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[Intro]
A  Dm     C  Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7sus2
   Dm     C  Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7sus2
[Verse 1]
Dmanother night Cslips away in Bbother words Gmi should say
Bbthere are no words Fhe should say there Bbare no wordsBb/C  
Dmin his eyes i Csee the fear that Bbonly time should Gmdisappear
Bbif only time could Freappear Bbnow's the time
Csomething to Bbtake it awFay, to Bbtake it Faway, to Bbtake itC  
Bbdon't let it Fstay, Bbdon't let it Fstay, Bbdon't let itA7  
Bbthe butterfFlies Care passive-agGmressive and put their
Bbproblems on Fthe shelf, but they're Cbeautiful
Bband he'll Frealize Cthe only thing that's Gmreal
are the kids that Bbkid themselves and Fthe demise of the Cbeautiful
Dmwhat is beautiful?
[Interlude]
Dm C Bb Dm C Bb
[Verse 2]
DmThe multi-life is bCetter than the Bbone we're in Gmthe one we knew
BbCause everyone is sFeein through     eBbveryoneBb/C  
DmThey're steppin' on His gCold terrain He's mBbovin' on with bold Gmrefrain
BbHis blatantly old campFaign Is Bbmovin' onBb/C  
Csomething to Bbtake it awFay, to Bbtake it Faway, to Bbtake itC  
Bbdon't let it Fstay, Bbdon't let it Fstay, Bbdon't let itA7  
Bbthe butterfFlies Care passive-agGmressive and put their
Bbproblems on Fthe shelf, but they're Cbeautiful
Bband he'll Frealize Cthe only thing that's Gmreal
are the kids that Bbkid themselves and Fthe demise of the Cbeautiful
Dmwhat is beautiful?
C Bb Dm C Bb
BbWhat can't Fstay gCoes away
BbWhat can't Fstay gCoes away
Bbit starts stopping when Fit stops stopping, Cit starts stopping when it stops stopping
Bbit starts stopping when Fit stops stopping, Cit starts stopping, GmYEAH.

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In Other Words

by Ben Kweller

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbmaj7

Bbmaj7sus2

Bb/C

[Intro]

A Dm C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7sus2

Dm C Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7sus2

[Verse 1]

Dm C Bb Gm

another night slips away in other words i should say

Bb F Bb Bb/C

there are no words he should say there are no words

Dm C Bb Gm

in his eyes i see the fear that only time should disappear

Bb F Bb

if only time could reappear now's the time

C Bb F Bb F Bb C

something to take it away, to take it away, to take it

Bb F Bb F Bb A7

don't let it stay, don't let it stay, don't let it

Bb F C Gm

the butterflies are passive-agressive and put their

Bb F C

problems on the shelf, but they're beautiful

Bb F C Gm

and he'll realize the only thing that's real

Bb F C

are the kids that kid themselves and the demise of the beautiful

what is beautiful?

[Interlude]

Dm C Bb Dm C Bb

[Verse 2]

Dm C Bb Gm

The multi-life is better than the one we're in the one we knew

Bb F Bb Bb/C

Cause everyone is seein through everyone

Dm C Bb Gm

They're steppin' on His gold terrain He's movin' on with bold refrain

Bb F Bb Bb/C

His blatantly old campaign Is movin' on

C Bb F Bb F Bb C

something to take it away, to take it away, to take it

Bb F Bb F Bb A7

don't let it stay, don't let it stay, don't let it

Bb F C Gm

the butterflies are passive-agressive and put their

Bb F C

problems on the shelf, but they're beautiful

Bb F C Gm

and he'll realize the only thing that's real

Bb F C

are the kids that kid themselves and the demise of the beautiful

what is beautiful?

C Bb Dm C Bb

Bb F C

What can't stay goes away

Bb F C

What can't stay goes away

Bb F C

it starts stopping when it stops stopping, it starts stopping when it stops stopping

Bb F C Gm

it starts stopping when it stops stopping, it starts stopping, YEAH.

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