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Wrecking Ball

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LIFEHOUSE
WRECKING BALL
from Smoke&Mirrors album
CAPO 1
 C   F2x 
CI'm alone
Wondering in your sFpace
Waiting for a sCign of life
Looking so out of pFlace
Then you whisper Cto me
It doesn't matter wFhat you say
GI feel the weight against the wind
The demolition of me caving in FOhhh
CHORUS:
AmAnd I'm always swinging Gon this wrecking Fball
AmWhile you're building up aGnd breaking down my Fwall
GYou push and pull
You give and take
And through it all I gravitate to youAm  F  
CI'm a fool, a mechanical tool for yFou
You've got all the Cswitches and levers to blow my cFool
And when you know I'm Cbroken
That's when you come shFining through
GYou set me up to knock me down
And leave my shattered pieces on the grounFd
CHORUS:
AmAnd I'm always swinging Gon this wrecking bFall
AmWhile you're building up aGnd breaking down my Fwall
GYou push and pull
You give and take
And through it all I gravitate to youC  
C F Am F
C F
GYou set me up to knock me down
And leave my shattered pieces on the grouFnd 
CHORUS:
AmAnd I'm always swinging Gon this wrecking bFall
AmWhile you're building up Gand breaking down my Fwall
GYou push and pull
You give and take
And through it all I gravitate to you
COhhhF  
COhhhF  

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Wrecking Ball

by Lifehouse

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LIFEHOUSE

WRECKING BALL

from Smoke&Mirrors album

CAPO 1

C F

I'm alone

Wondering in your space

Waiting for a sign of life

Looking so out of place

Then you whisper to me

It doesn't matter what you say

I feel the weight against the wind

The demolition of me caving in Ohhh

CHORUS:

Am G F

And I'm always swinging on this wrecking ball

Am G F

While you're building up and breaking down my wall

You push and pull

You give and take

Am F

And through it all I gravitate to you

C F

I'm a fool, a mechanical tool for you

C F

You've got all the switches and levers to blow my cool

And when you know I'm broken

That's when you come shining through

You set me up to knock me down

And leave my shattered pieces on the ground

CHORUS:

Am G F

And I'm always swinging on this wrecking ball

Am G F

While you're building up and breaking down my wall

You push and pull

You give and take

And through it all I gravitate to you

C F Am F

C F

You set me up to knock me down

And leave my shattered pieces on the ground

CHORUS:

Am G F

And I'm always swinging on this wrecking ball

Am G F

While you're building up and breaking down my wall

You push and pull

You give and take

And through it all I gravitate to you

C F

Ohhh

C F

Ohhh

About Wrecking Ball Chords by Lifehouse

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