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Tuning: Tune down half  Astep (Eb, Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, Eb)
Chords used:
        E    Asus2    Bsus4    C#m7  E/  E    E7M    F#7sus4  C7M  
eb|---0----0------0-----0-----0----0------0------0---|
Bb|---0----0------0-----0-----0----0------0------0---|
Gb|---1----2------4-----6-----9----x------x------5---|
Db|---2----2------4-----6-----9----6------4------5---|
Ab|---2----0------2-----4-----7----6------4------3---|
Eb|---0----x------x-----x----(0)---4------2------x---|
Verse 1:
    C#m7Are you getting Bsus4tired?
    C#m7I think we&#8217;vBsus4e gone and lost the fire
       F#7sus4But I don&#8217;t Asus2wanna fight anymore
       F#7sus4I&#8217;ve had eBsus4nough of C7Mthis town
Chorus:
   C#m7I&#8217;ve been waiting for something
    Asus2I&#8217;ve been sitting for too long
    Bsus4I&#8217;ve been waiting but, oh, tonight
This C7Mone last try goes on and on and on (x2)
Verse 2:
Chorus:
This one last try goes on and on and on (x2)
Bridge:
    Asus2Should've F#7sus4known better than to listen
   C#m7When the dreams aE7Mnd the words started falling apart
    Asus2Should've known F#7sus4I would've hit the ground running
C#m7   Bsus4 F#7sus4
DiAsus2d you think F#7sus4that the night would posses us?
C#m7Take us over like thE7Me rain that&#8217;s falling down?
Asus2Did you notice F#7sus4when the clock stopped running?
       C#m7        Bsus4     F#7sus4Running
       C#m7        Bsus4     F#7sus4Running
       C#m7        Bsus4     F#7sus4Running
Asus2
Verse 3:
Chorus:
This one last try goes on and on and on (x2)
Outro:
   C#m7     Asus2     Bsus4     C7M(Same as chorus)
   C#m7  E/ E(x2)
   C#m7  E/   E     E  F#7sus4  

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This Is The Countdown

by Mae

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus2

Bsus4

C#m7

E7M

F#7sus4

C7M

A Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb

Tuning: Tune down half step (, , , , , )

Chords used:

E Asus2 Bsus4 C#m7 E E E7M F#7sus4 C7M

eb|---0----0------0-----0-----0----0------0------0---|

Bb|---0----0------0-----0-----0----0------0------0---|

Gb|---1----2------4-----6-----9----x------x------5---|

Db|---2----2------4-----6-----9----6------4------5---|

Ab|---2----0------2-----4-----7----6------4------3---|

Eb|---0----x------x-----x----(0)---4------2------x---|

Verse 1:

C#m7 Bsus4

Are you getting tired?

C#m7 Bsus4

I think we’ve gone and lost the fire

F#7sus4 Asus2

But I don’t wanna fight anymore

F#7sus4 Bsus4 C7M

I’ve had enough of this town

Chorus:

C#m7

I’ve been waiting for something

Asus2

I’ve been sitting for too long

Bsus4

I’ve been waiting but, oh, tonight

C7M

This one last try goes on and on and on (x2)

Verse 2:

Chorus:

This one last try goes on and on and on (x2)

Bridge:

Asus2 F#7sus4

Should've known better than to listen

C#m7 E7M

When the dreams and the words started falling apart

Asus2 F#7sus4

Should've known I would've hit the ground running

C#m7 Bsus4 F#7sus4

Asus2 F#7sus4

Did you think that the night would posses us?

C#m7 E7M

Take us over like the rain that’s falling down?

Asus2 F#7sus4

Did you notice when the clock stopped running?

C#m7 Bsus4 F#7sus4

Running

C#m7 Bsus4 F#7sus4

Running

C#m7 Bsus4 F#7sus4

Running

Asus2

Verse 3:

Chorus:

This one last try goes on and on and on (x2)

Outro:

C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4 C7M

(Same as chorus)

C#m7 E E

/ (x2)

C#m7 E E E F#7sus4

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