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first the song starts out with a piano intro and the chords for that are 
piano intro 
CguGitFar intro       the guitar comes in after one bar
C F
Clights Gon through the nFight 
Gjust to get it rCight Gooh Fooh Am  G  
Ca battle gGround at my fFeet 
an unGwinnable fCight Gooh Fooh  Am  G  
Ethe words we say wont matter aAmnyhow 
Fso lets focus on tomorrow iGnstead of right now
chorus
CnothGings hFappeniGng 
Cits all Gillusion 
Fits all Gillusion 
CnothinGgs hFappenGing 
Cits all cGonfusion
Fits all cGonfusion
there is another break when the solo comes in you play the same guitar chords as the intro 
C F
break 
Eif we want to keep this lAmove we found
Fwe got to focus on tomorrow iGnstead of right now
thats pretty much it if you see all the chords you can fill in all the parts i didnt write out

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Nothing Happening

by Ben Kweller

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first the song starts out with a piano intro and the chords for that are

piano intro

C G F

guitar intro the guitar comes in after one bar

C F

C G F

lights on through the night

G C G F Am G

just to get it right ooh ooh

C G F

a battle ground at my feet

G C G F Am G

an unwinnable fight ooh ooh

E Am

the words we say wont matter anyhow

F G

so lets focus on tomorrow instead of right now

chorus

C G F G

nothings happening

C G

its all illusion

F G

its all illusion

C G F G

nothings happening

C G

its all confusion

F G

its all confusion

there is another break when the solo comes in you play the same guitar chords as the intro

C F

break

E Am

if we want to keep this love we found

F G

we got to focus on tomorrow instead of right now

thats pretty much it if you see all the chords you can fill in all the parts i didnt write out

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