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Basement

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1/26

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 26Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Intro]
Notes relative to capo on the 1st fret.
Let ring throughout
e|----------------------------------|------|--2--|
B|----------------------------------|------|--3--|
G|-----2----------------------------|--3x--|--2--|
D|-----0----------------------------|------|--0--|     this whole thing 2x
A|-----0-----0-------2---2/4\2\0----|------|-----|
E|-2---2---2---2---0---0------------|------|-----|
[VERSE 1]
Well it Arained all the way down
it was the F#start of the summer
DBefore all the bad news
Eabout your younger brother
Now we're Adriving in your car
pretending that F#everything's alright
If we're Dnot that much older
why's it fEeel like a lifetime
[Chorus 1]
DWhere'd tEhe days goF#  
when we wDere kids in a baseEmentF#  
Now I wriDte you letEters
F#but they're neveAr happy
ThatD's all I hEave to say I gF#uess
[Break]
Bass plays root notes of intro
guitar plays all of intro 1x
[Verse 2]
I've been leAarning to let go
of all of the F#bad things that happen
I tDried being angry
and evEeryone and all of my friends
I loAst what was closest
when I disF#regarded my actions
Thought that Dthis was the first time
anyone Ehad ever felt like this
[Chorus 2]
DI'm not diEfferentF#  
just left affDected and nervEousF#  
DThis isn't aElways the perF#son I wasA  
it's just who I've become
towards everyone
[Outro]
strum
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2~--|
D|-0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0~--|
A|-0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0~--|
E|-2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2~--|

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Basement

by Run Forever

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Notes relative to capo on the 1st fret.

Let ring throughout

e|----------------------------------|------|--2--|

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

G|-----2----------------------------|--3x--|--2--|

D|-----0----------------------------|------|--0--| this whole thing 2x

A|-----0-----0-------2---2/4\2\0----|------|-----|

E|-2---2---2---2---0---0------------|------|-----|

[VERSE 1]

Well it rained all the way down

it was the start of the summer

Before all the bad news

about your younger brother

Now we're driving in your car

pretending that everything's alright

If we're not that much older

why's it feel like a lifetime

[Chorus 1]

D E F#

Where'd the days go

D E F#

when we were kids in a basement

D E

Now I write you letters

F# A

but they're never happy

D E F#

That's all I have to say I guess

[Break]

Bass plays root notes of intro

guitar plays all of intro 1x

[Verse 2]

I've been learning to let go

of all of the bad things that happen

I tried being angry

and everyone and all of my friends

I lost what was closest

when I disregarded my actions

Thought that this was the first time

anyone had ever felt like this

[Chorus 2]

D E F#

I'm not different

D E F#

just left affected and nervous

D E F# A

This isn't always the person I was

it's just who I've become

towards everyone

[Outro]

strum

e|-------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------|

G|-2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2~--|

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

A|-0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0~--|

E|-2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2~--|

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