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Eminor

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Tuning:EADGBe
  Electric Riff 1 – verse/intro                (fig.1)
                                           |-------------|
e|--Em0-----0-|r|--Em7-0--------0----------Asus20-----(0)---------Em0---|r|---------|
B|--0-----0-|e|---3--------0----------0--------2--0-----0---|e|---------|
G|--0--0--0-|p|---0--------0--4b5r0---2--------------2--0---|p|---------|
D|-----2----|e|---2-----------0-------2-----------------2---|e|---------|
A|-----2----|a|---2-------------------0-----------------2---|a|---------|
E|-----0----|t|---0-------------------0-----------------0---|t|---------|
(verse)
            Em  Em7Oh well you,         Asus2pretend like you wEmant me
and IEm7’ll make you tAsus2hink,     like I’ve run this tanEmk empty     ...etc!
(chorus)
And you Dknow,    there is Gnothing worth beliAeving,
In some bDoy who’s only Ganswering his boAnes
And don’t I just kEmnow it.   Em7Don’t    Asus2tell   me

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Dont Tell Me

by David Ford

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Asus2

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Tuning:EADGBe

Electric Riff 1 – verse/intro (fig.1)

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Em Em7 Asus2 Em

e|--0-----0-|r|---0--------0----------0-----(0)---------0---|r|---------|

B|--0-----0-|e|---3--------0----------0--------2--0-----0---|e|---------|

G|--0--0--0-|p|---0--------0--4b5r0---2--------------2--0---|p|---------|

D|-----2----|e|---2-----------0-------2-----------------2---|e|---------|

A|-----2----|a|---2-------------------0-----------------2---|a|---------|

E|-----0----|t|---0-------------------0-----------------0---|t|---------|

(verse)

Em Em7 Asus2 Em

Oh well you, pretend like you want me

Em7 Asus2 Em

and I’ll make you think, like I’ve run this tank empty ...etc!

(chorus)

D G A

And you know, there is nothing worth believing,

D G A

In some boy who’s only answering his bones

Em Em7 Asus2

And don’t I just know it. Don’t tell me

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