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For The Meantime

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E (7th on A string)
Play the main body of the chord, but move the root note down from an E, to Eb, C# (9th 
the E string) to a B, listen to the song for the rhythm. repeat.
then move up to a F#M, taking your little finger, placing it on the 12th fret on the 
e string.
EAnd every day that I don't see your face is a tragedy,
EAnd time away could be time staring in your eF#myes,
EAnd every day that I don't see your face feels forever to me,
EAll the while I'm away you'll be there on my mF#mind,
EAnd we might find,
BIn our lifetime,
C#mThat the lights go out,
BAnd the tears fill up in our eyes
EBut it's only
BFor the meantime,
C#mAnd before too long
BI will be right there at your side
EAs every day that I don't see you smile is a tragedy
EAnd I'm afraid that we might lose the feelinF#mg inside
EBecause there is no other sound that can make me go weak at the knees
ELike the sound of your voice on the end of a F#mline
EAnd we might find,
BIn our lifetime,
C#mThat the lights go out,
BAnd the tears fill up in our eyes
EBut it's only
BFor the meantime,
C#mAnd before too long
BI will be right there at your side
EFor a while
finish by ending with a repeat of the introduction, finish on an E

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For The Meantime

by The Rifles

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F#m

C#m

E (7th on A string)

Play the main body of the chord, but move the root note down from an E, to Eb, C# (9th

the E string) to a B, listen to the song for the rhythm. repeat.

then move up to a F#M, taking your little finger, placing it on the 12th fret on the

e string.

And every day that I don't see your face is a tragedy,

E F#m

And time away could be time staring in your eyes,

And every day that I don't see your face feels forever to me,

E F#m

All the while I'm away you'll be there on my mind,

And we might find,

In our lifetime,

C#m

That the lights go out,

And the tears fill up in our eyes

But it's only

For the meantime,

C#m

And before too long

I will be right there at your side

As every day that I don't see you smile is a tragedy

E F#m

And I'm afraid that we might lose the feeling inside

Because there is no other sound that can make me go weak at the knees

E F#m

Like the sound of your voice on the end of a line

And we might find,

In our lifetime,

C#m

That the lights go out,

And the tears fill up in our eyes

But it's only

For the meantime,

C#m

And before too long

I will be right there at your side

For a while

finish by ending with a repeat of the introduction, finish on an E

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