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A song written by the wonderful Miss Megan Washington (so all rights and admiration are 
Please note the quickish chord changes between G and Em on the first line of the second 
No Capo
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Intro:
Em
So what I said is what I said and what you said is what you Gmeant.
EmAnd when you left my house in the morning
GYou wrote your message on the cement.
AmYou put the letters and the numbers under people's fCeet.
AmYou took all of the Cdealings and feelings and Dwrote them on the street.
GAnd everybody, everybody, everybody Emknows.
GAnd when I went outside and I saw it I Emfroze.
AmYou put my secret and your secret under people's feetC.
AmAh, you remembered Cwhat I said, and you Dwrote it on the fucking concrete.
Em
                                                G- Em  
So what we do is what we do for me and you not everyone.
But outside in the night you were busy Gwriting down what we had done.
AmYou seemed alCright last night, but Dnow I know that I was wrong.
GAnd everybody, everybody, everybody Emknows.
GAnd when I went outside and I saw it I Emfroze.
AmYou put my secret and your secret under people's Cfeet.
AmAh, you remembered Cwhat I said, and you Dwrote it on the fucking concrete.
D Am
EmAnd I guess you Gknow how people Emtalk,
But it's only Gwords and it's only Amchalk.
And I'll feel Cbetter maybe Dwhen we get some weather.
D F#m A D
AAnd everybody, everybody, everybody F#mknows.
AAnd when I went outside and I saw it I F#mfroze.
DYou put my secret and your secret under people's Efeet.
DAh, you remembered what I said, and you Ewrote it on the street - No no no Ano.
I guess you F#mknow.
EBut it's only words, and it's only talk,
Oh it's only words and it's only F#mchalk.
                           D   E-  D- F#m  
I guess you know how people talk.

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Cement

by Washington

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A song written by the wonderful Miss Megan Washington (so all rights and admiration are

Please note the quickish chord changes between G and Em on the first line of the second

No Capo

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Intro:

So what I said is what I said and what you said is what you meant.

And when you left my house in the morning

You wrote your message on the cement.

Am C

You put the letters and the numbers under people's feet.

Am C D

You took all of the dealings and feelings and wrote them on the street.

G Em

And everybody, everybody, everybody knows.

G Em

And when I went outside and I saw it I froze.

Am C

You put my secret and your secret under people's feet.

Am C D

Ah, you remembered what I said, and you wrote it on the fucking concrete.

G Em

So what we do is what we do for me and you not everyone.

But outside in the night you were busy writing down what we had done.

Am C D

You seemed alright last night, but now I know that I was wrong.

G Em

And everybody, everybody, everybody knows.

G Em

And when I went outside and I saw it I froze.

Am C

You put my secret and your secret under people's feet.

Am C D

Ah, you remembered what I said, and you wrote it on the fucking concrete.

D Am

Em G Em

And I guess you know how people talk,

G Am

But it's only words and it's only chalk.

C D

And I'll feel better maybe when we get some weather.

D F#m A D

A F#m

And everybody, everybody, everybody knows.

A F#m

And when I went outside and I saw it I froze.

D E

You put my secret and your secret under people's feet.

D E A

Ah, you remembered what I said, and you wrote it on the street - No no no no.

F#m

I guess you know.

But it's only words, and it's only talk,

F#m

Oh it's only words and it's only chalk.

D E D F#m

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I guess you know how people talk.

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