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Straight Lines

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ABreathing from a hole in my lung
I had Gno one
But Afaces in front of me
Racing through the void in my head
To find Gtraces of a Bmgood luck acadF#memy
F#m  G  D  A
ASparks ignite and trade them for thought
About Gno one
And Anothing in particular
Washed the sickened socket and drove
Resent Gnothing
There’s Bmgood will inside of F#mme
F#m  G  D
A/C#Wake me up Am/Clower the fBmeverF#m  
EWalking in a Dstraight liAne
A/C#Set me on Am/Cfire in the eBmveniF#mng
EEverything will Dbe fiAne
A/C#Waking up Am/Cstrong in the mBmorniF#mng
EWalking in a Dstraight liAne
A/C#Lately I’m Am/Ca desperate beBmlievF#mer
EBut walking in a Dstraight liAne
A  A
ASomething I will never forget
I felt Gdesperate
And Astuck to the marrow
Invisible to everyone else
I’m a Gsex change
And a Bmdamsel with no herF#moine
F#m  G  D
A/C#Wake me up Am/Clower the BmfeveF#mr
EWalking in a Dstraight liAne
A/C#Set me on Am/Cfire in the eveBmningF#m  
EEverything will Dbe fiAne
A/C#Waking up Am/Cstrong in the mBmorniF#mng
EWalking in a Dstraight liAne
A/C#Lately I’m Am/Ca desperate beBmlievF#mer
EBut walking in a Dstraight liA/C#ne
A/C#I don’t need no Btime to say
A/C#There’s no changing B/D#yesterday
A/EIf we keep talking and
I keep walking in Dstraight linesD7  
A/C#  Am/C  Bm  F#m
E  D  A
A/C#Wake me up Am/Clower the BmfeveF#mr
EWalking in a Dstraight liAne
A/C#Set me on Am/Cfire in the eveBmningF#m  
EEverything will Dbe fiAne
A/C#Waking up Am/Cstrong in the mBmorniF#mng
EWalking in a Dstraight liAne
A/C#Lately I’m Am/Ca desperate beBmlievF#mer
EBut walking in a Dstraight liAne
A  A  A  A

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Straight Lines

by Silverchair

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

A/C#

Am/C

B/D#

A/E

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Breathing from a hole in my lung

I had no one

But faces in front of me

Racing through the void in my head

G Bm F#m

To find traces of a good luck academy

F#m G D A

Sparks ignite and trade them for thought

About no one

And nothing in particular

Washed the sickened socket and drove

Resent nothing

Bm F#m

There’s good will inside of me

F#m G D

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Wake me up lower the fever

E D A

Walking in a straight line

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Set me on fire in the evening

E D A

Everything will be fine

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Waking up strong in the morning

E D A

Walking in a straight line

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Lately I’m a desperate believer

E D A

But walking in a straight line

A A

Something I will never forget

I felt desperate

And stuck to the marrow

Invisible to everyone else

I’m a sex change

Bm F#m

And a damsel with no heroine

F#m G D

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Wake me up lower the fever

E D A

Walking in a straight line

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Set me on fire in the evening

E D A

Everything will be fine

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Waking up strong in the morning

E D A

Walking in a straight line

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Lately I’m a desperate believer

E D A/C#

But walking in a straight line

A/C# B

I don’t need no time to say

A/C# B/D#

There’s no changing yesterday

A/E

If we keep talking and

D D7

I keep walking in straight lines

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

E D A

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Wake me up lower the fever

E D A

Walking in a straight line

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Set me on fire in the evening

E D A

Everything will be fine

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Waking up strong in the morning

E D A

Walking in a straight line

A/C# Am/C Bm F#m

Lately I’m a desperate believer

E D A

But walking in a straight line

A A A A

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