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 "Own True Way"(Doyle/McCann/Trapper)
  From "Sea of No Cares"
  Capo fifth fret, and the best way to replicate the recurring melody on
  your guitar is to (surprise!)mess about with the D shape, using hammer-ons 
  to create the Sus4,sus2 and 5th shapes. 
  Intro:  D   D  Dsus4| D   Dsus2  D| D   D  Dsus4| D   Dsus2  D| D5   D  D| D  Dsus2| Dsus4        D  
 It Dtakes a lot to get to the top
 And a Glittle just to fall off quick
 And I Athink I've seen you here beDfore
 Sometimes you fly so high
 So fast it makes you sick
 You won the battle lost the war
 pre-chorus:
 But I dEmon't mind if you Dsay
 GEvery time you talk to me
 AEvery time we talk
 Chorus:
 We Dcame, we Asaw
 We Gconquered and Dcrumbled
 BmIn our Aown true Gway
 We Dloved, we Afought
 We Grocked and we Dtumbled
 BmIn our Aown true Dway
 Intro 
 Well I believe in brotherhood
 And the good of all mankind
 Though I admit it's hard to find
 But if you want to talk just come and knock
 It don't matter what the time
 Solitude is no friend of mine
 And I don't mind if you say
 Every time you talk to me
 Every time we talk
[Chorus]
 I don't mind
 It's hard to be from a rock in the sea
 Livin' in a big steel town
 Finding unfamiliar faces all around
 You heard 'em tell stupid jokes
 You heard 'em laugh everytime you spoke
 But you don't let nobody put you down
 But I don't mind if you say
 Every time you talk to me
 Every time you talk to me
 Every time we talk
 Chorus, intro with ad lib:
 In our own true way...
 And I don't mind...
 If you say...

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Own True Way

by Great Big Sea

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Dsus2

"Own True Way"(Doyle/McCann/Trapper)

From "Sea of No Cares"

Capo fifth fret, and the best way to replicate the recurring melody on

your guitar is to (surprise!)mess about with the D shape, using hammer-ons

to create the Sus4,sus2 and 5th shapes.

D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D D5 D D D Dsus2 Dsus4 D

It takes a lot to get to the top

And a little just to fall off quick

A D

And I think I've seen you here before

Sometimes you fly so high

So fast it makes you sick

You won the battle lost the war

pre-chorus:

Em D

But I don't mind if you say

Every time you talk to me

Every time we talk

Chorus:

D A

We came, we saw

G D

We conquered and crumbled

Bm A G

In our own true way

D A

We loved, we fought

G D

We rocked and we tumbled

Bm A D

In our own true way

Intro

Well I believe in brotherhood

And the good of all mankind

Though I admit it's hard to find

But if you want to talk just come and knock

It don't matter what the time

Solitude is no friend of mine

And I don't mind if you say

Every time you talk to me

Every time we talk

[Chorus]

I don't mind

It's hard to be from a rock in the sea

Livin' in a big steel town

Finding unfamiliar faces all around

You heard 'em tell stupid jokes

You heard 'em laugh everytime you spoke

But you don't let nobody put you down

But I don't mind if you say

Every time you talk to me

Every time we talk

Chorus, intro with ad lib:

In our own true way...

And I don't mind...

If you say...

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