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Ill Be Here Awhile

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            I'll Be Here Awhile
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARTIST: 311
ALBUM: From Chaos
YEAR: 2001
tabbed by : pp1pete
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
Diff from previous versions:
 [ whole song, all chords, all lyrics
 [ Tab and Chords for intro
INTRO 
 Am Am G  Bm
  -  -  -  (x2)
 Am Am G  Bm
  -  -  - 
Intro:
   Am                    G         Bm               Am
e|-0--0-0--0--0--2--0-2--3--3--2-0------------------0-0--0--0--2--0-2---------|
B|-1--1-1--1--1--1--1-1--0--0--0-0-3-1-0-----0-1----1-1--1--1--1--1-1---------|
G|-2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2--0--0--0-0-------0h2-----2--2-2--2--2--2--2-2---------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    G                 Bm
e|--3-----2-----0---------------|
B|----0-----0-----0---3-1---0h1-|
G|------0-----0-----0-----2-----|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
CHORUS
         Am   C C/D    G     Bm
               ()           ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
         Em   C C/D    G     Bm
               ()           ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Am          C             G     Bm
                               ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em            C              G
 I'll be here a while
VERSE 1
Bm                    Em
 Far is solace in the maddening pace
Bm                       Em
 Sad state written on my face
 C     G         Bm     G
      ()        ()     ()      
 Not a tight rope walk but dance
     G     Bm
          ()    (Em)
 Uncertain game of chance
 Em     C                G
()                       
 But I'll see it through in time
CHORUS
         Am   C C/D    G     Bm
               ()           ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
         Em   C C/D    G     Bm
               ()           ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Am          C             G     Bm
                               ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em          C             G     Bm
                               ()
 I'll be here a while
VERSE 2
Bm
 And if a person, place or thing can deliver
         Em
 I would quiver with delight
Bm
 Tempted by the hand that could
          Em
 Blind my vision and sight
 C     G        Bm    G
     (  )      ()    ()     
 But at twenty years of age
     G     Bm   Em
         (  ) (  )
 In frolic and in rage
 Em C                G
()                   
 I will see it through in time
CHORUS
         Am   C C/D    G     Bm
               ()           ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
         Em   C C/D    G     Bm
               ()           ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Am          C             G     Bm
                               ()
 I'll be here a while, ain't going nowhere
Em          C             G     Bm
                               ()
 I'll be here a while
VERSE 3
Bm                              Em
 But the dawn has come into the endless night
Bm                             Em
 And everything's gonna be all right
 C      G     Bm     G
       ()    ()     ()    
 But at thirty years of age
         G     Bm    Em
              ()    ()
 Through frolic and in rage
 Em  C                    G
()                        
 All regressed and healed in time
ENDING
          Am   C C/D   G     Bm
                ()          ()

Ill Be Here Awhile chords and lyrics

Free chords for Ill Be Here Awhile by 311. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                            I'll Be Here Awhile
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARTIST: 311
ALBUM: From Chaos
YEAR: 2001
tabbed by : pp1pete
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
Diff from previous versions:
 [ whole song, all chords, all lyrics
 [ Tab and Chords for intro
INTRO 
 Am - Am - G - Bm (x2)
 Am - Am - G - Bm
Intro:
CHORUS
VERSE 1
CHORUS
VERSE 2
CHORUS
VERSE 3
ENDING
          Am     C (C/D)     G     (Bm)

Ill Be Here Awhile Chords by 311

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