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Open Bar Reception

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Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Tuning: Capo 1
E-> F  
B-> C  
G-> G#  
D-> D#  
A-> A#  
E-> F  
Intro: A   F#m   Bm   D  
G Bm A G
Verse 1:
DThis should be a night to be remF#membered;
We’ll remBmember, you can be sDure of that.
GOn and on we walk out to the crBmowd,
UnexpAected, you're expGected.
Verse 2:
DNo one else will know that you've been crF#mying.
ThBmink of where we are and who we cDare.
They shGould have hired someone who could sBming
Just a little bAetter,
Prince controvGersy.
Chorus:
DI should feel we're going somewhere bBmetter,
But I dAon'Gt...
DWhy should we be anything but strBmangers
In clAothes that we don't Gown?
Verse 3:
I jDust realized this has been the fF#mirst time
We've sBmeen each other's vulnerabilitDy.
SGomewhere between hello and goodbBmye
There is something sAerious
That we Galways missed .
Chorus:
DI should feel we're going somewhere bBmetter,
But I dAon'Gt...
DWhy should we be anything but strBmangers
In clAothes that we don't Gown?
Bridge:
F#mOhh.G.. Aohh.Bm..
F#mOhh.G.. Aohh.Bm..G  
Verse 4:
DDrifting in and out, a priest is tF#malking
SBmomething about a body from a bDone.
A thGinking man said I could never Bmbe
Half as clAose to you as you Gare to me.
Chorus:
DI should feel it all leads somewhere bBmetter,
But I dAon'Gt...
DWhy should we be anything but strBmangers
In clAothes that we don't Gown?
DI should feel we'll get to some place bBmetter,
But I dAon'Gt...
DWhy should we be anything but strBmangers
In clAothes that we don't Gown?
Outro:
F#mOhh.G.. Aohh.Bm..
DOhh...
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