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Blankest Year

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standard tuning, listen to song for strumming, it's up and down strokes alternating, 
Intro/Verse/Outro Chords:
e--G#4--E7--B2--F#9---|
B--4--9--4--11--|
G--5--9--4--11--|
D--6--9--4--11--|
A--6--7--2--9---|
E--4------------|
Chorus/Bridge Chords:
e--C#m4---B2--F#2---E0--|
B--5---4--2---0--|
G--6---4--3---1--|
D--6---4--4---2--|
A--4---2--4---2--|
E---------2---0--|
Intro:
G# E B F# E
       G#xE2B  F#  E  
   Oh to hell with it,     I'm gonna have a party
G# E B F# E
Chorus:
 C#mI had the blankest year
 BI saw life turn iF#nto a TV show
  C#mIt was totally weird
 BThe person I knew F#I didn't really know
Verse:
G# E B F# E
 G#Time don't moveE  
    B  F#We're the Eonly ones who do
 G#Bending EReason
    B  F#'Cause it's Eall we hold on too
Chorus x 1
Bridge:
start strumming C#m
And now it's F#lonely
Thank EGod the band's doing Bwell
But you don't F#own me
I'd lEike to return this Bspell
'Cause it's not my C#msize
And your Blies are so much F#bigger
Than my C#mLies
And your Bties are made of F#things that shouldn't make ties
Outro:
G# E B F# E
       G#x E3B  F#  E  
     Oh fuck it, (fuck it) I'm gonna have a party
let the E ring on the last time through then end on G# hit once

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Blankest Year

by Nada Surf

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

standard tuning, listen to song for strumming, it's up and down strokes alternating,

Intro/Verse/Outro Chords:

G# E B F#

e--4--7--2--9---|

B--4--9--4--11--|

G--5--9--4--11--|

D--6--9--4--11--|

A--6--7--2--9---|

E--4------------|

Chorus/Bridge Chords:

C#m B F# E

e--4---2--2---0--|

B--5---4--2---0--|

G--6---4--3---1--|

D--6---4--4---2--|

A--4---2--4---2--|

E---------2---0--|

Intro:

G# E B F# E

Oh to hell with it, I'm gonna have a party

G# E B F# E

Chorus:

C#m

I had the blankest year

B F#

I saw life turn into a TV show

C#m

It was totally weird

B F#

The person I knew I didn't really know

Verse:

G# E B F# E

G# E

Time don't move

B F# E

We're the only ones who do

G# E

Bending Reason

B F# E

'Cause it's all we hold on too

Chorus x 1

Bridge:

start strumming C#m

And now it's lonely

E B

Thank God the band's doing well

But you don't own me

E B

I'd like to return this spell

C#m

'Cause it's not my size

B F#

And your lies are so much bigger

C#m

Than my Lies

B F#

And your ties are made of things that shouldn't make ties

Outro:

G# E B F# E

x 3

Oh fuck it, (fuck it) I'm gonna have a party

let the E ring on the last time through then end on G# hit once

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