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Intro:
 Em   C   G6   Dx 2
Verse:
EmI see you crying and it rains
GWashing away the bad days
EmWashing away the pain loss brings yeah
GAnd then you smile though it aches
EmCos you don't believe in mistakes
GJust that we made a mess of things
Prechorus:
EmWhen the deal Cthat you maGde with love is now a Done way street
DA one way street
Chorus:
EmAnd you'll feeCl you'll go Goverboard cos you're incDomplete,
Dincomplete
Verse:
You're not afraid to rely
On any way you can try
To learn to make some sense of things yeah
And the way you say we'll get by
With a little laugh we can fly
You know the measure of hope that brings
Prechorus:
When the deal that you made with love is just a one way street
A one way street
Chorus:
And you'll feel you'll go overboard
Cos you're incomplete, incomplete
Verse:
I hear you laughing like a child
Instead of choking all riled
Instead of staring at shortcomings yeah
Just like the rain when you cried
Washed all the stains of false pride
You'll learn to make the best of things
Bridge:
EmHave a little more of not Genough
EmMore of what is less but isnG't love
EmLittle of the same you're dreamiGng of
EmThat's enough, Emthat's enough

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Overboard

by Poets of the Fall

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Intro:

Em C G6 D

x 2

Verse:

I see you crying and it rains

Washing away the bad days

Washing away the pain loss brings yeah

And then you smile though it aches

Cos you don't believe in mistakes

Just that we made a mess of things

Prechorus:

Em C G D

When the deal that you made with love is now a one way street

A one way street

Chorus:

Em C G D

And you'll feel you'll go overboard cos you're incomplete,

incomplete

Verse:

You're not afraid to rely

On any way you can try

To learn to make some sense of things yeah

And the way you say we'll get by

With a little laugh we can fly

You know the measure of hope that brings

Prechorus:

When the deal that you made with love is just a one way street

A one way street

Chorus:

And you'll feel you'll go overboard

Cos you're incomplete, incomplete

Verse:

I hear you laughing like a child

Instead of choking all riled

Instead of staring at shortcomings yeah

Just like the rain when you cried

Washed all the stains of false pride

You'll learn to make the best of things

Bridge:

Em G

Have a little more of not enough

Em G

More of what is less but isn't love

Em G

Little of the same you're dreaming of

Em Em

That's enough, that's enough

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