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Red Eye

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Intro
  A    D    E   E(2 strums of each chord)
I'm Alosing sDpeed, Etrying to keep up with yEou
And I'm Alosing sDleep, Eworrying 'bout Eyou
HDow long will it tEake, 'till I can haAve your heart to bF#mreak?
ARed eye, EI'm asking you
A  D
Your Abeautiful fDear, Eis the holy ghost Etown
ThatA's closing the rDoad, Ewe used to drive Edown
HDow long will it tEake, 'till I can haAve your heart to bF#mreak?
ARed eye, EI'm asking you
You know I Ehate the way, your lDove don't stay
ARed eye, EI'm asking you
A  D
Your Aeyelids don't Dshut, Ebut you don't see me hEere
And AI need to be saDfe, Ethe queen disapEpears
HDow long will it tEake, 'till I can haAve your heart to bF#mreak?
ARed eye, EI'm asking you
You know I Ehate the way, your lDove don't stay
ARed eye
EDo you have to fly, allnight, just to Dfeel allright?
ARed eye, EI'm asking you
   A     DI'm asking Eyou

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Red Eye

by Ben Kweller

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Intro

A D E E

(2 strums of each chord)

A D E E

I'm losing speed, trying to keep up with you

A D E E

And I'm losing sleep, worrying 'bout you

D E A F#m

How long will it take, 'till I can have your heart to break?

A E

Red eye, I'm asking you

A D

A D E E

Your beautiful fear, is the holy ghost town

A D E E

That's closing the road, we used to drive down

D E A F#m

How long will it take, 'till I can have your heart to break?

A E

Red eye, I'm asking you

E D

You know I hate the way, your love don't stay

A E

Red eye, I'm asking you

A D

A D E E

Your eyelids don't shut, but you don't see me here

A D E E

And I need to be safe, the queen disappears

D E A F#m

How long will it take, 'till I can have your heart to break?

A E

Red eye, I'm asking you

E D

You know I hate the way, your love don't stay

Red eye

E D

Do you have to fly, allnight, just to feel allright?

A E

Red eye, I'm asking you

A D E

I'm asking you

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