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I Want It That Way

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Intro/verse riff
E|----------------|
B|--------3—2-----|
G|--------2—2-----|
D|----0---0—0-----|
A|-4--------------|
E|2-2-------------|
The rest of it is just chords.
Tell Me Dwhy
DAin’t nothing but Ea misAtake
Tell Me DWhy
DAin’t nothing but a HEeartbAreak
Tell Me DWhy
DI never wanna Ehear you Asay
That EI want it Athat Dway.
Bridge
F#mNow I can see that we’re falling apart
F#mFrom the way that it used to Ebe, Ayeah
F#mNo Matter the distance, I want you to know
F#mThat dEeep down inside of Dme
And so on…

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I Want It That Way

by Benjamin Gibbard

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F#m

Intro/verse riff

E|----------------|

B|--------3—2-----|

G|--------2—2-----|

D|----0---0—0-----|

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

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

The rest of it is just chords.

Tell Me why

D E A

Ain’t nothing but a mistake

Tell Me Why

D E A

Ain’t nothing but a Heartbreak

Tell Me Why

D E A

I never wanna hear you say

E A D

That I want it that way.

Bridge

F#m

Now I can see that we’re falling apart

F#m E A

From the way that it used to be, yeah

F#m

No Matter the distance, I want you to know

F#m E D

That deep down inside of me

And so on…

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