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                             I Want To Protect You - Eels
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Tuning:
e-G3--D2--C0--Em0--Bm2--Cadd90-----Am0--F1--Dm1------------------|
B-3--3--1--0--3--3-----1--1--3------------------|
G-0--2--0--0--4--0-----2--2--2------------------|
D-0--0--2--2--4--2-----2--3--0------------------|
A-2-----3--2--2--3-----0------------------------|
E-3--------0------------------------------------|
Intro:  G   D   C   Dx2
GNot much of a Dman, but Cstill I am a Dman,
And Gyou bring out Dsomething inCside Dme,
A Gperfect little Ddiamond, a Cfragile little Dfire,
You're Emeverything good in the Bmworld, to Dme.
GI Dwant to proCtect you, (I Dwant to proGtect you)
I Dwant you to Cbe safe and Dsound,
At Gnight in this Dworld,
Such a Cadd9delicate girl needs someAmone,
To look out for the Dwolves,
I want to proGtect you.D  C  D  
I Gsay some stupid Dshit, don't Cmean a word of Dit,
You Gknow I got a Dlot of love inCside Dme,
This Gworld's an ugly Dplace for Csuch a pretty Dface
They're Emcomin' at you from all Bmsides Dbut they gotta get through me.
GI Dwant to proCtect you, (I Dwant to proGtect you)
I Dwant you to Cbe safe and Dsound,
At Gnight in this Dworld,
Such a Cadd9delicate girl needs someAmone,
To look out for the Dwolves,
I want to proGtect you.D  C  D  
Not Gmany underDstand, but CI'm your biggest Dfan,
GThe savage Dfools cannot apCpreciDate,
The Gmiracle of Dyou, Chow could it be Dtrue,
You're Emeverything good in the Bmworld.D  
GI Dwant to proCtect you, (I Dwant to proGtect you)
I Dwant you to Cbe safe and Dsound,
At Gnight in this Dworld,
Such a Cadd9delicate girl needs someAmone,
To look out for the Dwolves,
I want to proGtect you.D  C  D  
Now, the eagle eyed folks out there will have noticed that there's an F
major and a D minor chord in the chart, but not the tab. Well, that's
because I assumed that you folks at home don't have a capo – if this is the
the capo on fret 7, in which case the order of chords is something like this:
Intro/Verse/Chorus:  C   G   F  G  
Pre-Chorus:  Am   Em  G  
Pre-Verse:  C   G   F   Dm  G  
Play around with this song, have some fun, play Cadd9 instead of C a few
times, add a Dsus4 in during the long Ds, whatever. Peace, love, and

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I Want To Protect You

by Eels

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Cadd9

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I Want To Protect You - Eels

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Tuning:

G D C Em Bm Cadd9 Am F Dm

e-3--2--0--0--2--0-----0--1--1------------------|

B-3--3--1--0--3--3-----1--1--3------------------|

G-0--2--0--0--4--0-----2--2--2------------------|

D-0--0--2--2--4--2-----2--3--0------------------|

A-2-----3--2--2--3-----0------------------------|

E-3--------0------------------------------------|

G D C D

Intro: x2

G D C D

Not much of a man, but still I am a man,

G D C D

And you bring out something inside me,

G D C D

A perfect little diamond, a fragile little fire,

Em Bm D

You're everything good in the world, to me.

G D C D G

I want to protect you, (I want to protect you)

D C D

I want you to be safe and sound,

G D

At night in this world,

Cadd9 Am

Such a delicate girl needs someone,

To look out for the wolves,

G D C D

I want to protect you.

G D C D

I say some stupid shit, don't mean a word of it,

G D C D

You know I got a lot of love inside me,

G D C D

This world's an ugly place for such a pretty face

Em Bm D

They're comin' at you from all sides but they gotta get through me.

G D C D G

I want to protect you, (I want to protect you)

D C D

I want you to be safe and sound,

G D

At night in this world,

Cadd9 Am

Such a delicate girl needs someone,

To look out for the wolves,

G D C D

I want to protect you.

G D C D

Not many understand, but I'm your biggest fan,

G D C D

The savage fools cannot appreciate,

G D C D

The miracle of you, how could it be true,

Em Bm D

You're everything good in the world.

G D C D G

I want to protect you, (I want to protect you)

D C D

I want you to be safe and sound,

G D

At night in this world,

Cadd9 Am

Such a delicate girl needs someone,

To look out for the wolves,

G D C D

I want to protect you.

Now, the eagle eyed folks out there will have noticed that there's an F

major and a D minor chord in the chart, but not the tab. Well, that's

because I assumed that you folks at home don't have a capo – if this is the

the capo on fret 7, in which case the order of chords is something like this:

C G F G

Intro/Verse/Chorus:

Am Em G

Pre-Chorus:

C G F Dm G

Pre-Verse:

Play around with this song, have some fun, play Cadd9 instead of C a few

times, add a Dsus4 in during the long Ds, whatever. Peace, love, and

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