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NERVOUS
INTRO: A  
AThey don't much care fF#or you no they donD't like your kiAnd
AThe way you look walk  or the wF#ay you talk
TDhe way you always speak your miAnd
ABut you want to be my friend yoC9u're not anything like them
DYou can show me things I've never seAen
AYou say ooo child what a wF#aste if we never took a taste
DOf everything we find in bAetween
CHORUS
Ooo you make me nerAvous
C9Ooo you make me waGnt to run away and hiDde
Ooo you make me nervAousC9  
GWhen you look at me I just can't lieC9  E  
AOoo you make me nervous tonight
AFeels so wrong and fF#eels so right feels Dlike inAsanity
AI keep acting strange hoF#ping that I'll change
DWaking in a sweat from a bAurning dream
AAnd then look at all my friends I kC9eep on pleasing them
DCaught up in the chaos of their minAds
AOoo child the fear I have Keeps me bouF#nd and keeps me gagged
DKeeps me pushing harder all the tiAme
Ooo you make me nerAvous
C9Ooo you make me wanGt to run away and hDide
Ooo you make me nervAousC9  
GWhen you look at me I just can't C9lieE  
AI want to shovel all the blame
C9I want to shoot out all the lights
GI want to call you names and start a C9fightE  
ABecause you make me nervous tonight
A
AHeart pounds hC9ands wet mDouth dEryC9  
AI shake C9I scream DI cry C9  E  
ANo eat C9no sleep Dall nEightC9  
C9I build my lonely cell with secrets I Dcan't tell
FC9rozen in my fright
GOoo yG#ou make Ame nervous tonight
You make me nervous
You make me nervous
You make me nervous
Chorus

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Nervous

by Melissa Etheridge

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I got most of the chords from watching them play it live on You tube

NERVOUS

INTRO:

A F# D A

They don't much care for you no they don't like your kind

A F#

The way you look walk or the way you talk

D A

The way you always speak your mind

A C9

But you want to be my friend you're not anything like them

D A

You can show me things I've never seen

A F#

You say ooo child what a waste if we never took a taste

D A

Of everything we find in between

CHORUS

Ooo you make me nervous

C9 G D

Ooo you make me want to run away and hide

A C9

Ooo you make me nervous

G C9 E

When you look at me I just can't lie

Ooo you make me nervous tonight

A F# D A

Feels so wrong and feels so right feels like insanity

A F#

I keep acting strange hoping that I'll change

D A

Waking in a sweat from a burning dream

A C9

And then look at all my friends I keep on pleasing them

D A

Caught up in the chaos of their minds

A F#

Ooo child the fear I have Keeps me bound and keeps me gagged

D A

Keeps me pushing harder all the time

Ooo you make me nervous

C9 G D

Ooo you make me want to run away and hide

A C9

Ooo you make me nervous

G C9 E

When you look at me I just can't lie

I want to shovel all the blame

I want to shoot out all the lights

G C9 E

I want to call you names and start a fight

Because you make me nervous tonight

A C9 D E C9

Heart pounds hands wet mouth dry

A C9 D C9 E

I shake I scream I cry

A C9 D E C9

No eat no sleep all night

C9 D

I build my lonely cell with secrets I can't tell

Frozen in my fright

G G# A

Ooo you make me nervous tonight

You make me nervous

Chorus

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