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Capo: 2nd
I couldn't find these chords for this song anywhere so I finally decided just to sit 
Note: The F in the into is a grip chord, but the rest of the time it's a barre chord.  
the intro the F and C's get a little hammer-on/off to add styling.
Intro: F, C, G, G, F, C, 
G
 FWe all Cknow GsadnesGs,  Fand I Cfeel yGour paiGn
 FWell everybody Cknows a little Gloneliness AmsometFimes
C'Cause we're all the GsameG  
 FWe Call have GsorroGw, Fwe Call have GshameG  
 FEverybody Cfeels a bit of Gemptiness AmsometFimes
Now Cwhat you gonna do Gabout GthatG  
There's a Fway to keep Cgoing , Gstep by Amstep
Try to Ffix what's been Cbroken, Gbrick by Ambrick
While your Flife will keep Ccoming, Gyear after Amyear
 FDrain the Cpain, Gtear by Amtear
 FDrain Caway the Gpain, tear by tearF  C  G  
 FTake a Clook aGround youG  
 FEvery Cface that you GseeG  
 FWell everybody Cgets a little Gparalyzed AmsometimeFs, the Cepidemic of our
GinsanityG  G  
There's a Fway to keep Cgoing , Gstep by Amstep
Try to Ffix what's been Cbroken, Gbrick by Ambrick
While your Flife will keep Ccoming, Gyear after Amyear
 FDrain the Cpain, Gtear by Amtear
 FDrain Caway the Gpain, tear by tearF  C  G  
And the Ammother she Cwaits, 'Cause her Gteenager's Glate
Till the Amknock on the Cdoor, he says Gma'am I am so Gsorry
And Amsoldiers come Chome, one leg Gless than they'd Ggone with
We Amall walk aCround like there's Gjust nothing Gwrong with it
The Fdoctor he Ccries 'cause his Glast patient Amdied
Did FI mention beCfore he was a Gfather of Gfive
And the Fwaitress is Chome, well she Gcan't pay her Amloan
She's lost Feverything – Ceverything, she has Gno where to Ggo
And the Ffat kid at Cschool couldn't Gtake anyAmmore
All the Ftaunts and the Cnames and the uGgliest Gwords
No one Feven stopped to Cnotice, they went Gon with their Amday
                    F         C              G  G~
Till he pulled out a gun and blew himself away
There's a Fway to keep Cgoing , Gstep by Amstep
                      F         C          G  Am~
Try to fix what's been broken, brick by brick
F C G G F C G G
C G G F C G G
You can Fdrain all the CpaGin~G  
Tear by FteCarG~,G  
Tear by FteCarG~,G  
F, C, G, G, F, C, G~

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Tear By Tear

by Sister Hazel

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo: 2nd

I couldn't find these chords for this song anywhere so I finally decided just to sit

Note: The F in the into is a grip chord, but the rest of the time it's a barre chord.

the intro the F and C's get a little hammer-on/off to add styling.

F C G G F C

Intro: , , , , , ,

F C G G F C G G

We all know sadness, and I feel your pain

F C G Am F

Well everybody knows a little loneliness sometimes

C G G

'Cause we're all the same

F C G G F C G G

We all have sorrow, we all have shame

F C G Am F

Everybody feels a bit of emptiness sometimes

C G G G

Now what you gonna do about that

F C G Am

There's a way to keep going , step by step

F C G Am

Try to fix what's been broken, brick by brick

F C G Am

While your life will keep coming, year after year

F C G Am

Drain the pain, tear by tear

F C G F C G

Drain away the pain, tear by tear

F C G G

Take a look around you

F C G G

Every face that you see

F C G Am F C

Well everybody gets a little paralyzed sometimes, the epidemic of our

G G G

insanity

F C G Am

There's a way to keep going , step by step

F C G Am

Try to fix what's been broken, brick by brick

F C G Am

While your life will keep coming, year after year

F C G Am

Drain the pain, tear by tear

F C G F C G

Drain away the pain, tear by tear

Am C G G

And the mother she waits, 'Cause her teenager's late

Am C G G

Till the knock on the door, he says ma'am I am so sorry

Am C G G

And soldiers come home, one leg less than they'd gone with

Am C G G

We all walk around like there's just nothing wrong with it

F C G Am

The doctor he cries 'cause his last patient died

F C G G

Did I mention before he was a father of five

F C G Am

And the waitress is home, well she can't pay her loan

F C G G

She's lost everything – everything, she has no where to go

F C G Am

And the fat kid at school couldn't take anymore

F C G G

All the taunts and the names and the ugliest words

F C G Am

No one even stopped to notice, they went on with their day

F C G G

Till he pulled out a gun and blew himself away

F C G Am

There's a way to keep going , step by step

F C G Am

Try to fix what's been broken, brick by brick

F C G G F C G G

C G G F C G G

F C G G

You can drain all the pain~

F C G G

Tear by tear~,

F C G G

Tear by tear~,

F C G G F C G

, , , , , , ~

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