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Chords Used
Db:xx664x  DbC(with  Cbass):xx663  F:xxx331  F#:xxx442  Ab:xxx664
Intro
  DbDbC
Intro: Part 2
  Db    F     F#do this twice
Verse
Dbi've got questions for you, you've got answers untrue
F#i can walk these circles all night long
Dbtake a pill and sleep off, everything you can think of
F#walking all these circles to a song
Ab(palm muted)             Fslide to F#  
could you play me something new
Chorus
   Dbso take a Fminute just to F#breathe and think of everything you wantDbed
Fand what you got inF#stead
   Dbis it a Flabor just to F#see, around the left,the right, over my Dbhead
Fjust straight aheF#ad
Verse2 Play the same as the first verse
find a new way to feel right between this time a fistfight
i can read the circles round your eyes
this is life, this is no rhyme, find a beat, find the right time
to organize the circles to a song, could you play me something new
Chorus same as first
So take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted
and what you got instead
is it a labor just to see, around the left, the right, over my head
Add-in
F                  F--F# F# x4
just straight ahead, yeah
bridge
 Db(pm)         F(pm)          F#(pm)                             Db(pm)
     So take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted
      F(pm)            F#hold
and what you got instead
Chorus same as second
So take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted
and what you got instead
is it a labor just to see, around the left, the right, over my head
just straight ahead, yeah
end on Db
notation
-- = slide

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Straight Ahead

by David Cook

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Chords Used

Db C F F# Ab

:xx664x DbC(with bass):xx663 :xxx331 :xxx442 :xxx664

Intro

DbC

Intro: Part 2

Db F F#

do this twice

Verse

i've got questions for you, you've got answers untrue

i can walk these circles all night long

take a pill and sleep off, everything you can think of

walking all these circles to a song

Ab F F#

(palm muted) slide to

could you play me something new

Chorus

Db F F# Db

so take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted

F F#

and what you got instead

Db F F# Db

is it a labor just to see, around the left,the right, over my head

F F#

just straight ahead

Verse2 Play the same as the first verse

find a new way to feel right between this time a fistfight

i can read the circles round your eyes

this is life, this is no rhyme, find a beat, find the right time

to organize the circles to a song, could you play me something new

Chorus same as first

So take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted

and what you got instead

is it a labor just to see, around the left, the right, over my head

Add-in

F F--F# F# x4

just straight ahead, yeah

bridge

Db F F# Db

(pm) (pm) (pm) (pm)

So take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted

F F#

(pm) hold

and what you got instead

Chorus same as second

So take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted

and what you got instead

is it a labor just to see, around the left, the right, over my head

just straight ahead, yeah

end on Db

notation

-- = slide

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