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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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[Intro]
Bm A G#m G
Bm A E F#
[Verse 1]
BmI look at you Aall, see the G#mlove there that's Gsleeping
BmWhile my guiAtar gently EmweepF#s
BmI look at the Afloor and I G#msee it needs sGweeping
BmStill my guiAtar gently DweepF#s
[Chorus]
BI don't know D#mwhy
G#mNobody D#mtold F#you
C#mHow to unC#fold your F#love
BI don't know D#mhow
G#mSomeone D#mcontrolled you
C#mThey bought and sold F#you
[Verse 2]
BmI look at the Aworld and I G#notice it's Gmaj7turning
BmWhile my guiAtar gently EweepF#s
BmWith every misAtake we must G#msurely be Glearning
BmStill my Aguitar gently DweepF#s
[Shamisen Solo]
Bm A G#m G
Bm A E F#
Bm A G#m G
Bm A E F#
Bm A G#m G
Bm A D F#
[Chorus]
BI don't know D#mhow
G#mYou were D#mdiverted
C#mYou were perverted F#too
BI don't know D#mhow
G#mYou were D#minverted
C#mNo one alerted F#you
[Verse 3]
BmI look at you Aall see the G#mlove there that's Gsleeping
BmWhile my guiAtar gently EmweepF#s
GLook at you AalBml
CStill my guiF#m7tar gently Gweeps
[Instrumental]
|  Bm|  A|  Bm| Gmaj7|
BmWhile my guiAtar gently Emweeps
|  F#m|  Bm|  A|  B|  Gmaj7|
[Outro]
BmWhile my guiAtar G#mgently Gweeps
BmStill my guiAtar Dgently F#weeps
BmWhile my guiAtar G#mgently Gweeps
BmStill my guiAtar Dgently weeps
[Piano]
Bm B E G
Bm A E F#

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

by Regina Spektor

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

D#m

C#m

Gmaj7

F#m7

F#m

[Intro]

Bm A G#m G

Bm A E F#

[Verse 1]

Bm A G#m G

I look at you all, see the love there that's sleeping

Bm A Em F#

While my guitar gently weeps

Bm A G#m G

I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping

Bm A D F#

Still my guitar gently weeps

[Chorus]

B D#m

I don't know why

G#m D#m F#

Nobody told you

C#m C# F#

How to unfold your love

B D#m

I don't know how

G#m D#m

Someone controlled you

C#m F#

They bought and sold you

[Verse 2]

Bm A G# Gmaj7

I look at the world and I notice it's turning

Bm A E F#

While my guitar gently weeps

Bm A G#m G

With every mistake we must surely be learning

Bm A D F#

Still my guitar gently weeps

[Shamisen Solo]

Bm A G#m G

Bm A E F#

Bm A G#m G

Bm A E F#

Bm A G#m G

Bm A D F#

[Chorus]

B D#m

I don't know how

G#m D#m

You were diverted

C#m F#

You were perverted too

B D#m

I don't know how

G#m D#m

You were inverted

C#m F#

No one alerted you

[Verse 3]

Bm A G#m G

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping

Bm A Em F#

While my guitar gently weeps

G A Bm

Look at you all

C F#m7 G

Still my guitar gently weeps

[Instrumental]

Bm A Bm Gmaj7

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Bm A Em

While my guitar gently weeps

F#m Bm A B Gmaj7

| | | | | |

[Outro]

Bm A G#m G

While my guitar gently weeps

Bm A D F#

Still my guitar gently weeps

Bm A G#m G

While my guitar gently weeps

Bm A D

Still my guitar gently weeps

[Piano]

Bm B E G

Bm A E F#

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