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Shoreline

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[Verse]
GEver since I was eCight or Dnine
I've been Cstanding on the EmshoreDline
AGlways CwaitingD  
FCor something EmlastinDg
LGose your hunger, you Close your Dway
CGet confused and you Emfade Daway
[Chorus]
AmOh tGhis toDwn
KiGlls you Dwhen you are Cyoung
AmOh thGis toDwn
KGills you Dwhen you are Cyoung
|     G|  C    D|    C|  Em   D|
[Verse]
IG'm not the boy I uCsed to Dbe
TChis town has got the yEmouth of Dme
AGll eyes turn CholloDw
FCrom the work of EmsorroDw
|  Am   G|     D|  G   D|    C|    C|
|    Gm|  Bb   F|   Eb|  Bb   F| x2
|     F|
[Verse]
SGtanding on the CpavinDg
BCy the office EmbuildinDg
TGhey've got so Cmuch to Ddo
NCever time for EmyouD  C  C  
[Bridge]
GWe are shadows
Oh we're Dshadows
Shadows in the EmalleyC  
GYou die when you're young
You die when you're Dyoung
You die when you're EmyoungC  
|     G|   C   D|    C|  Em   D|
|    Gm|  Bb   F|   Eb|  Bb   F| repeat many times

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Shoreline

by Anna Ternheim

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Verse]

G C D

Ever since I was eight or nine

C Em D

I've been standing on the shoreline

G C D

Always waiting

C Em D

For something lasting

G C D

Lose your hunger, you lose your way

C Em D

Get confused and you fade away

[Chorus]

Am G D

Oh this town

G D C

Kills you when you are young

Am G D

Oh this town

G D C

Kills you when you are young

G C D C Em D

| | | | |

[Verse]

G C D

I'm not the boy I used to be

C Em D

This town has got the youth of me

G C D

All eyes turn hollow

C Em D

From the work of sorrow

Am G D G D C C

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Gm Bb F Eb Bb F

| | | | | x2

| |

[Verse]

G C D

Standing on the paving

C Em D

By the office building

G C D

They've got so much to do

C Em D C C

Never time for you

[Bridge]

We are shadows

Oh we're shadows

Em C

Shadows in the alley

You die when you're young

Em C

You die when you're young

G C D C Em D

| | | | |

Gm Bb F Eb Bb F

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