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C-/ comatose via the PFDB...
DOWN BY THE DAM
Intro:  C  D  
C G C G (whilst playing chords do this little lick, you can do it at the same time if 
do power chords)
G|--5-4-5-4----5-4-5-4------------------|
D|------------5-----------5-------------|
AB|-----5-7-----5-7---|
G|-6-6-----6-6-------|
EmSooAner or later
you'll have to decide
What to hold on to
and what to disguise
EmI dAon't wanna be the one to stand in your way
AI EmdonA't wanna be your great mistake
EmI don't wanna play or antagonise
AI just wanna hear the news your doin fine (dont know what this line is)
CI Dcut your deepest scar
CNo Gone can carry the pain for you
CPuDshed you away so far
CSoGme foolish poiint I had to prove
Try to imagine
Its all in the past
distilled into fragments
We look back and laugh
I don't wanna be the one to stand in your way
I don't wanna be your great mistake
I don't wanna play or antagonise
I just wanna hear the news your doin fine..doin fine
You grounded all my fears
No one could comfort me like you
Stayed with me all those years
CNoGbody knows what we went through x3
(Don't know the soft bit)
 Em   Ajam out

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Down By The Dam

by Powderfinger

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C-/ comatose via the PFDB...

DOWN BY THE DAM

C D

Intro:

C G C G (whilst playing chords do this little lick, you can do it at the same time if

do power chords)

G|--5-4-5-4----5-4-5-4------------------|

D|------------5-----------5-------------|

B|-----5-7-----5-7---|

G|-6-6-----6-6-------|

Em A

Sooner or later

you'll have to decide

What to hold on to

and what to disguise

Em A

I don't wanna be the one to stand in your way

A Em A

I don't wanna be your great mistake

I don't wanna play or antagonise

I just wanna hear the news your doin fine (dont know what this line is)

C D

I cut your deepest scar

C G

No one can carry the pain for you

C D

Pushed you away so far

C G

Some foolish poiint I had to prove

Try to imagine

Its all in the past

distilled into fragments

We look back and laugh

I don't wanna be the one to stand in your way

I don't wanna be your great mistake

I don't wanna play or antagonise

I just wanna hear the news your doin fine..doin fine

You grounded all my fears

No one could comfort me like you

Stayed with me all those years

C G

Nobody knows what we went through x3

(Don't know the soft bit)

Em A

jam out

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