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| She & Him- Dont Look Back |
"Quietly took to the dark of the day and the hiss of the summer night..."
Tuning: EADGBe
Chords used in this song:
E:     022100
F:     133211
F#m:   244222
A:     x02220
Amaj7: x02120
Bm:    x24432
C#m:   x46654
D:     xx0232
Dm:    xx0231
Intro
  A-  Amaj7-  D- Dm  
  F- E  
Verse
AOrpheus melted the C#mheart of Persephone, 
but DI never had yours F  E  
I Afollowed you back to the C#mend of the path, 
but I Dnever found the door F  E  
Pre-Chorus
And you can Awork     F#mto Dsave your Dmlove 
You can Abear it     F#mfrom the Bmearth below E  
You can Awork     F#mbut you Dcan't let go 
Oh, Bmoh but you have to Eknow 
Chorus
ADon't look Bmback all you'll Dever Eget 
is the Adust from the Bmsteps beforDe E  
AI don't have to Bmsee you Devery Eday, 
but I Ajust want to Bmknow you're Dthere E  
Outro
  A-  Amaj7-  D- Dm  
  F- E  
Verse
AQuietly took to the C#mdark of the day 
and the Dhiss of the summer night F  E  
The Aheat of the breeze was a C#mcell block wall
and when I Dlooked you were out of sight F  E  
Pre-Chorus
And you can Awork     F#mto Dsave your Dmlove 
You can Abear it     F#mfrom the Bmearth below E  
You can Awork     F#mbut you Dcan't let go 
Oh, Bmoh but you have to Eknow 
Chorus
ADon't look Bmback all you'll Dever Eget 
is the Adust from the Bmsteps beforDe E  
AI don't have to Bmsee you Devery Eday, 
but I Ajust want to Bmknow you're Dthere E  
Outro
  A-  Amaj7-  D- Dm  
  F- E  
Bridge
 A-  C#m-  D-  F- E  
Pre-Chorus
And you can Awork     F#mto Dsave your Dmlove 
You can Abear it     F#mfrom the Bmearth below E  
You can Awork     F#mbut you Dcan't let go 
Oh, Bmoh but you have to Eknow 
Chorus
ADon't look Bmback all you'll Dever Eget 
is the Adust from the Bmsteps beforDe E  
AI don't have to Bmsee you Devery Eday, 
but I Ajust want to Bmknow you're Dthere E  
Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone, 
but I never had yours 
I followed you back to the end of the path, 
but I never found the door 
And you can work to save your love 
You can bear it from the earth below 
You can work but you can't let go 
Oh, oh but you have to know 
Don't look back all you'll ever get 
is the dust from the steps before 
I don't have to see you every day, 
but I just want to know you're there 
Quietly took to the dark of the day 
and the hiss of the summer night 
The heat of the breeze was a cell block wall 
and when I looked you were out of sight 

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Dont Look Back

by She & Him

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Amaj7

C#m

| She & Him- Dont Look Back |

"Quietly took to the dark of the day and the hiss of the summer night..."

Tuning: EADGBe

Chords used in this song:

: 022100

: 133211

F#m

: 244222

: x02220

Amaj7

: x02120

: x24432

C#m

: x46654

: xx0232

: xx0231

Intro

A Amaj7 D Dm

- - -

F E

Verse

A C#m

Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone,

D F E

but I never had yours

A C#m

I followed you back to the end of the path,

D F E

but I never found the door

Pre-Chorus

A F#m D Dm

And you can work to save your love

A F#m Bm E

You can bear it from the earth below

A F#m D

You can work but you can't let go

Bm E

Oh, oh but you have to know

Chorus

A Bm D E

Don't look back all you'll ever get

A Bm D E

is the dust from the steps before

A Bm D E

I don't have to see you every day,

A Bm D E

but I just want to know you're there

Outro

A Amaj7 D Dm

- - -

F E

Verse

A C#m

Quietly took to the dark of the day

D F E

and the hiss of the summer night

A C#m

The heat of the breeze was a cell block wall

D F E

and when I looked you were out of sight

Pre-Chorus

A F#m D Dm

And you can work to save your love

A F#m Bm E

You can bear it from the earth below

A F#m D

You can work but you can't let go

Bm E

Oh, oh but you have to know

Chorus

A Bm D E

Don't look back all you'll ever get

A Bm D E

is the dust from the steps before

A Bm D E

I don't have to see you every day,

A Bm D E

but I just want to know you're there

Outro

A Amaj7 D Dm

- - -

F E

Bridge

A C#m D F E

- - - -

Pre-Chorus

A F#m D Dm

And you can work to save your love

A F#m Bm E

You can bear it from the earth below

A F#m D

You can work but you can't let go

Bm E

Oh, oh but you have to know

Chorus

A Bm D E

Don't look back all you'll ever get

A Bm D E

is the dust from the steps before

A Bm D E

I don't have to see you every day,

A Bm D E

but I just want to know you're there

Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone,

but I never had yours

I followed you back to the end of the path,

but I never found the door

And you can work to save your love

You can bear it from the earth below

You can work but you can't let go

Oh, oh but you have to know

Don't look back all you'll ever get

is the dust from the steps before

I don't have to see you every day,

but I just want to know you're there

Quietly took to the dark of the day

and the hiss of the summer night

The heat of the breeze was a cell block wall

and when I looked you were out of sight

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