Counting Stars Holy Grail Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Verse
D#m
Lately I been, I been losing sleep
B
Dreaming about the things that we could be
G#m B
Baby, I been, I been prayin' hard
D#m
Said no more counting dollars
D#m
We'll be counting stars
D#m F# C# B
Verse
D#m
I see this life
Like a swinging vine
F#
Swing my heart across the line
C#
In my face is flashing signs
B
Seek it out and you shall find
D#m
Old, but I'm not that old
F#
Young, but I'm not that bold
C#
And I don't think the world is sold
B
I'm just doing what we're told
D#m F# C# B
I feel something so right doing the wrong thing
D#m F# C# B
And I feel something so wrong doing the right thing
D#m
I could lie, could lie, could lie
D#m
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
D#m F#
Lately I been, I been losing sleep
C# B
Dreaming about the things that we could be
D#m F#
Baby, I been, I been praying hard
C# B
Said no more counting dollars
D#m
We'll be counting stars
Verse
D#m B
Ooooh You take the clothes off my back and I let you
B
You'd steal the food right out my mouth And I watch you eat it
G#m B
I still don't know why
D#m
Why I love it so much Ooooooh yeah
Verse
D#m
You curse my name In spite to put me to shame (I been losing sleep)
B
Have my laundry in the streets
B
Dirty or clean
B
Give it up for fame
G#m B
And I still don't know why (baby I been, I've been praying hard)
D#m
Why I love it so much
D#m F#
Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars
Verse
F#
And baby
C#
It's amazing I'm in this maze with you
B
I just can't crack your code
C#
One day you screaming you love me loud
B
The next day you're so cold
C#
One day you're here, one day you're there, one day you care
Bb
You're so unfair
Bb
Sipping from your cup till it runneth over,
D#m
Holy Grail, holy grail ooooh!
D#m
Holy grail
Outro
D#m D#sus2 B C# B
And we all just entertainers
D#m D#sus2 B C# B
And we're stupid, and contagious
D#m D#sus2 B
Now we all just (said no more counting dollars)
C# B
Entertainers (said no more counting dollars)
D#m D#sus2 B
And we're stupid (said no more counting)
B
Oh! I been praying
D#m D#sus2 B C# B
And we all just entertainers
D#m D#sus2 B C# B
And we're stupid, and contagious
D#m D#sus2 B
Now we all just (said no more counting dollars)
C# B
Entertainers (said no more counting dollars)
D#m D#sus2 B
And we're stupid (said no more counting)
B
Oh! I been praying
D#m C# B D#m C# B Bb
I'll be praying, we'll be counting...
D#m
Stars
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