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Alright this is how i have figured this puppy down to...took a little while but i
am fairly confident that this is correct
intro:
rhythm guitar x 2
Em, G, C  
lead guitar x 2
|---0--------------0------------------------------------------------|
|------3--0-----------3--0--------------0--------------1------------|
|-------------------------------------0---0----------0---2----------|
|------------2--------------2-------0--------------2----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------3-------------------|
|-0-------------------------------3---------------------------------|
both rhythm and lead guitar played at the same time. (listen to the song).
verse 1:
same as above. rhythm and lead guitar both played at the same time.
Em, G, C  
he is alive and kicking
he calls it gymnastics, calls it velocity
and you spend twenty years climbing and never change your mind
and you call it the path of least resistance
and you have everything you ever need
verse 2:
D, Em, D, C  
and you sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
verse 3:
same as intro (Em, G, C)
they are talking to me and i am nowhere to be found
there's somewhere else i had to be
call it necessity, mutiny, entropy
they think i'm down
they tell me i should brighten up
but that's just 'cause they don't know an explosion when they see one
verse 4:
same as verse 2 (D, Em, D, Em)
and they sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
all the way home to your front door
D, C  
yeah you better believe it
sing it like you mean it
A, G,  D(3 times)
A, G  
verse 5:
Em, D, C  
they are talking to me and i am nowhere to be found
D, Em, D, C  
and you sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
songs ends on Em

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20 Years

by Something for Kate

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Chords in this song · guitar

Alright this is how i have figured this puppy down to...took a little while but i

am fairly confident that this is correct

intro:

rhythm guitar x 2

Em G C

, ,

lead guitar x 2

|---0--------------0------------------------------------------------|

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

|-------------------------------------0---0----------0---2----------|

|------------2--------------2-------0--------------2----------------|

|-----------------------------------------------3-------------------|

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

both rhythm and lead guitar played at the same time. (listen to the song).

verse 1:

same as above. rhythm and lead guitar both played at the same time.

Em G C

, ,

he is alive and kicking

he calls it gymnastics, calls it velocity

and you spend twenty years climbing and never change your mind

and you call it the path of least resistance

and you have everything you ever need

verse 2:

D Em D C

, , ,

and you sing if you can't beat them join them

all the way up to your floor

memorize and repeat it

and sing it like you mean it

verse 3:

Em G C

same as intro (, , )

they are talking to me and i am nowhere to be found

there's somewhere else i had to be

call it necessity, mutiny, entropy

they think i'm down

they tell me i should brighten up

but that's just 'cause they don't know an explosion when they see one

verse 4:

D Em D Em

same as verse 2 (, , , )

and they sing if you can't beat them join them

all the way up to your floor

memorize and repeat it

and sing it like you mean it

all the way home to your front door

D C

yeah you better believe it

sing it like you mean it

A G D

, , (3 times)

A G

verse 5:

Em D C

, ,

they are talking to me and i am nowhere to be found

D Em D C

, , ,

and you sing if you can't beat them join them

all the way up to your floor

memorize and repeat it

and sing it like you mean it

songs ends on Em

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