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Intro:   Em    D   Em  D  
EmWhen the dark flood Dcame
Emwe wrapped ourselves inside a Ddirty blanket citing
Cdifferent opinions on Dwhether we should moveEm  D  
Emwhen the houses cDame
Emthey ate up everyone like Dthey were fishes saying, 
C"come on, come on    Dits the end of the world
Emand then I saw your faDce
Emyou're turning skin into a Ddirty secret I watched the
Cbeauties, watched the fire and the Dfire burn the beauty in their 
EmeyesD  
Emwhen I took the Dblame
Emwe layed in ruins trying to Dquote your phrase we're yelling, 
C"someone's got the answers, but I'd Drather think there's nothing to be 
Emfound"D  
Cif you knew I was dDying would it Emchange you?
CIf you knew I was dDying would it Emchange?
Cif you knew I was dDying would it Emchange you?
CIf you knew I was dDying would it Emchange Anything?
So when you Csee me falling backwards down the Dwall that says I'm still alive,
Em   D
don't be Ccautious when I'm cautiously Dapproaching on the other side
Em  D
everyCbody has their reasons, that's the Dreason we're all going to EmdieD  
because if Cseeing is believing, then Dbelieve that we have lost our eyes
C  B  Em  G
when CI fly solo, DI fly so Emhigh  D(X4)
Ddon't touch me now.
C  B  Em  G
CWe all deserve We Dall deserve Emsomething

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I Can Barely Breathe

by Manchester Orchestra

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Just the chords, pretty basic

Em D Em D

Intro:

Em D

When the dark flood came

Em D

we wrapped ourselves inside a dirty blanket citing

C D Em D

different opinions on whether we should move

Em D

when the houses came

Em D

they ate up everyone like they were fishes saying,

C D

"come on, come on its the end of the world

Em D

and then I saw your face

Em D

you're turning skin into a dirty secret I watched the

C D

beauties, watched the fire and the fire burn the beauty in their

Em D

eyes

Em D

when I took the blame

Em D

we layed in ruins trying to quote your phrase we're yelling,

C D

"someone's got the answers, but I'd rather think there's nothing to be

Em D

found"

C D Em

if you knew I was dying would it change you?

C D Em

If you knew I was dying would it change?

C D Em

if you knew I was dying would it change you?

C D Em

If you knew I was dying would it change Anything?

C D

So when you see me falling backwards down the wall that says I'm still alive,

Em D

C D

don't be cautious when I'm cautiously approaching on the other side

Em D

C D Em D

everybody has their reasons, that's the reason we're all going to die

C D

because if seeing is believing, then believe that we have lost our eyes

C B Em G

C D Em D

when I fly solo, I fly so high (X4)

don't touch me now.

C B Em G

C D Em

We all deserve We all deserve something

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