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Complicated

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1/5

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 5Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

    C: e|--0--|
       B|--1--|
       G|--0--|
       D|--2--|
       A|--3--|
       E|--0--|
  C/G: e|--0--|
       B|--1--|
       G|--0--|
       D|--0--|
       A|--2--|
       E|--3--|
  Am7: e|--0--|
       B|--1--|
       G|--0--|
       D|--2--|
       A|--0--|
       E|--0--|
  Cm9: e|--0--|
       B|--1--|
       G|--0--|
       D|--0--|
       A|--2--|
       E|--0--|
   F:  e|--1--|
       B|--1--|
       G|--2--|
       D|--3--|
       A|--3--|
       E|--1--|       
[Intro]
C C/G Am7 Cm9
C C/G Am7 Cm9
C C/G Am7 Cm9
C C/G Am7 Cm9
[Verse]
CMaybe C/Ghappiness is Am7out of reach for Cm9me
Because I
CI tend to cC/Gomplicate the sAm7implest of thiCm9ngs in my life
CAnd I’m not C/Ghere to give an eAm7xplanation fCm9or my actions
CCause I don’t C/Geven have an eAm7xplanation fCm9or my actions
[Chorus]
CI spend a C/Glot of time pAm7retending I don’t sCm9ee
The things you sCee
I spend a C/Glot of time Am7pretending I don’t Cm9mind
If you were Cme
You’d spend a C/Glot of time
Am7Spend a lFot of time
CAm I just C/Gcomplicated?Am7  
Or am FI living a lCie?
[Verse 2]
I’ve been gC/Gifted with crAm7eating things
That pCm9eople seem to lCike
But they don’t kC/Gnow that I cAm7reate
The demons Cm9I will have to fCight
[Chorus]
CI spend a C/Glot of time pAm7retending I don’t sCm9ee
The things you sCee
I spend a C/Glot of time Am7pretending I don’t Cm9mind
If you were Cme
You’d spend a C/Glot of time
Am7Spend a lFot of time
CAm I just C/Gcomplicated?Am7  
Or am FI living a lCie?
[Outro]
CAm I just cC/GomplicatedAm7  
Or am FI losing my mCind?
***(Strum each Outro chord once)***

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Complicated

by SayWeCanFly

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Am7

Cm9

C: e|--0--|

B|--1--|

G|--0--|

D|--2--|

A|--3--|

E|--0--|

C/G: e|--0--|

B|--1--|

G|--0--|

D|--0--|

A|--2--|

E|--3--|

Am7: e|--0--|

B|--1--|

G|--0--|

D|--2--|

A|--0--|

E|--0--|

Cm9: e|--0--|

B|--1--|

G|--0--|

D|--0--|

A|--2--|

E|--0--|

F: e|--1--|

B|--1--|

G|--2--|

D|--3--|

A|--3--|

E|--1--|

[Intro]

C C/G Am7 Cm9

[Verse]

C C/G Am7 Cm9

Maybe happiness is out of reach for me

Because I

C C/G Am7 Cm9

I tend to complicate the simplest of things in my life

C C/G Am7 Cm9

And I’m not here to give an explanation for my actions

C C/G Am7 Cm9

Cause I don’t even have an explanation for my actions

[Chorus]

C C/G Am7 Cm9

I spend a lot of time pretending I don’t see

The things you see

C/G Am7 Cm9

I spend a lot of time pretending I don’t mind

If you were me

C/G

You’d spend a lot of time

Am7 F

Spend a lot of time

C C/G Am7

Am I just complicated?

F C

Or am I living a lie?

[Verse 2]

C/G Am7

I’ve been gifted with creating things

Cm9 C

That people seem to like

C/G Am7

But they don’t know that I create

Cm9 C

The demons I will have to fight

[Chorus]

C C/G Am7 Cm9

I spend a lot of time pretending I don’t see

The things you see

C/G Am7 Cm9

I spend a lot of time pretending I don’t mind

If you were me

C/G

You’d spend a lot of time

Am7 F

Spend a lot of time

C C/G Am7

Am I just complicated?

F C

Or am I living a lie?

[Outro]

C C/G Am7

Am I just complicated

F C

Or am I losing my mind?

***(Strum each Outro chord once)***

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