em

I'm on the other side, now

[Chorus] [2x]

C/G G

And I told you

B7 C/G

Everything will be alright

But you came and went

D/A

Like a thief in the night

[Outro] (4x)

C/G

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