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Achin To Be

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correct chords to 3Achin9 To Be2 by Paul Westerberg and the Replacements.
These are the chords when the song is played with the recording.
intro: G   G   G   D   F#m  G  
Well sheD's kind of like an arF#mtist
GSittin' on the flDoor
GNever finishes,  she abanDdons
GNever shows a soDul
And she's kDind of like a movieF#m  
GEveryone rushes to sDee
And no Gone understands itD  
GSittin' in their seDats
ShF#me opens her mouth to speak anGd
What cF#momes out's a mysteryBm  
TGhought about, an' I've undersF#mtood
She'Gs achin'   to beD  F#m  G  
Well she Ddances alone in nightclubsF#m  
GEvery other day of the wDeek
GPeople look right through heDr
GBaby doll check your chDeek
And she's Dkind of like a poetF#m  
WhGo finds it hard to speaDk
GPoems come so sloDwly
Like the Gcolors down a sheDet  (chorus)
AI've been achin' for a while now, frGiend
AI've been achin' hard for yGearsD  F  G  D  
(break use verse chords 1X)
Well she'Ds kind of like an arF#mtist
Who Guses paints no moreD  
And Gnever show what you're doingD  
GNever show a souDl
Yeah I F#msaw one of your pictureGs
There was F#mnothin' that I could seBme
If no Gone's on your cF#manvas
GWell, I'm achin' to Dbe
She cF#mloses her mouth to sGpeak and
ClosF#mes her eyes to sBmee
ThougGht about an' onF#mly love and
She's Gachin' to DbeF#m  G  
  GJust like meD  F#m  G  

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Achin To Be

by The Replacements

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F#m

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correct chords to 3Achin9 To Be2 by Paul Westerberg and the Replacements.

These are the chords when the song is played with the recording.

G G G D F#m G

intro:

D F#m

Well she's kind of like an artist

G D

Sittin' on the floor

G D

Never finishes, she abandons

G D

Never shows a soul

D F#m

And she's kind of like a movie

G D

Everyone rushes to see

G D

And no one understands it

G D

Sittin' in their seats

F#m G

She opens her mouth to speak and

F#m Bm

What comes out's a mystery

G F#m

Thought about, an' I've understood

G D F#m G

She's achin' to be

D F#m

Well she dances alone in nightclubs

G D

Every other day of the week

G D

People look right through her

G D

Baby doll check your cheek

D F#m

And she's kind of like a poet

G D

Who finds it hard to speak

G D

Poems come so slowly

G D

Like the colors down a sheet (chorus)

A G

I've been achin' for a while now, friend

A G D F G D

I've been achin' hard for years

(break use verse chords 1X)

D F#m

Well she's kind of like an artist

G D

Who uses paints no more

G D

And never show what you're doing

G D

Never show a soul

F#m G

Yeah I saw one of your pictures

F#m Bm

There was nothin' that I could see

G F#m

If no one's on your canvas

G D

Well, I'm achin' to be

F#m G

She closes her mouth to speak and

F#m Bm

Closes her eyes to see

G F#m

Thought about an' only love and

G D F#m G

She's achin' to be

G D F#m G

Just like me

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