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Kansas

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1/14

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 14Position: 6

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
e|-Bbmaj7----------------|Gm7----------------|Dm7----------------|Am7----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|---5------------|----------------|
D|-----7-----------|----3-----------|--7-------------|--5-------------|
A|---8-------------|--5-------------|-5--------------|-7--------------|(x2, then continues)
E|-6---------------|3---------------|----------------|5---------------|
   ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |
   1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
[Chorus]
   Bbmaj7Damn, I'm burning Gm7up
   Dm7Everything I Am7touch
Can't let you get aBbmaj7head
   Gm7Watch it on my Dm7skin
I fumigate your Am7web
   Bbmaj7Damn, I'm burning Gm7up
   Dm7Everything I Am7touch
Can't let you get aBbmaj7head
   Gm7Watch it on my Dm7skin
I fumigate your Am7web
[Verse 1]
Bbmaj7I can't think anymore (hey)
Gm7Don't know what I did it for (yeah)
Dm7Maybe I was just bored (mm)
Am7Maybe I want more
Knew what I Bbmaj7was getting into with you
Gm7Why did I waste your, your time?
Dm7Shit wasn't love and you know it was true
Am7Love burning, all night (yeah)
   Bbmaj7Got stains all on my jeans
   Gm7I wanna make you breathe
   Dm7Fuck you to blow off steam
   Am7That's that Siamese Dream
Still Bbmaj7stay on the street where your parents got off watching Gm7pornos and pyros at night once the night fall
   Dm7Got red lines on my eyeballs
N.C.
   What, will you pick up when I call?
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7Damn, I'm burning Gm7up (oh, oh, oh)
Dm7Everything I Am7touch
I'd let you get aBbmaj7head (oh, oh, oh)
   Gm7I'd let you get aDm7headAm7  
Bbmaj7Damn, I'm burning Gm7up (oh, oh, oh)
Dm7Everything I Am7touch
I'd let you get aBbmaj7head
   Gm7I'd let you get aDm7headAm7  
[Verse 2]
Remember when the Bbmaj7cops came to my house?
   Gm7I was smoking, they said put it out, nah Dm7dog
My ma out of townAm7, then he put me on the ground
Stay the Bbmaj7night outside cause no one called
For Gm7me to come home, they want me gone
Dm7Got it, throw it, streetlight's broken
I was Am7hopin' you'd help but you watched as I fell and Bbmaj7there's
No excuse, I get it from Gm7you, you, you
But that's no exDm7cuse, no excuse, for what I Am7do, do, do
She said "I'm Bbmaj7miserable", shit, I am too
   Gm7Better give it my allDm7, don't throw it all up on the drywalls
   Am7W-will you pick up when I call?
[Bridge]
   Bbmaj7Yeah, yeahGm7, will you pick me up when I call?
   Dm7Yeah, yeahAm7, will you pick up when I call?
   Bbmaj7Yeah, yeahGm7, will you pick up when I call?
      Dm7     Am7Will you pick up when I call?
[Chorus]
Bbmaj7Damn, I'm burning Gm7up (oh, oh, oh)
Dm7Everything I Am7touch
I'd let you get aBbmaj7head
   Gm7I'd let you get aDm7head (Am7touch, oh, oh, oh)
Bbmaj7Damn, I'm burning Gm7up (oh, oh, oh)
Dm7Everything I Am7touch
I'd let you get aBbmaj7head
   Gm7I'd let you get aDm7headAm7  
[Outro]
         Bbmaj7     Gm7(oh, oh, oh)
      Dm7     Am7(oh, oh, oh)
         Bbmaj7     Gm7(oh, oh, oh)
      Dm7     Am7(oh, oh, oh)

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Kansas

by Roy Blair

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbmaj7

Gm7

Dm7

Am7

[Intro]

Bbmaj7 Gm7 Dm7 Am7

e|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|-----------------|----------------|---5------------|----------------|

D|-----7-----------|----3-----------|--7-------------|--5-------------|

A|---8-------------|--5-------------|-5--------------|-7--------------|(x2, then continues)

E|-6---------------|3---------------|----------------|5---------------|

^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |^ ' ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' |

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Damn, I'm burning up

Dm7 Am7

Everything I touch

Bbmaj7

Can't let you get ahead

Gm7 Dm7

Watch it on my skin

Am7

I fumigate your web

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Damn, I'm burning up

Dm7 Am7

Everything I touch

Bbmaj7

Can't let you get ahead

Gm7 Dm7

Watch it on my skin

Am7

I fumigate your web

[Verse 1]

Bbmaj7

I can't think anymore (hey)

Gm7

Don't know what I did it for (yeah)

Dm7

Maybe I was just bored (mm)

Am7

Maybe I want more

Bbmaj7

Knew what I was getting into with you

Gm7

Why did I waste your, your time?

Dm7

Shit wasn't love and you know it was true

Am7

Love burning, all night (yeah)

Bbmaj7

Got stains all on my jeans

Gm7

I wanna make you breathe

Dm7

Fuck you to blow off steam

Am7

That's that Siamese Dream

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Still stay on the street where your parents got off watching pornos and pyros at night once the night fall

Dm7

Got red lines on my eyeballs

N.C.

What, will you pick up when I call?

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Damn, I'm burning up (oh, oh, oh)

Dm7 Am7

Everything I touch

Bbmaj7

I'd let you get ahead (oh, oh, oh)

Gm7 Dm7 Am7

I'd let you get ahead

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Damn, I'm burning up (oh, oh, oh)

Dm7 Am7

Everything I touch

Bbmaj7

I'd let you get ahead

Gm7 Dm7 Am7

I'd let you get ahead

[Verse 2]

Bbmaj7

Remember when the cops came to my house?

Gm7 Dm7

I was smoking, they said put it out, nah dog

Am7

My ma out of town, then he put me on the ground

Bbmaj7

Stay the night outside cause no one called

Gm7

For me to come home, they want me gone

Dm7

Got it, throw it, streetlight's broken

Am7 Bbmaj7

I was hopin' you'd help but you watched as I fell and there's

Gm7

No excuse, I get it from you, you, you

Dm7 Am7

But that's no excuse, no excuse, for what I do, do, do

Bbmaj7

She said "I'm miserable", shit, I am too

Gm7 Dm7

Better give it my all, don't throw it all up on the drywalls

Am7

W-will you pick up when I call?

[Bridge]

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Yeah, yeah, will you pick me up when I call?

Dm7 Am7

Yeah, yeah, will you pick up when I call?

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Yeah, yeah, will you pick up when I call?

Dm7 Am7

Will you pick up when I call?

[Chorus]

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Damn, I'm burning up (oh, oh, oh)

Dm7 Am7

Everything I touch

Bbmaj7

I'd let you get ahead

Gm7 Dm7 Am7

I'd let you get ahead (touch, oh, oh, oh)

Bbmaj7 Gm7

Damn, I'm burning up (oh, oh, oh)

Dm7 Am7

Everything I touch

Bbmaj7

I'd let you get ahead

Gm7 Dm7 Am7

I'd let you get ahead

[Outro]

Bbmaj7 Gm7

(oh, oh, oh)

Dm7 Am7

(oh, oh, oh)

Bbmaj7 Gm7

(oh, oh, oh)

Dm7 Am7

(oh, oh, oh)

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