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This Is Not An Exit

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1/10

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 10Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Chords used:
 Am-  x02210
 C-   x32010
 F-   133211
 G-   320003
 Em-  022000
 G/B- x2x003
@ means C-D- Epluck
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|---0-2-|
A|-3-----|
E|-------|
Verse 1:
@   F  Am  
   Tonight will be
@     F  Am  
   the night that we 
@   F  Am  
   begin to ease 
@           G  F  
   the plugs out of the dam 
@     F  Am  
   And we will stand 
@      F  Am  
   knee deep in the flow 
@     F  Am  
   the undertow 
@                      G  F  
will grab our heels and won't let go
@     F  Am  
   And while we hold 
@          F  Am  
   our legs quivering 
@           F  Am  
   the water rises now 
@                   G  F  
to our teeth when we just let go
Chorus:
and Csail belly up G/Bto the Amclouds 
the rocks scraping our Fbacks 
To breath in the air will Gbe 
    G(hold)    @       F  
the only thing that we have
Verse 2:
            Am@           F@
  and all the wasted nights 
          @         F  Am  
and empty moments in our lives 
         @         G  F  
flushed away as we sway with the rhythm 
@  F  Am  
    of the waves 
@  F  Am  
    bobbing us up 
@         F                   Am@
    Crests fall to troughs we feel
our Ggills Fopen up
the Gonly thing that we Amhave
Bridge:
and if the Emhook sets Fin
the bottom Gof our Amlungs, 
we'll rip it Emout and 
                  F          G  F(hold)
lick the blood off with our tongues
Interlude:
F-- Am@  F  Am  
Verse 3:
@     F  Am  
   can ravage you
@  F                 Am@     G  
    if you turn your head around
to look Fdown the path 
@        F  Am  
   that's led you here 
@        F  Am  
    cause what can you change? 
@           F  Am  
    You're a vessel now 
@                G  F  
floating down the waterways 
@          F  Am  
    You can take your rudder 
@      F  Am  
    and aim your ship 
@       F             Am@
    just don't bother with 
the Gthings left Fin your wake
the Gonly thing that we Chave
Chorus 2:
and your love will G/Bbe warm Amnights 
with pockets of moonFlight 
spotlighting you as you Gdrift
the actor in this Cplay
Chorus 3:
And you walk aG/Bcross the sAmtage
take a bow, hear the apFplause
and as the curtain Gfalls
just know you did it Call 
Chorus 4:
the best that G/Byou knew Amhow
and you can hear them cheering Fnow
So let a smile out and show your Gteeth 
                            C(hold)-Am(hold)-F(hold)
cause you know you lived it well
Outro: G(hold)-C(hold)
e|---------0---0-|
B|-3-3-3-3---3-1-|
G|-0-----------0-|
D|-0-----------2-|
A|-2-----------3-|
E|-3-------------|

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This Is Not An Exit

by Saves the Day

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Chords used:

- x02210

- x32010

- 133211

- 320003

- 022000

G/B

- x2x003

C D E

@ means -- pluck

e|-------|

B|-------|

G|-------|

D|---0-2-|

A|-3-----|

E|-------|

Verse 1:

F Am

Tonight will be

F Am

the night that we

F Am

begin to ease

G F

the plugs out of the dam

F Am

And we will stand

F Am

knee deep in the flow

F Am

the undertow

G F

will grab our heels and won't let go

F Am

And while we hold

F Am

our legs quivering

F Am

the water rises now

G F

to our teeth when we just let go

Chorus:

C G/B Am

and sail belly up to the clouds

the rocks scraping our backs

To breath in the air will be

G F

(hold) @

the only thing that we have

Verse 2:

Am F

@ @

and all the wasted nights

F Am

and empty moments in our lives

G F

flushed away as we sway with the rhythm

F Am

of the waves

F Am

bobbing us up

F Am

@ @

Crests fall to troughs we feel

G F

our gills open up

G Am

the only thing that we have

Bridge:

Em F

and if the hook sets in

G Am

the bottom of our lungs,

we'll rip it out and

F G F

(hold)

lick the blood off with our tongues

Interlude:

F Am F Am

-- @

Verse 3:

F Am

can ravage you

F Am G

@ @

if you turn your head around

to look down the path

F Am

that's led you here

F Am

cause what can you change?

F Am

You're a vessel now

G F

floating down the waterways

F Am

You can take your rudder

F Am

and aim your ship

F Am

@ @

just don't bother with

G F

the things left in your wake

G C

the only thing that we have

Chorus 2:

G/B Am

and your love will be warm nights

with pockets of moonlight

spotlighting you as you drift

the actor in this play

Chorus 3:

G/B Am

And you walk across the stage

take a bow, hear the applause

and as the curtain falls

just know you did it all

Chorus 4:

G/B Am

the best that you knew how

and you can hear them cheering now

So let a smile out and show your teeth

C Am F

(hold)-(hold)-(hold)

cause you know you lived it well

G C

Outro: (hold)-(hold)

e|---------0---0-|

B|-3-3-3-3---3-1-|

G|-0-----------0-|

D|-0-----------2-|

A|-2-----------3-|

E|-3-------------|

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