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Something I Can Never Have

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Chord variants]
       Cx32013
     C/G332010
  C9sus4x33333
[Intro]
C     Em   F
C/G   Em   F
C     Em   F
C/G   Em   F
[Verse]
I Cstill recall the taste of your EmtearsF  
C/GEchoing your voice just like the Emringing in my Fears
CMy favorite dreams of you still wash aEmshoreF  
C/GScraping through my head till I don't Emwant to sleep FanyCmoreC  Em  F  
[Chorus]
 CYou make this all go away
 EmYou make this Fall go away
 C/GI'm down to just one thing
 EmAnd I'm starting to Fscare myself
 CYou make this all go away
 EmYou make this Fall go away
 C/GI just want something
 EI just want Fsomething I can Cnever haveC  Em  F  
[Verse]
You Calways were the one to show me EmhowF  
Back C/Gthen I couldn't do the things that EmI can do Fnow
This Cthing is slowly taking me aEmpartF  
C/GGrey would be the color, Emif I had a Fheart, come on and tell me
[Chorus]
 CYou make this all go away
 EmYou make this Fall go away
 C/GI'm down to just one thing
 EmAnd I'm starting to Fscare myself
 CYou make this all go away
 EmYou make this Fall go away
 C/GI just want something
 EmI just want Fsomething I can Cnever have
[Instrumental]
C      Em     F
C/G    Em     F
C9sus4 C9sus4 C9sus4
C
[Verse]
 CIn this place it seems like such a shame
 CThough it all looks different now, I know it's still the same
 CEverywhere I look you're all I EmseeF  
Just a C/Gfading fucking reminder of Emwho I used to Fbe, come on and tell me
[Chorus]
 CYou make this all go away
 EmYou make this Fall go away
 C/GI'm down to just one thing
 EmAnd I'm starting to Fscare myself
 CYou make this all go away
 EmYou make this Fall go away
 C/GI just want something
 EmI just want Fsomething
I can Bbnever have
 Fmaj7I just want something
I can Abnever have
e|-0-------------1-0-0---1-|-0-------------1-0-0---1-|
B|-1-3---------------0---1-|-1-3---------------0---1-|
G|-0---3-----0-------0---2-|-0---3-----0-------0---2-|
D|-2-------3---------2---3-|-2-------3---------2---3-|
A|-3-----------------2---3-|-3-----------------2---3-|
E|-------------------0---1-|-------------------0---1-|
e|-----3-------------3-----|-----3-----------1-3-----|
B|-----3-------------3-----|-----3-------------1-----|
G|-----3-------------3-----|-----3-------------0-----|
D|---3-------------3-------|---3---------------2-----|
A|-3------------3----------|-3-----------------3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

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Something I Can Never Have

by Nine Inch Nails

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

C9sus4

Fmaj7

[Chord variants]

x32013

C/G

332010

C9sus4

x33333

[Intro]

C Em F

C/G Em F

C Em F

C/G Em F

[Verse]

C Em F

I still recall the taste of your tears

C/G Em F

Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears

C Em F

My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore

C/G Em F C C Em F

Scraping through my head till I don't want to sleep anymore

[Chorus]

You make this all go away

Em F

You make this all go away

C/G

I'm down to just one thing

Em F

And I'm starting to scare myself

You make this all go away

Em F

You make this all go away

C/G

I just want something

E F C C Em F

I just want something I can never have

[Verse]

C Em F

You always were the one to show me how

C/G Em F

Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now

C Em F

This thing is slowly taking me apart

C/G Em F

Grey would be the color, if I had a heart, come on and tell me

[Chorus]

You make this all go away

Em F

You make this all go away

C/G

I'm down to just one thing

Em F

And I'm starting to scare myself

You make this all go away

Em F

You make this all go away

C/G

I just want something

Em F C

I just want something I can never have

[Instrumental]

C Em F

C/G Em F

C9sus4 C9sus4 C9sus4

[Verse]

In this place it seems like such a shame

Though it all looks different now, I know it's still the same

C Em F

Everywhere I look you're all I see

C/G Em F

Just a fading fucking reminder of who I used to be, come on and tell me

[Chorus]

You make this all go away

Em F

You make this all go away

C/G

I'm down to just one thing

Em F

And I'm starting to scare myself

You make this all go away

Em F

You make this all go away

C/G

I just want something

Em F

I just want something

I can never have

Fmaj7

I just want something

I can never have

e|-0-------------1-0-0---1-|-0-------------1-0-0---1-|

B|-1-3---------------0---1-|-1-3---------------0---1-|

G|-0---3-----0-------0---2-|-0---3-----0-------0---2-|

D|-2-------3---------2---3-|-2-------3---------2---3-|

A|-3-----------------2---3-|-3-----------------2---3-|

E|-------------------0---1-|-------------------0---1-|

e|-----3-------------3-----|-----3-----------1-3-----|

B|-----3-------------3-----|-----3-------------1-----|

G|-----3-------------3-----|-----3-------------0-----|

D|---3-------------3-------|---3---------------2-----|

A|-3------------3----------|-3-----------------3-----|

E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

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