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[Verso 1]
 
G Am7 G
I needed someone to depend upon
Am7 Em
I was alone, I was emotional
D Bm
Searching for the right emoticon
C G
To expand my mental lexicon
 
[Pré-Refrão]
 
Am7 G
And Gemma told me that she met someone
Am7 Em
It was the person I'd been counting on
D Bm
It felt good, it felt transitional
C G
A feeling I'd been waiting on
 
[Refrão]
 
G Am7
You were floating like a lilo
Em C
With your eyes closed, going where the tide goes
Bm C Bm C
Caught in flux: you drifted 'till you hit the sides
G Am7
Hold my breath another minute
Em C
I can keep my head: there's nothing in it
Bm C
I'm a patient wave
Bm C
And it's an easy ride
 
[Verso 2]
 
G Am7 G
I saw myself an intellectual
Am7 Em
I thought that I was capable
D Bm
Every move was just habitual
C G
And life was just a ritual
 
[Pré-Refrão]
Am7 Em
Then Gemma told me that she met somebody
C Em
Nobody else could take me from myself
D Bm
I wasn't searching for it anymore
C
The feeling I'd been waiting for
 
Am7 Em
Then Gemma told me that she met somebody
C Em
Nobody else could take me from myself
D Bm
I wasn't searching for it anymore
C
The feeling I'd been waiting for
 
[Refrão]
 
G Am7
You were floating like a lilo
Em C
With your eyes closed, going where the tide goes
Bm C Bm C
Caught in flux: you drifted 'till you hit the sides
G Am7
Hold my breath another minute
Em C
I can keep my head: there's nothing in it
Bm C
I'm a patient wave
Bm C
And it's an easy ride
 
[Ponte]
 
G Am7
Floating like a lilo with you
Em C
Going where the tide goes
G Am7
Floating like a lilo with you
Em C
Going where the tide goes
G Am7
Floating like a
Em C
Floating like a
G Am7
Floating like a
Em C
Floating like a
 
[Refrão]
 
G Am7
You were floating like a lilo
Em C
With your eyes closed, going where the tide goes
Bm C Bm C
Caught in flux: you drifted 'till you hit the sides
G Am7
Hold my breath another minute
Em C
I can keep my head: there's nothing in it
Bm C
I'm a patient wave
Bm C
And it's an easy ride
 
Final G

How to play Lilo

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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