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[Intro]
Ah!
[Refrain]
COoh-C7ooh, oFoh  D7(Yeah)
COoh-C7ooh, oFoh
[Verse 1]
It's Chard to make yourC7self believe
That Fit'll get better when you D7feel defeated
And Ccarrying on is C7easier said than dFone
It took a Cwhile to see that C7I was in need
Of Fhelp from somebody D7else but she keeps
ReCminding me that I'm C7not the only oFne
[Pre-Chorus]
And babeE7, I would've told you this was gonna hFappen
If I had known that it Cwould
But now there's Fless time and more things that E7I need to sayF  
And I'm afraid
[Chorus]
That there will Calways be a C7part of me that's hFolding on
And D7still believes that Geverything is fine
And that I'm liG7ving a normal life
But unCtil somebody C7sits me down
And Ftells me that I'm E7different now
I'll Falways be the Gway I always Cam
Oh, oh
[Refrain]
Ooh-ooh, ooh (Yeah)
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
My aCpologies, it's C7such a shame
FI never planned to D7feel this way
But the Cmore that I try, the C7more I'm seeing a dFifference
I'm not gonna lie
[Pre-Chorus]
And now I get to Dmsit downG  
And I'm happy to adCmit now, I'm on my C7way
It seems I'm not inDmvinciblGe
But I'm bored of the Cpain and I need to explain
[Chorus]
Yeah, there will Calways be a C7part of me that's hFolding on
And D7still believes that Geverything is fine
And that I'm liG7ving a normal life
But unCtil somebody C7sits me down
And Ftells me why I'm E7different now
I'll Falways be the Gway I always Cam
Yeah, yeah
[Outro]
C C7 F E7
F G C

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Always

by Rex Orange County

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Intro]

Ah!

[Refrain]

C C7 F D7

Ooh-ooh, ooh (Yeah)

C C7 F

Ooh-ooh, ooh

[Verse 1]

C C7

It's hard to make yourself believe

F D7

That it'll get better when you feel defeated

C C7 F

And carrying on is easier said than done

C C7

It took a while to see that I was in need

F D7

Of help from somebody else but she keeps

C C7 F

Reminding me that I'm not the only one

[Pre-Chorus]

E7 F

And babe, I would've told you this was gonna happen

If I had known that it would

F E7 F

But now there's less time and more things that I need to say

And I'm afraid

[Chorus]

C C7 F

That there will always be a part of me that's holding on

D7 G

And still believes that everything is fine

And that I'm living a normal life

C C7

But until somebody sits me down

F E7

And tells me that I'm different now

F G C

I'll always be the way I always am

Oh, oh

[Refrain]

Ooh-ooh, ooh (Yeah)

Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]

C C7

My apologies, it's such a shame

F D7

I never planned to feel this way

C C7 F

But the more that I try, the more I'm seeing a difference

I'm not gonna lie

[Pre-Chorus]

Dm G

And now I get to sit down

C C7

And I'm happy to admit now, I'm on my way

Dm G

It seems I'm not invincible

But I'm bored of the pain and I need to explain

[Chorus]

C C7 F

Yeah, there will always be a part of me that's holding on

D7 G

And still believes that everything is fine

And that I'm living a normal life

C C7

But until somebody sits me down

F E7

And tells me why I'm different now

F G C

I'll always be the way I always am

Yeah, yeah

[Outro]

C C7 F E7

F G C

About Always Chords by Rex Orange County

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