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[Intro]
E E D A
[Verse 1]
EIn the dead of Dnight I feeAl you breathing
EAnd I ask mysDelf if you're reaAlly there
EMaybe you don't Dknow
[Pre-Chorus]
That sometimes I F#mneed you
More than I Dwant to
Sometimes I Adon't give in
When i Eshould do
You tell me you F#mlove me
You're tryin' to Dconvince yourself
But Ayou just give it Eaway
[Chorus]
In the Dwords that you Adon't say
Screamin' F#mlouder and louder
And Eyou can't hide what you're Dmissin' inside
But it's Athere
In what you Edon't say
D A
[Verse 2]
EWhen the rain comes Ddown i know Ayou're cryin'
EBut you always tell Dme you're AOK
EYou surround yourDself
[Pre-Chorus]
With people to F#mtalk to
Somewhere to Drun to
Somewhere where Awe can talk like we Eused to
It's never F#mspoken
Something has Dbroken down
AAnd you don't wanna Egive it away
[Chorus]
In the Dwords that you Adon't say
Screamin' F#mlouder and louder
And Eyou can't hide what you're Dmissin' inside
But it's Athere
In what you Edon't say
[Instrumental]
E  D  A  A  E  D
[Pre-Chorus]
Sometimes i F#mneed you
More than i Dwant to
Sometimes i Adon't give in
When i Eshould do
Maybe i Dshould do
[Chorus-Alternate]
DGive it away,gAive it away,F#myeah
And Eyou can't hide what you're Dmissin' inside
But it's Athere
In what Eyou don't say
The Ewords that Dyou don't Asay
[Outro]
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Give It Away

by Shannon Noll

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F#m

[Intro]

E E D A

[Verse 1]

E D A

In the dead of night I feel you breathing

E D A

And I ask myself if you're really there

E D

Maybe you don't know

[Pre-Chorus]

F#m

That sometimes I need you

More than I want to

Sometimes I don't give in

When i should do

F#m

You tell me you love me

You're tryin' to convince yourself

A E

But you just give it away

[Chorus]

D A

In the words that you don't say

F#m

Screamin' louder and louder

E D

And you can't hide what you're missin' inside

But it's there

In what you don't say

D A

[Verse 2]

E D A

When the rain comes down i know you're cryin'

E D A

But you always tell me you're OK

E D

You surround yourself

[Pre-Chorus]

F#m

With people to talk to

Somewhere to run to

A E

Somewhere where we can talk like we used to

F#m

It's never spoken

Something has broken down

A E

And you don't wanna give it away

[Chorus]

D A

In the words that you don't say

F#m

Screamin' louder and louder

E D

And you can't hide what you're missin' inside

But it's there

In what you don't say

[Instrumental]

E D A A E D

[Pre-Chorus]

F#m

Sometimes i need you

More than i want to

Sometimes i don't give in

When i should do

Maybe i should do

[Chorus-Alternate]

D A F#m

Give it away,give it away,yeah

E D

And you can't hide what you're missin' inside

But it's there

In what you don't say

E D A

The words that you don't say

[Outro]

E E D A

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