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[Intro]
    C      Ex4
[Verse 1]
GThere is no rush when you don't belong
CTurns out we don't all
Fight like Amdogs in the endE  
CMost of us want to roll out
CRoll under the grass
EYou are limbless, cartoon
ENo bridge in your song
CSpirulina won't cure my heartbreak
CI was a dreamer when I learned to take
EIn between her and the fireplace
CThere are factors that conditioned me Something in the canopy
EClearly
[Verse 2]
CAnd the blank ones
CCartwheel out of the furnace
The mould never cracked Eyou see
The girls in St EDenis
Still sleep on their Cbacks
Understood a Cfact
When you spoke in all your Emarvelous ideologies
The world is always Amat ease, at ease, at ease
Don't you Esee
[Verse 3]
And the Cdeaths on the highways
From Cdrinking at casinos
Feel so Enatural
Every day a Edice roll
Every way you Egamble
Where is something I Ccan handle?
And the world void of AmPetrov, our savior
We are tAmaught to savour
Everyone else's Cfailures
EndlessEly
[Verse 4]
Even the Cgreatest
The very very Cgreatest, gave up, tapped out
Told all Eyou fuckers to lie down
Yet still Eyou found
Cathedrals of dissCent
Where does the robber Cgo
Where does the robber Ego to repent?
Tell Cme
[Instrumental]
E    C    E
[Verse 5]
GTill there you Amwere
You wouldn't buy a rouCnd
For your best Amfriend
See, it's trickled dEown
On you I don't depAmend
There you go then Cbye
Another end, Ambye
Infinitum Ambye
EThere you go Amthen, byeC  
  AmWith such a heavy soundE  
[Verse 6]
There is no rush Cwhen you don't belong
Turns out Amwe don't all fight like dogs Cin the end
Most of us want to Amroll out
Roll Amunder the grass
You're limbless, Ecartoon
No bridge in Eyour song
Make me wonderAm, again
Or make me learnE, to pretend
Make me wonderAm, again
Or make me learnE,
CTo pretend
AmMake me wonder
CAgain
Or make me learnE, to pretend
End
    C      Ex6
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The Defeat

by Ben Howard

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[Intro]

C E

[Verse 1]

There is no rush when you don't belong

Turns out we don't all

Am E

Fight like dogs in the end

Most of us want to roll out

Roll under the grass

You are limbless, cartoon

No bridge in your song

Spirulina won't cure my heartbreak

I was a dreamer when I learned to take

In between her and the fireplace

There are factors that conditioned me Something in the canopy

Clearly

[Verse 2]

And the blank ones

Cartwheel out of the furnace

The mould never cracked you see

The girls in St Denis

Still sleep on their backs

Understood a fact

When you spoke in all your marvelous ideologies

The world is always at ease, at ease, at ease

Don't you see

[Verse 3]

And the deaths on the highways

From drinking at casinos

Feel so natural

Every day a dice roll

Every way you gamble

Where is something I can handle?

And the world void of Petrov, our savior

We are taught to savour

Everyone else's failures

Endlessly

[Verse 4]

Even the greatest

The very very greatest, gave up, tapped out

Told all you fuckers to lie down

Yet still you found

Cathedrals of dissent

Where does the robber go

Where does the robber go to repent?

Tell me

[Instrumental]

E C E

[Verse 5]

G Am

Till there you were

You wouldn't buy a round

For your best friend

See, it's trickled down

On you I don't depend

There you go then bye

Another end, bye

Infinitum bye

E Am C

There you go then, bye

Am E

With such a heavy sound

[Verse 6]

There is no rush when you don't belong

Am C

Turns out we don't all fight like dogs in the end

Most of us want to roll out

Roll under the grass

You're limbless, cartoon

No bridge in your song

Make me wonder, again

Or make me learn, to pretend

Make me wonder, again

Or make me learn,

To pretend

Make me wonder

Again

Or make me learn, to pretend

End

C E

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