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TUNING: Standard ( E A D G B e )
 G-  Em-  C(2x) 
Id rather sGtand on the edge of a cliff 
And Emhang my toes over a bit, 
And then Cjump when they dare me, 
DEven if it scares me and I Gget hurt. 
Id rather bGuild my wings on the way down, 
Do my Embest not to fall to the ground 
and then Claugh at my mistakes 
cause Dtheyre only lessons Ill Glearn 
Chorus: 
Id rather bCurn with desire dDeep in my soul, 
And Glove like a fire thats Emout of control, 
and Claugh and dance and Dfall 
and chance and Gkiss  D  
Id rather lCive my whole life 
with a Dsense of abandon, 
GSqueeze every drop out, 
no Emmatter what happens. 
And Cnot wonder what Ive Dmissed 
Id rather      Em       D/F#    Grisk. 
Well I Gguess I could just play it safe 
and Emforget about Dlove, hope and Cfaith, G  
with my eyCe on the shore line, 
Dkeeping my boat tied and Gstaying home, 
ohhh but Ill Gnever discover new land 
by Emkeeping my feet on the sand 
No Id Crather set sail 
and get Dcarried away by the Gstorm. 
Chorus: 
Id rather bCurn with desire dDeep in my soul, 
And Glove like a fire thats Emout of control, 
and Claugh and dance and Dfall 
and chance and Gkiss  D  
Id rather lCive my whole life 
with a Dsense of abandon, 
GSqueeze every drop out, 
no Emmatter what happens. 
And Cnot wonder what Ive Dmissed 
Id rather      Em       D/F#    Grisk. Em  D/F#  G  
I would rather risk  Em  D/F#  G  
Id rather bCurn with desire dDeep in my soul, 
And Glove like a fire thats Emout of control,
Id Clive my whole life 
with a Dsense of abandon, 
GSqueeze every drop out, 
no Emmatter what happens. 
And Cnot wonder what Ive Dmissed 
EmOh I D/F#just cant Gresist, 
The Dchance to Grisk 
Ohhh Glive, and Dlove and Claugh and Ddance and Emfall and Cchance and Dkiss 
Id rather risk    G    D    C    D    Em    C   D  
Id rather risk    G    D    C    D    Em    C   D  
Id rather risk    G    D    C    D    Em    C   D  
Id rather risk    Em    D/F#  G  
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Risk

by Paul Brandt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/F#

TUNING: Standard ( E A D G B e )

G Em C

- - (2x)

Id rather stand on the edge of a cliff

And hang my toes over a bit,

And then jump when they dare me,

D G

Even if it scares me and I get hurt.

Id rather build my wings on the way down,

Do my best not to fall to the ground

and then laugh at my mistakes

D G

cause theyre only lessons Ill learn

Chorus:

C D

Id rather burn with desire deep in my soul,

G Em

And love like a fire thats out of control,

C D

and laugh and dance and fall

G D

and chance and kiss

Id rather live my whole life

with a sense of abandon,

Squeeze every drop out,

no matter what happens.

C D

And not wonder what Ive missed

Em D/F# G

Id rather risk.

Well I guess I could just play it safe

Em D C G

and forget about love, hope and faith,

with my eye on the shore line,

D G

keeping my boat tied and staying home,

ohhh but Ill never discover new land

by keeping my feet on the sand

No Id rather set sail

D G

and get carried away by the storm.

Chorus:

C D

Id rather burn with desire deep in my soul,

G Em

And love like a fire thats out of control,

C D

and laugh and dance and fall

G D

and chance and kiss

Id rather live my whole life

with a sense of abandon,

Squeeze every drop out,

no matter what happens.

C D

And not wonder what Ive missed

Em D/F# G Em D/F# G

Id rather risk.

Em D/F# G

I would rather risk

C D

Id rather burn with desire deep in my soul,

G Em

And love like a fire thats out of control,

Id live my whole life

with a sense of abandon,

Squeeze every drop out,

no matter what happens.

C D

And not wonder what Ive missed

Em D/F# G

Oh I just cant resist,

D G

The chance to risk

G D C D Em C D

Ohhh live, and love and laugh and dance and fall and chance and kiss

G D C D Em C D

Id rather risk

G D C D Em C D

Id rather risk

G D C D Em C D

Id rather risk

Em D/F# G

Id rather risk

**This tab is from CowboyLyrics.com**

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