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1/10

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 10Position: 8

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
e|---10-------------------------|
B|-8---------8----5-8----7-8-8--|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------| 2x
 G   Dsus4   C   D2x
[Verse]
GI was not made to Dsus4lie doCwn or to wither in your wDomb.
GI am holding out mDsus4y knifCe and I just carved a hDole.
GAnd we all live sDsus4omewheCre else.
When you are living in your cDell.
GI was not made to Dsus4lie doCwn.
I was made to love.D  
[Pre-Chorus]
You wDant the rCadio?D  
DYou want Cthe fortune?
DSo there you goC  
[Chorus]
GSend me off in a Dsus4sea of Cred and he will carry me aDgain.
GI will rest when I Dsus4am deaCd.
In your shallow beaten eDnd.
GWhen we all make Dsus4skin aCnd bones, you are the vacancy I hDold.
GBut I am holding Dsus4out thCe most and now I kDnow.
[Instrumental]
 G   F   C   D2x
[Verse]
GDon't chew me up then Dsus4ask me Cwhy, I don't come around no mDore.
GI won't cover all your Dsus4crimeCs, to be swallowed whDole.
GAnd there is not much more Dsus4to you Cthen the skin you're lDiving in.
GI was not made to Dsus4lie doCwn.
I was made to love.D  
[Pre-Chorus]
You Dwant the Cradio?D  
You Dwant the Cfortune?
DSo there you goC  
[Chorus]
GSend me off in a Dsus4sea of Cred and he will carry me aDgain.
GI will rest when I Dsus4am deaCd.
In your shallow beaten eDnd.
GWhen we all make Dsus4skin aCnd bones, you are the vacancy I hDold.
GBut I am holding Dsus4out thCe most and now I kDnow.
[Instrumental]
 G   F   C   D2x
[Bridge]
DSaid you had all the reasons wChy, my head was wGavering and my hands were fCull of led.
DSaid you had all the reasons wChy, my head was wGavering and my hands were fCull of lead.
[Outro]
 G   Dsus4   C   D4x
G

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Giver

by The Flats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Dsus4

[Intro]

e|---10-------------------------|

B|-8---------8----5-8----7-8-8--|

G|------------------------------|

D|------------------------------|

A|------------------------------|

E|------------------------------| 2x

G Dsus4 C D

[Verse]

G Dsus4 C D

I was not made to lie down or to wither in your womb.

G Dsus4 C D

I am holding out my knife and I just carved a hole.

G Dsus4 C

And we all live somewhere else.

When you are living in your cell.

G Dsus4 C

I was not made to lie down.

I was made to love.

[Pre-Chorus]

D C D

You want the radio?

D C

You want the fortune?

D C

So there you go

[Chorus]

G Dsus4 C D

Send me off in a sea of red and he will carry me again.

G Dsus4 C

I will rest when I am dead.

In your shallow beaten end.

G Dsus4 C D

When we all make skin and bones, you are the vacancy I hold.

G Dsus4 C D

But I am holding out the most and now I know.

[Instrumental]

G F C D

[Verse]

G Dsus4 C D

Don't chew me up then ask me why, I don't come around no more.

G Dsus4 C D

I won't cover all your crimes, to be swallowed whole.

G Dsus4 C D

And there is not much more to you then the skin you're living in.

G Dsus4 C

I was not made to lie down.

I was made to love.

[Pre-Chorus]

D C D

You want the radio?

D C

You want the fortune?

D C

So there you go

[Chorus]

G Dsus4 C D

Send me off in a sea of red and he will carry me again.

G Dsus4 C

I will rest when I am dead.

In your shallow beaten end.

G Dsus4 C D

When we all make skin and bones, you are the vacancy I hold.

G Dsus4 C D

But I am holding out the most and now I know.

[Instrumental]

G F C D

[Bridge]

D C G C

Said you had all the reasons why, my head was wavering and my hands were full of led.

D C G C

Said you had all the reasons why, my head was wavering and my hands were full of lead.

[Outro]

G Dsus4 C D

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