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INTRO
E     B     C#m    A
VERSE
I woke Eup today a song was swimmin C#min my head
and I hAummed it to myself as i got Bout of bed
and on the wEay to take a shower it all just dC#mawned on me
that a Asong like this just might go down in Bhistory
PRE-CHORUS
EI qE7uickly ran Aback to Amget my gEuitar
a pC#men and some ApapeBr
CHORUS
cause this Ewhole world needs an Banthem
and I'm C#mtrying to put the words where they Abelong
yeah this Ewhole world needs Banthem
and I'm C#mhopin everyone will sing Aalong

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Anthem

by Phantom Planet

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

INTRO

E B C#m A

VERSE

E C#m

I woke up today a song was swimmin in my head

A B

and I hummed it to myself as i got out of bed

E C#m

and on the way to take a shower it all just dawned on me

A B

that a song like this just might go down in history

PRE-CHORUS

E E7 A Am E

I quickly ran back to get my guitar

C#m A B

a pen and some paper

CHORUS

E B

cause this whole world needs an anthem

C#m A

and I'm trying to put the words where they belong

E B

yeah this whole world needs anthem

C#m A

and I'm hopin everyone will sing along

About Anthem Chords by Phantom Planet

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