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Guitar tuned to drop D
e--Dm7--------------------------G----------C------|
B------6---5h6-------5h6---------------5-5-5-|
G------5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-----------5-5-5-|
D--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|
D--0-0-----------------------5-5-5-5-5-------|
[solo] 
e-Dm7------------------------------C--------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G-7--7-7--10/12-10--9-9-9/10\9-5--5-5--7/10-9--7-7-9/10\9-| (repeat 3x)
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A-5--5-5---8/10--8--7-7-7/ 8\7-3--3-3--5/ 8-7--5-5-7/ 8\7-|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
e-C---------------------------G--|
B------------------------------|
G-5--5-5--7/10-9--7-7-9/10\9-7-|
D------------------------------|
A-3--3-3--5/ 8-7--5-5-7/ 8\7-5-|
D------------------------------|
 Dm7   G   C(4x)
 Dm7I made a breakout just the Gother day  C   Dm7I thought it was time to make it GrightC  
Dm7Takin' any trail way to nowhere looking Gblank at the pastC  
Dm7Living a life of destruction as I Gfail, that's the world that I love to hate
 DOh but I'm Gsaved again, Dsaved by a little realizing and a Gwhole lot of pain
And all the Dtime that I spent and all the Gtime that's slipped away
Pain ovCer triaGls, fade away
   Dm7   G   C(2x)
 Dm7I made a breakout just the Gother day  C   Dm7This time I knew that it wasn't GrightC  
Three Dm7people torn to pieces from a Gchild's past
CAnd the Dm7tears like rain pouring down there Gbroken face, It was all that I could take
 DOh but I'm Gsaved again, Dsaved by a little realizing and a Gwhole lot of pain
And all the Dtime that I spent and all the Gtime that's slipped away
Pain ovCer triaGls,
             C           G    Dm7    C                    Dm7           C(solo begins on 1st Dm7)
Pain over trials, fade away      
 Fade aDm7wayC  G  C  
 Dm7I made a breakout just the Gother day, Cand you Dm7know that's the way that life goes Gon 
Till Csomebody Dm7came to me and everybody showed that everyGbody wept and everybody mourned
CShe was Dm7loved you see, it was destined to be that Glife goes on without you and I can too
 DOh but I'm Gsaved again, Dsaved by a little realizing and a Gwhole lot of pain
And all the Dtime that I spent and all the Gtime that's slipped away
Pain ovCer triaGls, 
Pain oveCr trialGs, fade awaDm7y

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Trials

by Cool for August

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Dm7

Guitar tuned to drop D

Dm7 G C

e--------------------------------------------|

B------6---5h6-------5h6---------------5-5-5-|

G------5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-----------5-5-5-|

D--7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

A--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|

D--0-0-----------------------5-5-5-5-5-------|

[solo]

Dm7 C

e---------------------------------------------------------|

B---------------------------------------------------------|

G-7--7-7--10/12-10--9-9-9/10\9-5--5-5--7/10-9--7-7-9/10\9-| (repeat 3x)

D---------------------------------------------------------|

A-5--5-5---8/10--8--7-7-7/ 8\7-3--3-3--5/ 8-7--5-5-7/ 8\7-|

D---------------------------------------------------------|

C G

e------------------------------|

B------------------------------|

G-5--5-5--7/10-9--7-7-9/10\9-7-|

D------------------------------|

A-3--3-3--5/ 8-7--5-5-7/ 8\7-5-|

D------------------------------|

Dm7 G C

(4x)

Dm7 G C Dm7 G C

I made a breakout just the other day I thought it was time to make it right

Dm7 G C

Takin' any trail way to nowhere looking blank at the past

Dm7 G

Living a life of destruction as I fail, that's the world that I love to hate

D G D G

Oh but I'm saved again, saved by a little realizing and a whole lot of pain

D G

And all the time that I spent and all the time that's slipped away

C G

Pain over trials, fade away

Dm7 G C

(2x)

Dm7 G C Dm7 G C

I made a breakout just the other day This time I knew that it wasn't right

Dm7 G

Three people torn to pieces from a child's past

C Dm7 G

And the tears like rain pouring down there broken face, It was all that I could take

D G D G

Oh but I'm saved again, saved by a little realizing and a whole lot of pain

D G

And all the time that I spent and all the time that's slipped away

C G

Pain over trials,

C G Dm7 C Dm7 C Dm7

(solo begins on 1st )

Pain over trials, fade away

Dm7 C G C

Fade away

Dm7 G C Dm7 G

I made a breakout just the other day, and you know that's the way that life goes on

C Dm7 G

Till somebody came to me and everybody showed that everybody wept and everybody mourned

C Dm7 G

She was loved you see, it was destined to be that life goes on without you and I can too

D G D G

Oh but I'm saved again, saved by a little realizing and a whole lot of pain

D G

And all the time that I spent and all the time that's slipped away

C G

Pain over trials,

C G Dm7

Pain over trials, fade away

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