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Chords: James Jerram
Standard tuning
Intro:  F   Gm4x
FI'm not too Gmsure that I can Fgo much fGmurther
FI'm really not sure Gmthings are even Fgetting Gmbetter
A#I'm so tired of the Amme that has to Gmdisagree
A#I'm so tired of Amme that's in G#control
G7I woke up to see the 
FSun Cmshining all A#around Gmme
FHow Cmcould it shine down A#on Gmme?
FYou'd think that it would Cmnotice
I can't C#take anyG#more
A#Had to ask myself,
What's it really Ffor?Gm  
 F   Gm3x
FEverything I Gmtried to do it Fdidn't Gmmatter
And Fnow I might be Gmbetter off just Frolling Gmover
Cause you A#know I tried so Amhard but couldn't Gmchange a thing
And it A#hurts so much I Ammight as well let G#go
G7I can't really take the 
FSun Cmshining all A#around Gmme
FHow Cmcould it shine down A#on Gmme?
FYou'd think that it would Cmnotice
I no C#longer beG#lieve
A#Can't help telling myself
It don't mean a FthingGm  
 F   Gm3x
Interlude:  Am   Gm   Am   G#  Gm  
G7I woke up to see the 
FSun Cmshining all A#around Gmme
FHow Cmcould it shine down A#on Gmme?
FSun Cmshining all it's A#beauGmty
FWhy Cmwould it shine down A#on Gmme?
FYou'd think that it would Cmnotice
I can't C#take anyG#more
A#Just had to ask myself
What's it really Ffor?Gm  
Outro:  F   Gm3x

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Whats It For

by Yoko Kanno

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Chords: James Jerram

Standard tuning

F Gm

Intro: 4x

F Gm F Gm

I'm not too sure that I can go much further

F Gm F Gm

I'm really not sure things are even getting better

A# Am Gm

I'm so tired of the me that has to disagree

A# Am G#

I'm so tired of me that's in control

I woke up to see the

F Cm A# Gm

Sun shining all around me

F Cm A# Gm

How could it shine down on me?

F Cm

You'd think that it would notice

C# G#

I can't take anymore

Had to ask myself,

F Gm

What's it really for?

F Gm

F Gm F Gm

Everything I tried to do it didn't matter

F Gm F Gm

And now I might be better off just rolling over

A# Am Gm

Cause you know I tried so hard but couldn't change a thing

A# Am G#

And it hurts so much I might as well let go

I can't really take the

F Cm A# Gm

Sun shining all around me

F Cm A# Gm

How could it shine down on me?

F Cm

You'd think that it would notice

C# G#

I no longer believe

Can't help telling myself

F Gm

It don't mean a thing

F Gm

Am Gm Am G# Gm

Interlude:

I woke up to see the

F Cm A# Gm

Sun shining all around me

F Cm A# Gm

How could it shine down on me?

F Cm A# Gm

Sun shining all it's beauty

F Cm A# Gm

Why would it shine down on me?

F Cm

You'd think that it would notice

C# G#

I can't take anymore

Just had to ask myself

F Gm

What's it really for?

F Gm

Outro: 3x

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