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     Protect Me From What I Want by Placebo
      From album Sleeping With Ghost
The song is simple ,just repeat those chords through whole song.
Intro on piano is also made of those chords.
Standard tuning
No capo
Chords used:
 Em-   022000
 C-    x32010
 Am-   002210
 G-    320033
 G/F#- 220033
This is the pattern:
Em  C  Am  G  G/F#  Em
[Verse]
EmIt's that desease of the Cage
It's that desease that we Amcrave 
Alone at the end of the Grave 
G/F#We catch the last bus hEmome
EmCorporate America wCakes
Coffee republic in Amcase
We open the latch on the gGate
OG/F#f the hole that we call our Emhome 
[Chorus]
EmProtect me from what I Cwant
Protect me from what I Amwant
Protect me from what I Gwant
G/F#Protect me protect meEm  
[Verse]
Maybe we're victims of fate
Remember when we'd celebrate
We'd drink and get high until late
And now we're all alone
Wedding bells ain't gonna chime
With both of us guilty of crime
And both of us sentenced to time
And now we're all alone
[Chorus]
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me

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Protect Me From What I Want

by Placebo

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/F#

Protect Me From What I Want by Placebo

From album Sleeping With Ghost

The song is simple ,just repeat those chords through whole song.

Intro on piano is also made of those chords.

Standard tuning

No capo

Chords used:

- 022000

- x32010

- 002210

- 320033

G/F#

- 220033

This is the pattern:

Em C Am G G/F# Em

[Verse]

Em C

It's that desease of the age

It's that desease that we crave

Alone at the end of the rave

G/F# Em

We catch the last bus home

Em C

Corporate America wakes

Coffee republic in case

We open the latch on the gate

G/F# Em

Of the hole that we call our home

[Chorus]

Em C

Protect me from what I want

G/F# Em

Protect me protect me

[Verse]

Maybe we're victims of fate

Remember when we'd celebrate

We'd drink and get high until late

And now we're all alone

Wedding bells ain't gonna chime

With both of us guilty of crime

And both of us sentenced to time

And now we're all alone

[Chorus]

Protect me from what I want

Protect me protect me

Protect me from what I want

Protect me protect me

Protect me from what I want

Protect me protect me

Protect me from what I want

Protect me protect me

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