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My Own Thing

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When playing C in the verse hammer on and off the 2nd fret on the D string
[Verse]
GTwist my worDds aroundC  
GPut them into Dall your little Cboxes
GYour laughter Dbrings me dCown
GOh you’re all Dso illogically Clogical
[Chorus]
DI———dCon’t know what tGo do when I’m stuck Emin a room with you
DI ———can’t Ctalk to you
G          D         C
[Verse]
GFloating off tDhe groundC  
GI’ll bounce right Dout of all your lCittle circles
GCause I can’t Dhang aroundC  
GWith anyone whDose not expecCting a miracle
[Chorus]
DI———dCon’t know what tGo do when I’m Emstuck in a room with you
DI ———can’t Ctalk to you
G          D         C
[Bridge]
EmI wanted to let you in for so lCong
GI wanted you on my teamD  
EmLose or win but now that’s so far goneC  
GI gotta get back to doing my own thingD  
[Verse]
GBouncing off Dthe wallsC  
GI’m bouncing because DI know what love Cis
GBut as for all Dyou allC  
GI wonder if you can Dmake any sense Cof this
[Chorus]
DI———dCon’t know what to Gdo when I’m stuck Emin a room with you
DI ———can’t Ctalk to you
G           D          C

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My Own Thing

by Matt McCluer

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Chords in this song · guitar

When playing C in the verse hammer on and off the 2nd fret on the D string

[Verse]

G D C

Twist my words around

G D C

Put them into all your little boxes

G D C

Your laughter brings me down

G D C

Oh you’re all so illogically logical

[Chorus]

D C G Em

I———don’t know what to do when I’m stuck in a room with you

D C

I ———can’t talk to you

G D C

[Verse]

G D C

Floating off the ground

G D C

I’ll bounce right out of all your little circles

G D C

Cause I can’t hang around

G D C

With anyone whose not expecting a miracle

[Chorus]

D C G Em

I———don’t know what to do when I’m stuck in a room with you

D C

I ———can’t talk to you

G D C

[Bridge]

Em C

I wanted to let you in for so long

G D

I wanted you on my team

Em C

Lose or win but now that’s so far gone

G D

I gotta get back to doing my own thing

[Verse]

G D C

Bouncing off the walls

G D C

I’m bouncing because I know what love is

G D C

But as for all you all

G D C

I wonder if you can make any sense of this

[Chorus]

D C G Em

I———don’t know what to do when I’m stuck in a room with you

D C

I ———can’t talk to you

G D C

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