The Great Gatsby - Past Is Catching Up To Me
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
F# E D#m7 E
[Verse]
G#m7 B
It was under a willow tree
F# G#m
Five years ago in Louisville
B
I danced with Daisy in my arms
F# G#m
And time stood still
E
It was clear she had her pick
B F#
Of any man in uniform
G#m
She kissed me
E B
And swore she'd never stray
F# C#m7
But then the world got in the way
[Pre-chorus]
D#m7
Fought a war, returned to see
EM7
Another fight in front of me
F#sus4
And now I must remind her
Of the love we left behind
C#m7
Her words that night
D#m7
The vow she said back then
I'll help her say again
B
One party left to throw
F#sus4
How could she say no?
[Chorus]
B F#sus4
We'll go back to that kiss
Esus2 F#sus4
To that row of willow trees
B F#sus4
All the years that we missed
Esus2 F#sus4
Will blow away with the breeze
G#m7 Esus2
They say you can't relive the past
B F#sus4
But you know what I see?
C#m B F#sus4
Finally the past is catching up to me
B
[Verse]
G#m E B
Some will shudder at what I've done
F#
I'll say that I have crossed a line
G#m E B F#
I tell you, every lavish night was by design
G#m E B F#
I'd become the man her world demanded me to be
G#m E B
With only a nickel to my name
F# C#m
I bet it all to get in the game
[Pre-Chorus]
D#m
Had a past to rectify
EM7
Made that nickel multiply
F#
It took no time to love her
C#m
Just to be worthy of her
D#m
And though the years have passed us by
One memory survives
EM7
She could see it too
A7 F#
But see it through my eyes
[Chorus]
B F#
We'll go back to that kiss
C#m7 E F#
to that row of willow trees
B F#sus4
All the years that we missed
C#m F#
Will blow away with the breeze
G#m E
They say you can't relive the past
B F#sus4
But you know what I see?
C#m B F# Asus2
Finally the past is catching up to me
[Bridge]
G#m7 GM7
Daisy always saw in me a man who knew his worth
F#sus4
Now that man can give her everything on earth
C#m7 B (E) A
Money can't buy happiness, no sir
G#m7 C# G F#m7
But it brings you closer, and closer, and closer...
[Chorus]
E C G
Take her back to that kiss
Dm F G
To that row of willow trees
C G
All the years that we missed
Dm F G
Will blow away with the breeze
Am F
They say you can't relive the past
Bb
But I know what I see
C F
Oh, finally the past
C Fsus2
Finally the past
C Fsus2
Finally the past...
G C Gm C7
C
Is catching up to me
How to play The Great Gatsby - Past Is Catching Up To Me
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