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INTRO:
Am, Em, F,  Cx4
VERSE 1
CNow they're calling for the second time today 
Asking for to borrow those two tapes again 
FmIs it really worth the struggle of Ccovering up? 
On the brink and learning how to live with it 
Got experience from method toting deep within 
FmAnd they say it's so inflammable
CAm I Amcaught D7in a Fmtrap with all the remCains of a FmletdCown?
CAll the remains of a FmletdCown
CHORUS
   Am   EmSpeak out Fmif you Cgot it
   Am   EmWatch out Fmif you Crun
Since AmI heBm7ard sC7omeoDmne Fdied at a screening downtowGn of a tape
INTRO CHORDS x2
VERSE 1 CHORDS 
Now they're running round drawing circles and 
Living up to everything you think of them 
Such a senseless slender guy and his greater half 
On a mission for the local government 
Looking for a tape that's gonna pay the rent 
And they say it's so inflammable 
The cats will whine the dogs will itch 
So bury the beat and forget them 
Raise the remains of a letdown
CHORUS REPEATS
Speak out if you got it
Watch out if you run 
Since I heard someone cried at a screening 
Downtown of a tape
INTRO REPEATS x2
Of a tape
Ok
[harmonica solo]
Now it's coming out the story we all knew 
In equal parts all that you did and that you didn't do 
Was it really worth the struggle of covering up?
Leave it playing till it spells the ending back 
Is this what happens if you suffer like a cardiac?
Will you beg to be excused for always dumbing down 
Or wrenching up 
Now all that's left is a letdown
The view in reverse of a letdown
CHORUS CHORDS
Speak up if you got it
Watch out if you run 
Since I heard someone died at a screening 
Downtown of a tape, 
INTRO x2
of a tape 

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The Tape

by Sondre Lerche

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Bm7

INTRO:

Am Em F C

, , , x4

VERSE 1

Now they're calling for the second time today

Asking for to borrow those two tapes again

Fm C

Is it really worth the struggle of covering up?

On the brink and learning how to live with it

Got experience from method toting deep within

And they say it's so inflammable

C Am D7 Fm C Fm C

Am I caught in a trap with all the remains of a letdown?

C Fm C

All the remains of a letdown

CHORUS

Am Em Fm C

Speak out if you got it

Am Em Fm C

Watch out if you run

Am Bm7 C7 Dm F G

Since I heard someone died at a screening downtown of a tape

INTRO CHORDS x2

VERSE 1 CHORDS

Now they're running round drawing circles and

Living up to everything you think of them

Such a senseless slender guy and his greater half

On a mission for the local government

Looking for a tape that's gonna pay the rent

And they say it's so inflammable

The cats will whine the dogs will itch

So bury the beat and forget them

Raise the remains of a letdown

CHORUS REPEATS

Speak out if you got it

Watch out if you run

Since I heard someone cried at a screening

Downtown of a tape

INTRO REPEATS x2

Of a tape

[harmonica solo]

Now it's coming out the story we all knew

In equal parts all that you did and that you didn't do

Was it really worth the struggle of covering up?

Leave it playing till it spells the ending back

Is this what happens if you suffer like a cardiac?

Will you beg to be excused for always dumbing down

Or wrenching up

Now all that's left is a letdown

The view in reverse of a letdown

CHORUS CHORDS

Speak up if you got it

Watch out if you run

Since I heard someone died at a screening

Downtown of a tape,

INTRO x2

of a tape

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