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Barriers

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Standard Tuning: Capo 2
 D- xx0232
 Esus4- xx0233
 A- x02220
 Em- 022000
 G- 320003
 C- x32010
intro:  D-  Esus4(x3) -  D- A  
verse 1:
DWell, I don't knAow how to say this rEmight
And the woGrds got me chokin'D  
I keep hiAttin' this wall, IEmt's never gonna fall
And weG're still brokenD  
This mountaAin we've been trying to clEmimb
It's neGver-ending
DJust can't do nothin', GAotta do something 
'Cause iEmf we don't open up our eyes
We're juGst pretendingD  
pre-chorus:
Well, there's a tCime for givin' Gup
Didn't wEmant to have to say iGt
All we doCin' is building waGlls
And now there's tAoo many barriers
chorus:
Here we aDre lying heAre
It's our lEmast final goodniGght
Just becDause it feels so goAod
No use pretEmending we're alrGight
Too many loDcks, too many crAimes
Too many teEmars, too many liGes
Too many barDriers Em  
OAhhh
Just too many barDriers
 A-  Em- G  
verse 2:
DNow we've been drAaggin' this whole thing Emout
But I can't Gwait any longerD  
Our love's buArning down, CrEmeepin' in the doubt
We're not geGtting any strongerD  
I hear you sAay that we're doin' EmOK
But, baby, GI don't think so
DJust can't do nothin', gAotta do something
'Cause if I dEmon't get into my car 
I wGon't go very far.D  
Repeat pre-chorus
Repeat chorus
bridge:
AJust too many baDrriers
That we kAeep running into
BEmeen tryin', but we juGst can't break through
DI know I'm gonna keep wiAshing I was with you
EmBut we just gotta sGtop
Here we aDre lying heAre
It's our lEmast final goodniGght
Just beDcause it feels so goAod
No use preteEmnding we're alriGght
Too many loDcks, too many crAimes
Too many tEmears, too many liGes
Too many baDrriers
DAnd you hurry to get soAmewhere
And the rEmoad's tryin' to block ya, blGock ya 
DAnd you feel like you're nAowhere
'Cause the woEmrld's tryin' to stop ya, sGtop ya 
Too many baDrriers

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Barriers

by David Archuleta

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Esus4

Standard Tuning: Capo 2

- xx0232

Esus4

- xx0233

- x02220

- 022000

- 320003

- x32010

D Esus4 D A

intro: - (x3) - -

verse 1:

D A Em

Well, I don't know how to say this right

G D

And the words got me chokin'

A Em

I keep hittin' this wall, It's never gonna fall

G D

And we're still broken

A Em

This mountain we've been trying to climb

It's never-ending

D A

Just can't do nothin', Gotta do something

'Cause if we don't open up our eyes

G D

We're just pretending

pre-chorus:

C G

Well, there's a time for givin' up

Em G

Didn't want to have to say it

C G

All we doin' is building walls

And now there's too many barriers

chorus:

D A

Here we are lying here

Em G

It's our last final goodnight

D A

Just because it feels so good

Em G

No use pretending we're alright

D A

Too many locks, too many crimes

Em G

Too many tears, too many lies

D Em

Too many barriers

Ohhh

Just too many barriers

A Em G

- -

verse 2:

D A Em

Now we've been draggin' this whole thing out

G D

But I can't wait any longer

A Em

Our love's burning down, Creepin' in the doubt

G D

We're not getting any stronger

A Em

I hear you say that we're doin' OK

But, baby, I don't think so

D A

Just can't do nothin', gotta do something

'Cause if I don't get into my car

G D

I won't go very far.

Repeat pre-chorus

Repeat chorus

bridge:

A D

Just too many barriers

That we keep running into

Em G

Been tryin', but we just can't break through

D A

I know I'm gonna keep wishing I was with you

Em G

But we just gotta stop

D A

Here we are lying here

Em G

It's our last final goodnight

D A

Just because it feels so good

Em G

No use pretending we're alright

D A

Too many locks, too many crimes

Em G

Too many tears, too many lies

Too many barriers

D A

And you hurry to get somewhere

Em G

And the road's tryin' to block ya, block ya

D A

And you feel like you're nowhere

Em G

'Cause the world's tryin' to stop ya, stop ya

Too many barriers

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