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Cm7.....Gm7.....Cm7.....Gm7.....................Cm7OoOo Gm7yeah Abmaj7yeah oGm7Oo
Cm7I gave you my Gm7heart.................Cm7I gave you my Gm7soul
Cm7I gave everyGm7thing that I had........but you Abmaj7left me in the Gm7cold
Cm7but still I have Gm7faith..............Cm7somehow I beGm7lieve
Cm7that if I keep Gm7love in my heart.....it will Abmaj7find its way to Gm7me
                                     Abmaj7  Dm7-5     
I could fight.......................seek revenge
                  G7    Cm7               Eb/Bb       Abmaj7  Dm7-5          G7-9  
But thats not who I am..............No I'm not giving in......I will rise above
Chorus:
Cm7I'm gonna keep walking though Gm7it may seem far
Cm7I'm gonna keep preaching when Gm7life gets too hard
Cm7Not gonna let you bring me Gm7down       
I'll take the Abmaj7high    Gm7road
Cm7I'm gonna keep climbing 'till Gm7I see the top
Cm7I'm gonna keep trying though Gm7I may get lost
Cm7Not gonna let you bring me Gm7down
I'll take the Abmaj7hi   -   Gm7gh    Cm7road
Cm7I'm gonna get by on the Gm7high road (X2)
Cm7This pain that I Gm7feel.................Cm7I will overGm7come
Cm7I know somewhere Gm7deep down inside.....its the Abmaj7pain that makes us Gm7strong
                                        Abmaj7  Dm7-5               
I could curse.........................I could shout
                G7    Cm7          Eb/Bb         Abmaj7  Dm7-5         G7-9  
take the easy way out..........I forgive you somehow....I will rise above
Chorus:
I'll get Abmaj7by...............Oh I Cm7know I'll get by
to be Gm7real [to be real]...i can't Dm7keep it inFm7side [though I cant Cm7keep it inside]
Gm7I may hurt sometimes........But G7-9I will survive
Chords:
Cm7..........x35343 
Gm7..........353333
Abmaj7.......xx6543
Dm7-5........x5656x
G7...........353433
Eb/Bb........6x534x
G7-9.........353436(you can simply play a G7,a G7 works as well!)
Dm7..........xx0211
Fm7..........131111
(I play this song with a capo on 3rd fret so all my chords will be in Am)
(or you can also do it with a capo on 1st fret,and play it in Bm)

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The High Road

by JoJo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm7

Gm7

Abmaj7

Dm7

Eb/Bb

G7-9

Fm7

Cm7 Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7

....................................OoOo yeah yeah oOo

Cm7 Gm7 Cm7 Gm7

I gave you my heart.................I gave you my soul

Cm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7

I gave everything that I had........but you left me in the cold

Cm7 Gm7 Cm7 Gm7

but still I have faith..............somehow I believe

Cm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7

that if I keep love in my heart.....it will find its way to me

Abmaj7 Dm7

-5

I could fight.......................seek revenge

G7 Cm7 Eb/Bb Abmaj7 Dm7 G7-9

-5

But thats not who I am..............No I'm not giving in......I will rise above

Chorus:

Cm7 Gm7

I'm gonna keep walking though it may seem far

Cm7 Gm7

I'm gonna keep preaching when life gets too hard

Cm7 Gm7

Not gonna let you bring me down

Abmaj7 Gm7

I'll take the high road

Cm7 Gm7

I'm gonna keep climbing 'till I see the top

Cm7 Gm7

I'm gonna keep trying though I may get lost

Cm7 Gm7

Not gonna let you bring me down

Abmaj7 Gm7 Cm7

I'll take the hi - gh road

Cm7 Gm7

I'm gonna get by on the high road (X2)

Cm7 Gm7 Cm7 Gm7

This pain that I feel.................I will overcome

Cm7 Gm7 Abmaj7 Gm7

I know somewhere deep down inside.....its the pain that makes us strong

Abmaj7 Dm7

-5

I could curse.........................I could shout

G7 Cm7 Eb/Bb Abmaj7 Dm7 G7-9

-5

take the easy way out..........I forgive you somehow....I will rise above

Chorus:

Abmaj7 Cm7

I'll get by...............Oh I know I'll get by

Gm7 Dm7 Fm7 Cm7

to be real [to be real]...i can't keep it inside [though I cant keep it inside]

Gm7 G7-9

I may hurt sometimes........But I will survive

Chords:

Cm7

..........x35343

Gm7

..........353333

Abmaj7

.......xx6543

Dm7

-5........x5656x

...........353433

Eb/Bb

........6x534x

G7-9.........353436(you can simply play a G7,a G7 works as well!)

Dm7

..........xx0211

Fm7

..........131111

(I play this song with a capo on 3rd fret so all my chords will be in Am)

(or you can also do it with a capo on 1st fret,and play it in Bm)

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