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Well, GBeDn   C    Em-  G     DjaCmin,
 Cyou crashed your plane aDgain -
 a Gbeautiful tailspEmin.
It was goGing to haDppen sCoon enEmough,
the only quesGtion was wEmhen,
 because CI could smell the fDlames
 sleGeping on your skEmin.
CI love you for the Gthings you do,
 and I dEmon't care who you Cdo them to.
 You can wrap your stupid sufGfering around Dme.
'cause I thCought it out, in the tiGme I've got,
 and I doEmn't care if I drCown or not:
I just want to crash inGto that same cold sDea.
it's pretty much the same throughout the rest of the song... except:
on the G when he sings " beauiful tailspin" and "question was when" and "sleeping on 
skin" (get my drift?), the g chord is played like this:
e-3-3-3-3----------.)
b-3-3-3-3----------.)
g-0-0-0-0-------------------.)    then the Em chord.
d-0-0-0-0-------------------.)          (regular g twice, then two times with the 2 fret on the
a-2-2-2-2        6th string-.)
e-3-3-2-2----------.)
i hope i didnt explain that part too confusing. you can always just use a regular G 
 well it sounds really good, have fun with this!

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Well Banjamin

by Shearwater

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G D C Em G D C

Well, Ben - jamin,

C D

you crashed your plane again -

G Em

a beautiful tailspin.

G D C Em

It was going to happen soon enough,

G Em

the only question was when,

C D

because I could smell the flames

G Em

sleeping on your skin.

C G

I love you for the things you do,

Em C

and I don't care who you do them to.

G D

You can wrap your stupid suffering around me.

C G

'cause I thought it out, in the time I've got,

Em C

and I don't care if I drown or not:

G D

I just want to crash into that same cold sea.

it's pretty much the same throughout the rest of the song... except:

on the G when he sings " beauiful tailspin" and "question was when" and "sleeping on

skin" (get my drift?), the g chord is played like this:

e-3-3-3-3----------.)

b-3-3-3-3----------.)

g-0-0-0-0-------------------.) then the Em chord.

d-0-0-0-0-------------------.) (regular g twice, then two times with the 2 fret on the

a-2-2-2-2 6th string-.)

e-3-3-2-2----------.)

i hope i didnt explain that part too confusing. you can always just use a regular G

well it sounds really good, have fun with this!

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