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A really great song, alot of lyrics, so I will not put chords on top of the lyrics, but 
the lyrics up according to chord progression. The Am chord in the verses go twice as 
as the G and Em chords; same with the Dm chord, Am and G chords in the chorus.
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Tuning: Standard
Am -  002210
G  -  320003
Em -  022000
Dm -  000231
F  -  133211
Verse 1 (Am, Am, G, Em)
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Vera's face burnt as a memory of bedroom fun
With a lighter and some hairspray
Smoking in the girls' room
Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the McDonald's
By a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody
Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some
Now we look back and see that she didn't know how
We never thought that we'd get caught up
Stuck in the teenage waste
Chorus
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As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
Verse 2 (Am, Am, G, Em)
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Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the Kmart
Rolling around in them to see if you would
Get prickled slip the acid on your tongue rooftop mall parkade
We couldn't get enough
Then count the stars and the ten million woes
Just you and the universe judging each other
We never knew that we'd get caught up
Stuck in the teenage waste
Chorus
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As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we let DmgoDm  Am  G  
Verse 3 (Am, Am, G, Em)
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It's a fight, it's a fight and you finally belong
Got a shiner now and it's more than a battle scar
More than a battle scar, such a good, good story to tell
At lunch break, lunch break, lunch break, lunch break
Such a good, good story to tell
You bully, you break, you bully, you break
You fake, you fake, you fake, you fake
Verse 4 (F, F,  G  Em)
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You smoke, you toke, you want, you flaunt, you hit it and you're in it and it's
spinning
And it's wild
We never thought that we'd get caught up
Stuck in the teenage waste
Chorus
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As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we exDmplodDmeAm  G  
As we let DmgoDm  Am  G  
DmWe're counting the stars
DmWe're counting the stars
AmWe're gonna go far, Gwe're gonna go far
DmWe're counting the stars, Dmwe're counting the stars
AmWe're not very far, Gwe're not very far
DmAnd it's you and me in the Dmopen air
It's Amtruth or dare, Gwe don't care
DmWe're counting the stars, Dmwe're counting the stars,
Amwe're counting the stars,
Gwe're counting the starDms

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Explode

by Nelly Furtado

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Chords in this song · guitar

A really great song, alot of lyrics, so I will not put chords on top of the lyrics, but

the lyrics up according to chord progression. The Am chord in the verses go twice as

as the G and Em chords; same with the Dm chord, Am and G chords in the chorus.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuning: Standard

Am - 002210

G - 320003

Em - 022000

Dm - 000231

F - 133211

Am Am G Em

Verse 1 (, , , )

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Vera's face burnt as a memory of bedroom fun

With a lighter and some hairspray

Smoking in the girls' room

Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the McDonald's

By a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody

Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some

Now we look back and see that she didn't know how

We never thought that we'd get caught up

Stuck in the teenage waste

Chorus

------

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Am Am G Em

Verse 2 (, , , )

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Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the Kmart

Rolling around in them to see if you would

Get prickled slip the acid on your tongue rooftop mall parkade

We couldn't get enough

Then count the stars and the ten million woes

Just you and the universe judging each other

We never knew that we'd get caught up

Stuck in the teenage waste

Chorus

------

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we let go

Am Am G Em

Verse 3 (, , , )

-------

It's a fight, it's a fight and you finally belong

Got a shiner now and it's more than a battle scar

More than a battle scar, such a good, good story to tell

At lunch break, lunch break, lunch break, lunch break

Such a good, good story to tell

You bully, you break, you bully, you break

You fake, you fake, you fake, you fake

F F G Em

Verse 4 (, , )

-------

You smoke, you toke, you want, you flaunt, you hit it and you're in it and it's

spinning

And it's wild

We never thought that we'd get caught up

Stuck in the teenage waste

Chorus

------

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we explode

Dm Dm Am G

As we let go

We're counting the stars

Am G

We're gonna go far, we're gonna go far

Dm Dm

We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars

Am G

We're not very far, we're not very far

Dm Dm

And it's you and me in the open air

Am G

It's truth or dare, we don't care

Dm Dm

We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars,

we're counting the stars,

G Dm

we're counting the stars

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