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Frying Pan

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Capo: 2nd fret
Key of E
[Intro] (fade in)
D
[Verse 1]
 DOne laugh Emin the middle of a Gstruggle,
A DdiamonEmd at the bottom of a Gpuddle.
Did you ever Gstare at the moon, Atill you saw double,
 DI hear you wEmalk away from Gtrouble.
[Verse 2]
DGood loveEm, there ain't no deGnying,
Say Dbad loveEm, somebody ain't Gtrying
Did you ever Gwalk some place, Ajust to take time,
 DOr take the Emfast road and get Ggoing.
[Bridge]
 GAnd then the rules break, Athere's no mistake,
GThese are precious times, Ayou and I,
We walk the lDineEm.G  
We walk the lDineEm.G  
[Chorus]
 GI looked in a frying pan,
 AI sang a song.
 GI looked at a dying man.
 AN.C.            A    A    A  A  
  He sang along.
[Verse 3]
We got DmountainsEm  
Yeah, we got DbeachesEm  
We got Dlove that makes us Emmad
GLove that has to Ateach us
[Chorus]
 GI looked in a frying pan,
 AI sang a song.
 GI looked at a dying man.
 AN.C.            A    A    A  A  
  He sang along.
[Instrumental Break]
  D    Em      Gx2
[Bridge/Outro]
 GAnd then the rules break, Athere's no mistake,
GThese are precious times, Ayou and I,
We walk the lDineEm.G  
We walk the lDineEm.G  
(start fade)
We walk the lDineEm.G  
We walk the lDineEm.G  G  

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Frying Pan

by Evan Dando

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo: 2nd fret

Key of E

[Intro] (fade in)

[Verse 1]

D Em G

One laugh in the middle of a struggle,

D Em G

A diamond at the bottom of a puddle.

G A

Did you ever stare at the moon, till you saw double,

D Em G

I hear you walk away from trouble.

[Verse 2]

D Em G

Good love, there ain't no denying,

D Em G

Say bad love, somebody ain't trying

G A

Did you ever walk some place, just to take time,

D Em G

Or take the fast road and get going.

[Bridge]

G A

And then the rules break, there's no mistake,

G A

These are precious times, you and I,

D Em G

We walk the line.

D Em G

We walk the line.

[Chorus]

I looked in a frying pan,

I sang a song.

I looked at a dying man.

A A A A A

N.C.

He sang along.

[Verse 3]

D Em

We got mountains

D Em

Yeah, we got beaches

D Em

We got love that makes us mad

G A

Love that has to teach us

[Chorus]

I looked in a frying pan,

I sang a song.

I looked at a dying man.

A A A A A

N.C.

He sang along.

[Instrumental Break]

D Em G

[Bridge/Outro]

G A

And then the rules break, there's no mistake,

G A

These are precious times, you and I,

D Em G

We walk the line.

D Em G

We walk the line.

(start fade)

D Em G

We walk the line.

D Em G G

We walk the line.

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