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Idlewild - You And I Are Both Away
Standard Tuning - EADGBe
Capo on fret 1
F
Take the hand that's holding up your head 
with the hand that's holding your heart 
It's more than CI am 
more than BbI am 
Hold your Fhand above your head 
wiser hands are heard above your heart 
It's more than CI am 
to be more than BbI am 
F, G, C, F  
G, C, Bb, G,
C, Bb, F, G  
And yFou and CI are Dmboth awBbay 
Oh, yFou and CI we are Dmwalls awBbay 
and we will Fnever say nCothing but 
Dmwhat we saBby 
and we will nFever say nCothing but 
Dmwhat we sBbay
F, Bb, C/G  
Didn't you kFnow that this world 
is not meBbant to be dC/Greamt in 
FBut what hurts me most Bb  
is all the C/Gtime that we've wFasted 
BbI've wasted all the dC/Greams in my heFad 
I'll have to mBbove 
out of this cC/Gountry insteFad 
I'll have to mBbove 
I'll have to mC/Gove 
I'll have to moFve 
           Bb             C/G  F, Bb, C/G  
out of this country instead
And yFou and CI are Dmboth awBbay 
Oh, yFou and CI we are Dmwalls awaBby 
and we will nFever say nCothing but 
Dmwhat we sBbay 
and we will nFever say nCothing but 
       Dm  Bb, F  
what we say
We’ll sCayDm  
We’ll sBbay-eh-hFeh-hay
We’ll sCayDm  Bb  
F, C, Dm,  Bbtill end (end on F)

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You And I Are Both Away

by Idlewild

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Idlewild - You And I Are Both Away

Standard Tuning - EADGBe

Capo on fret 1

Take the hand that's holding up your head

with the hand that's holding your heart

It's more than I am

more than I am

Hold your hand above your head

wiser hands are heard above your heart

It's more than I am

to be more than I am

F G C F

, , ,

G C Bb G

, , , ,

C Bb F G

, , ,

F C Dm Bb

And you and I are both away

F C Dm Bb

Oh, you and I we are walls away

F C

and we will never say nothing but

Dm Bb

what we say

F C

and we will never say nothing but

Dm Bb

what we say

F Bb C/G

, ,

Didn't you know that this world

Bb C/G

is not meant to be dreamt in

F Bb

But what hurts me most

C/G F

is all the time that we've wasted

Bb C/G F

I've wasted all the dreams in my head

I'll have to move

C/G F

out of this country instead

I'll have to move

C/G

I'll have to move

Bb C/G F Bb C/G

, ,

out of this country instead

F C Dm Bb

And you and I are both away

F C Dm Bb

Oh, you and I we are walls away

F C

and we will never say nothing but

Dm Bb

what we say

F C

and we will never say nothing but

Dm Bb F

what we say

C Dm

We’ll say

Bb F

We’ll say-eh-heh-hay

C Dm Bb

We’ll say

F C Dm Bb F

, , , till end (end on )

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