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Eminor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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This is "Try", from 'Sincerely, Me'.
Capo: Second Fret
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--3--3----3--3----1--0--1-1--0--1--|
G|---0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0----0--0----|
D|-0--0--0-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2---|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Having nowhere else to go
He was lonely, she was cold
Whenever they went out
It seemed as though the world began to grow
Em7The two they both had not felt Gbig enough
to take on something of their Cown
And they kept Em7moving along, singing a song
a sad Gsong, of how they'd Cnever learn
and they'd never know
To GtryEm7  
They've been Cparalyzed by fearful eyes
And reaGlize Em7you can Cmove along
Write your own song
And be on your wayG  Em7  G  C  
Em7He had always dreamed to Gchange
The world around him,
ReaCrrange the mess
Em7Because through his eyes it all was Gbeautiful
But not to all the Crest
Em7He had so Gmuch to say, he Chad so much to show
But he kept Em7moving along, singing a song
a sad Gsong, of how he'd Cnever learn
and he'd never know
To Gtry Em7  
He'd been Cparalyzed by fearful eyes
And reaGlizEm7e you can Cmove along
Write your own song
And be on your wayG  Em7  G  C  
Em7She was Gunsure of Cmany things
Em7But disregarding all the Gothers, she Cloved to sing
Em7But she was too Gscared to fail
Too Cscared to give it a go
And she kept Em7moving along, singing a song
A sad Gsong, of how she'd Cnever learn
And she'd never know
To Gtry Em7  
She'd been Cparalyzed by fearful eyes
And reaGlize Em7you can Cmove along
Write your own song
And be on your way
Em7So I'll stop Grunning away
If you start Clearning to stay and speak your mindEm7  
And I'll keep Gwriting my songs
If you stop tChinking you're wrong today.
And GtryEm7  
We've been Cparalyzed by fearful eyes
And reaGlize Em7you can Cmove along
Write your own song
And be on your wayG  Em7  C  G  Em7  C  
So GtryEm7  
We've been Cparalyzed by fearful eyes
And reaGlize Em7you can Cmove along
Write your own song
And Cbe on your Gway

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Try

by Kina Grannis

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Em7

This is "Try", from 'Sincerely, Me'.

Capo: Second Fret

e|-----------------------------------|

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

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

D|-0--0--0-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2---|

A|-----------------------------------|

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

Having nowhere else to go

He was lonely, she was cold

Whenever they went out

It seemed as though the world began to grow

Em7 G

The two they both had not felt big enough

to take on something of their own

Em7

And they kept moving along, singing a song

G C

a sad song, of how they'd never learn

and they'd never know

G Em7

To try

They've been paralyzed by fearful eyes

G Em7 C

And realize you can move along

Write your own song

G Em7 G C

And be on your way

Em7 G

He had always dreamed to change

The world around him,

Rearrange the mess

Em7 G

Because through his eyes it all was beautiful

But not to all the rest

Em7 G C

He had so much to say, he had so much to show

Em7

But he kept moving along, singing a song

G C

a sad song, of how he'd never learn

and he'd never know

G Em7

To try

He'd been paralyzed by fearful eyes

G Em7 C

And realize you can move along

Write your own song

G Em7 G C

And be on your way

Em7 G C

She was unsure of many things

Em7 G C

But disregarding all the others, she loved to sing

Em7 G

But she was too scared to fail

Too scared to give it a go

Em7

And she kept moving along, singing a song

G C

A sad song, of how she'd never learn

And she'd never know

G Em7

To try

She'd been paralyzed by fearful eyes

G Em7 C

And realize you can move along

Write your own song

And be on your way

Em7 G

So I'll stop running away

C Em7

If you start learning to stay and speak your mind

And I'll keep writing my songs

If you stop thinking you're wrong today.

G Em7

And try

We've been paralyzed by fearful eyes

G Em7 C

And realize you can move along

Write your own song

G Em7 C G Em7 C

And be on your way

G Em7

So try

We've been paralyzed by fearful eyes

G Em7 C

And realize you can move along

Write your own song

C G

And be on your way

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