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I Do  
Capo'd on 3rd Fret.
Intro:
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
When I'm done with Gthinking,G/F#  
then I'm done with Em7you.Cadd9  
When I'm done with Gcrying,G/F#  
then I'm done with Em7you.Cadd9  
When I feel so tireGd,G/F#  
then I'm done with Em7you.Cadd9  
You know Geverybody feels this G/F#way some times
Em7Everybody feels this Cadd9way
And I DdoG  D  
You can Ghear it but I Ddo.G  D  
You can Ghear it but I Amdo.C  Am  
CYou're trying to Gconvince meG/F#  
that what i've done's not Em7right.Cadd9  
And I get so GfrustratedG/F#  
I stay up every Em7night.Cadd9  
You ask me for an GanswerG/F#  
I'm so tired and Em7up in the air
up in the Cadd9air
You know Geverybody feels this way some G/F#time
Em7Everybody feels this Cadd9way
And I DdoG  D  
You can hear Git but I Ddo.G  D  
You can hear Git but I'm Amfeeling this Cway
Amjust because you Csay
GI will be ignored
And G/F#I be denied
And Em7I could be erased
I could be, Cadd9brushed aside.
AmI will get scared,
and AmI will get shoved down.
But AmI feel like I do
because you Dpush me around.
I'm starting to Gignore youG/F#  
You know I doubted you so Em7long.Cadd9  
I'm tired of over GthinkingG/F#  
I know you don't Em7belong.Cadd9  
And Now i'm asking GquestionsG/F#  
No one pushes me Em7around.Cadd9  
GEverybody feels this way G/F#somtimes
Em7Everybody feels this Cadd9way
And I DdoG  D  
You can Ghear but I Ddo.G  D  
You don't seem Gangry but I Amdo.C  Am  C  
I Ddo.G  D  
I Gdo.D  G  D  
I Gdo.Am  C  Am  C  
You don't seem Dangry but GI do.D  G  
You can Dhear it, Gbut I dDo...G  
Am C Am C
D   G   D   G...
(fade out)
D G D G
DShe wanted to be a cowboy
She was Gshootin'em down
She was Dtrampin' aroundG  
DHe walked in crooked with the clear blue eyes G   Dmmm hmmmG  
"EmThere's a nice pool in my motel, Dnwant to go for a swim?"
Em
AThat night he moved in.
D G D G
EmThe time between meeting and Gfinally leaving is
Dsometimes called falling in Glove
EmThe time between meeting and Gfinally leaving is
Dsometimes called falling in loveG  
DAt night she'd wait for the sound of his feet on the door Gmat
the sound of his hand on the door knobD  
the sound of her heart beating in her headG  
DHe'd go out playing nickel slots cause he Gknew he'd loose
She didn't Dknow so she couldn't chooseG  
BmBut one night while sleeping F#alone in her bed
the Gphone rang, she woke up and Dsat up and said,
"What Emtime is it?, AWhat time is it?"
"Well it's Bm5:30 here and it's F#2:30 there and I
Gwon't be home tonight" Dhe said
The Emtime between meeting and Gfinally leaving is
Dsometimes called falling in Glove
The Emtime between meeting and Gfinally leaving is
Dsometimes called falling in loveG  
DNow she sits in a booth in a diner, Gwaiting for someone to take her
order
Dwaiting for someone to come and sit down.G  
DShe rubs the smudge off the photogGraph, put's it back in her purse.
D G
The Emgrey sky was romantic cause he was Dholding her hand
EmHe was her man.A  
EmThe time between meeting and Gfinally leaving is
Dsometimes called falling in lGove
The Emtime between meeting and Gfinally leaving is
Dsometimes called falling in loveG  
DSometimes called faling in loveG  
D G D G
DShe wanted to be a cowboy
She was Gshootin'em down
She was Dtrampin' aroundG  
C#m7We didn't Bsus4come this farAsus2  E  
C#m7You didn't Bsus4make this hard for meAsus2  E  
C#m7And now you Bsus4want to ask me howAsus2  E  
Chorus:
C#m7How does your Bsus4heart beat?
Asus2Why do you Ebreathe?
C#m7How does your Bsus4heart beat?
Asus2Why do you Ebreathe?
C#m7Why did you E5come here?
Bsus4You weren't inAsus2vited
C#m7You were on the E5outside
Bsus4Stay on the Asus2outside
C#m7And now you Bsus4want to ask me whyAsus2  E  
Chorus:
C#m7How does your Bsus4heart beat?
Asus2Why do you Ebreathe?
C#m7How does your Bsus4heart beat?
Bsus4And there are some tC#m7hings that I'd like tAsus2o figure outE  
Bsus4There are C#m7some things that Asus2I can do withEout
Bsus4You and your C#m7letters are gone forAsus2ever
D6add9You and the E5people were never Asus2friends
NeD6add9ver friends
NeAsus2ver friends
C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2 E
C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2 E
C#m7Of all the E5things that you could beBsus4  Asus2  
C#m7You never E5could learn Bsus4how to be Asus2me
C#m7And now you Bsus4want to ask me howAsus2  E  
Chorus:
C#m7How does your Bsus4heart beat?
Asus2Why do you Ebreathe?
C#m7How does your Bsus4heart beat?
Asus2Why do you Ebreathe?
Outro:
D6add9   Asus2How do you breathe?
C#m7 E5 Asus2 E
C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2 E
Asus2   Badd4   Asus2   Asus2add6   E(079990)
No Eteacher to follow, no Asus2prophet to tell me how,
But I knoEw what I want, I knoAsus2w what I want now.
Like watEer, it rushes,
it's the lasAsus2t thing you see when you close Eyour eyes,
it's the one Eplace you want to be.
But if it doeAsus2sn't brush my shoulder, and it doeBadd4sn't beat my heart,
thaEt's not what I want, no that's not Badd4where I will start.
I Asus2never kissed somebody so that Badd4they would break my heart,
Asus2that's not what I want.A#4sus2  A5sus2  
E(x09990)
If you don't know what you're missing
cause you Asus2don't know where to start,
Asus2follow your wishing heart.
E(07999x)
I was restless,
I was restless,
Asus2I was restless,
I was restless.
E(07999x)
I just want this to be good,
I just Asus2want this to be good.
but Eyou don't understand,
you donAsus2't understand me, and EI want to be undAsus2erstood.
But if it doeAsus2sn't brush my shoulder,
and it doeBadd4sn't beat my heart,
thaEt's not what I want, no, that's not Asus2where I will start.
I nAsus2ever kissed somebody so that theBadd4y would break my heart,
thaAsus2t's not what I want.A#4sus2  A5sus2  
E(x7999x) Asus2  E  
And if we all leap before we crawl, we might fall,
and it's not Ealways candy Asus2spun from head to Eheart,
and it's not alwEays meant to be,Asus2  
Eadd4(022200)
and it's not always up to me.
But if it doeAsus2sn't brush my shoulders, and it doeBadd4sn't beat my heart.
thaEt's not what I want, no that's not Asus2where I will start.
I nAsus2ever kissed somebody so that theBadd4y would break my heart,
thaAsus2t's not what I want, no, A#4sus2noA5sus2  
But if it Asus2doesn't brush my shoulders, and it Badd4doesn't beat my heart.
thaEt's not what I want, no that's not Asus2where I will start.
I nevAsus2er kissed somebody so that theBadd4y would break my heart,
thaAsus2t's not what I want, no, A#4sus2noA5sus2  
Asus2 Badd4 E Asus2
Asus2   Badd4   Asus2A#4sus2 A5sus2
Asus2If you don't know what you're missing,
cause you don't know where to start,
Asus2you don't know what you're missingBadd4  
A5sus2 E (079900)
follow your wishing heart.
e------C----------C---------Am7-------------G-----------C----------C------------------
B---------5---------5--------8-----------------------5---------5--------------
G---------5---------5--------0----------4----------5---------5----------------
D------5---------5----------------------5-------5---------5-------------------
A---3---------5-----------7----------5-------3---------3----------------------
E----------------------5----------3-------------------------------------------
e---Am-------5----G----------C----------C-----------Am7-----------G--------------------
B----------5--------------------5---------5-----------8-----------------------
G----------5--------------------5---------5-----------0---------4-------------
D---------------------5------5---------5------------------------5-------------
A------7-----------5------3---------3-------------7----------5----------------
E---5-----------3------------------------------5----------3-------------------
I continues pretty much the same until
"Your life is built on accidents..."
e---Dm----------Dm----------Am----------Am----------G----------Am----------Am----------A5---
B---------6---------6---------5---------5-------------------5---------5---5---
G---------7---------7---------5---------5---------4---------5---------5---6---
D------7---------7------------7---------7---------5---------7---------7---7---
A---5---------5------------7---------7---------5---------7---------7------7---
E-----------------------5---------5---------3---------5---------5---------5---
Even Dminsects buzz like Gairplanes, why can't Amwe fly Aaway?
G   C   F#   Bm(799777)
I'm going as far as I can go.
(Now it does the same pattern as before but a whole step up)
(Use all bar chords)
AYour dad died, cause hiDs heart hurtD, arking away his forty-fivBme years,
dragging your Amom along.
I Ddon't want that, Dneither do you. Neither do Bmyou.
If AI am not fun, and DI am not interesting,
Dperhaps I am not interested in Bmyou, A  Dniether are you.
EmYou can't stEmand in front of an Bmoven, cause it's warm,
Bm   A   Bm   B(799877)
and the fumes are dangerous.
Em A D Bm
Em   A   D   G#(466544)
C#m (10 12 12 10 10 10) B (799877) E (x79997)
I'm going as far as I can go.
Away from Ehere, away from C#myou, Jake,
and the Bhole you've sunk me Einto.
C#mI Bwish that I could belong Ehere, with you, and just Ebe.
C#mbut that's not Ball that I'm Eabout to do.
capo 1
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G   Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G   Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
this is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me.
BminThis is why I burn this candle.
Csus2* Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
I light it so that I can handle this.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
You'rDsus2e so stCsus2ill
Dsus2so safeCsus2  
Dsus2apear
Csus2severe
Ayou are so nonchalant.
Dsus2So I
Csus2stand still
Dsus2so safeCsus2  
Dsus2appear
Csus2severe
AI am not. Bud da da! Bud do da do Da!
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G   Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G   Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me.
Bmin  Csus2*
I told David I won't die, and this is how I watch the sky.
Bmin  Csus2*
This is why I burn this candle, I light is so that I can handle this.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Dsus2You're so Csus2still
Dsus2save faCsus2ce
Dsus2try to Csus2erase
alAl you feel inside
Dsus2So I
Csus2stand still
Dsus2save faCsus2ce
I Dsus2misplace
Aall the feelings I can't hide.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Of all the rooms I've loved before,
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
it's you I love inside this room.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
They test me, can I train my evil eye to see like they do?
Dsus2SometiDmes
somCsus2etimes
Csus2* G  
sometimes.
Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G   Dsus2   D   Csus2  Csus2* G  
Of all the rooms I've loved before, it's you I love. I love.
Dsus2   Csus2  Csus2* G  
This is how I meet my muse.
Transcribed by: Adam Rogoysk ([email protected])
Intro:
D F/d G/d D
D F/d G/d D
DI did not want to be stuck
F/d G/d
one second longer than I had to be there,
stuck inside the Ddoor.
D F/d
I'm always scared I'll slam my fingers in the door
G/d
because the last time that I left
I slammed my Dfingers in the door.
EmWhen you want to get out,
you Gget up, and walk straight to thDe door.
ENot stop and think about it,
thinking Gjust one second longer
that a Dcar could hit me Dsus2in it
if I Gthought more than I did.
D G D G
DI did not want to be stuck
F/d G/d
one second longer than I had to be there,
stuck inside the Ddoor.
D F/d
I'm always scared I'll slam my fingers in the door
G/d
because the last time that I left
I slammed my Dfingers in the door.
EmWhen you want to get out,
you Gget up, and walk straight to thDe door.
EmNot stop and think about it,
thinking that Gone second longer
that a Dcar could hit me Dsus2in it
if I Gthought more than I did.
D G D G
D G D G
DI did not want to be stuck
F/d G/d
one second longer than I had to be there,
stuck inside the Ddoor.
D F/d
I'm always scared I'll slam my fingers in the door
G/d
because the last time that I left
I slammed my Dfingers in the door.
EmWhen you want to get out,
you Gget up, and walk straight to thDe door.
NEmot stop and think about it,
thinking Gthat one second longer
that a Dcar could hit me in it
if I Gthought more than I did.
Outro:
D F/d G/d D
D F/d G/d D (hold)
B5 G A B5
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