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Wash Us Away

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Tuning:Yes
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Part1:           Part2:
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|----------------|-7-5--------5---|
|----------------|-----7-5------5-|
|---5---5---7--5-|---------3h5----|
|-0---0---0---0--|----------------|
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Repeat through this:
On the very first decade that we got to dream in
Our fathers were angry, our mother's were screamin'
At the clothes we were wearin' and the music we got off on
Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon
 C   F   C   Fx2
CCarved our initials out Gacross the sand
The hAmeart and the arrow, noD-one understands
CThen the tide rolled in aGnd everything ran
CAnd washed us awGay, wAmashed us awFay, waCshed us aGway
Part1                                  C   F   C  F  
Up in the attic ambition was burning
Part1                                                      C   F   C  F  
Now my fingers were bleedin' but the tables were turning
Part1                                       C   F   C  F  
Down in the city the future was beckoning
Part1                                        C   F   C  F  
And I hated myself on the day of reckoning
(Oh yeah)
Carved our initials on top of the cake
The heart and the arrow - the rattle and the snake
How was I to know that the Earth was gonna break
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away
CEverything's temporary in this worldC  
CAin't it a shame when you lose someoneC  
G5Here tomorrow, gone today
Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away
Play Intro Riff during this Verse:
There was never a fool like a young fool alone in
A world without someone he can find a home in
And for all the wrong reasons we rescued each other
You bandaged my heart I never would recover  C F
(ohhhh)
CNo river runs true, it alGways takes a twist
HearAmts can be broken, Darrows gonna miss
CHow was I to know that it was gonna coGme down to this
And wash us away
And we wrote our names on the Dead Sea Scrolls
The young and the restless, the brave and the bold
How was we to know it was gonna get outta control
CAnd wash us away, wGash us away, waAmsh us away, wasFh us away, waCsh us away,waGsh
          G---->
us away, wash us away
  C   F   C   Fx2
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Wash Us Away

by Ian Hunter

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Tuning:Yes

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Part1: Part2:

|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|-7-5--------5---|

|----------------|-----7-5------5-|

|---5---5---7--5-|---------3h5----|

|-0---0---0---0--|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|

Repeat through this:

On the very first decade that we got to dream in

Our fathers were angry, our mother's were screamin'

At the clothes we were wearin' and the music we got off on

Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon

C F C F

C G

Carved our initials out across the sand

Am D

The heart and the arrow, no-one understands

C G

Then the tide rolled in and everything ran

C G Am F C G

And washed us away, washed us away, washed us away

C F C F

Part1

Up in the attic ambition was burning

C F C F

Part1

Now my fingers were bleedin' but the tables were turning

C F C F

Part1

Down in the city the future was beckoning

C F C F

Part1

And I hated myself on the day of reckoning

(Oh yeah)

Carved our initials on top of the cake

The heart and the arrow - the rattle and the snake

How was I to know that the Earth was gonna break

And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

C C

Everything's temporary in this world

C C

Ain't it a shame when you lose someone

Here tomorrow, gone today

Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

Play Intro Riff during this Verse:

There was never a fool like a young fool alone in

A world without someone he can find a home in

And for all the wrong reasons we rescued each other

You bandaged my heart I never would recover C F

(ohhhh)

C G

No river runs true, it always takes a twist

Am D

Hearts can be broken, arrows gonna miss

C G

How was I to know that it was gonna come down to this

And wash us away

And we wrote our names on the Dead Sea Scrolls

The young and the restless, the brave and the bold

How was we to know it was gonna get outta control

C G Am F C G

And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away,wash

G---->

us away, wash us away

C F C F

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