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Intro: G C/G (2x)
 
G C/G
Waking in sweat
G C/G
A word i can't forget
Am7 C/G G Am C/G
A word that I've never read too
 
G D/F# C/G
Tell me that i'm something you just don't know
G D/F# C/G
Tell me that i'm somewhere you don't want to go
G D/F# C/G
Tell me that I'm some place you don't want to know
 
Am7 C/G G
Like the back of your hand I don't understand
 
C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G
Undone this harm well i don't know and you don't mind
C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G
This time is no time and i don't know and you don't mind
 
C/G G C/G
 
G C/G
Deep inside of the day
G C/G
Anyone else would falling in your arms
Am7 C/G
And I do not do i do i do i want that ?
 
G D/F# C/G
I was something that you just couldn't feel
G D/F# C/G
I was something that you couldn't fear that was real
G D/F# C/G Am7 C/G G
I believed you when you shut your eyes and dreamed a dream about me
 
C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G
Sometimes I don't think about you
C/G G C/G Am7 C/G
Sometimes I don't think about it
 
G D/F# C/G x2
 
G C/G
Tears are falling in the underground
G C/G
Falling into thoughts that turn into colors
Am7 C/G G
The colors are the colours of my thoughts and they are painting you
 
C/G G
 
C/G G C/G Am7 C/G G D/F# C/G
Sometimes I live my own lie, my own lie

How to play Tell Me

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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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