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Backyard Babies
People Like People Like Us (2006)
I caCll you Fmaj7they call you
EverAmyone's caGlling you my beFtter haClf
I kCnow you Fmaj7they don't do
NoboAmdy will evGer do and wFe don't cCare
GI don't want to tAmurn back the tFimeAm  
I don't want to foGllow the liFne
Still waiting not creating
Everything we do is better when we're two
Don't take it like I fake it
Everytime I try to say that i love you
GI don't want to tAmurn back the tFimeAm  
I don't want to foGllow the liFne
Chorus:
Because lCife is a rGoad that is wiAmnding and dEmark
But i Fswear 'cross mCy heart so aGre you
LiCfe is a roGad that is wiAmnding and dEmark
But i sFwear 'cross Cmy heart so aGre you
>Brigde (fast changes on F to C, listen to the song)
Now you Fknow Cit's tGrue i beFlieve Cin Gyou
          F    C     G  F  C  Am
YGeah you know it's true I do care for you
I'm sorry you're sorry
But you can be sorry in a better way
It don't matter if I never
Never ever let you be the one I need

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Roads

by Backyard Babies

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Fmaj7

Backyard Babies

People Like People Like Us (2006)

C Fmaj7

I call you they call you

Am G F C

Everyone's calling you my better half

C Fmaj7

I know you they don't do

Am G F C

Nobody will ever do and we don't care

G Am F Am

I don't want to turn back the time

G F

I don't want to follow the line

Still waiting not creating

Everything we do is better when we're two

Don't take it like I fake it

Everytime I try to say that i love you

G Am F Am

I don't want to turn back the time

G F

I don't want to follow the line

Chorus:

C G Am Em

Because life is a road that is winding and dark

F C G

But i swear 'cross my heart so are you

C G Am Em

Life is a road that is winding and dark

F C G

But i swear 'cross my heart so are you

>Brigde (fast changes on F to C, listen to the song)

F C G F C G

Now you know it's true i believe in you

F C G F C Am

Yeah you know it's true I do care for you

I'm sorry you're sorry

But you can be sorry in a better way

It don't matter if I never

Never ever let you be the one I need

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