The Lorbank Collective - Cages Canary Birds Part 2
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste:
4th traste
[Intro]
C Am
Desperate Times
G F
Call for desperate measures
C Am
Make Desperate people
G F
Give up their leasure
[Verse]
C
You write down the letters
Am
I guess the words
Em
But you know better
F
That’s how it works
C Am
But I would rather drop dead
Em
Rather drop dead
F
Instead
C
You sing all these folk songs
Am
I sing along
Em
But you do better
F
That’s how we go on
C Am
But I would rather drop dead
Em
Rather drop dead
F
Instead
[Bridge]
C Am
Desperate Times
G F
Call for desperate measures
C Am
Make Desperate people
G F
Give up their leasure
[Chorus]
C Am
If you were a skyscraper
Em F
And i was a lighthouse
C Am
You could come down to me
Em F
When i’d turn the lights out
[Solo]
C A7 Dm7 G7
C A7 Dm7 G7
C E7 Am F
C E7 Am F
C A7 Dm7 G7
C A7 Dm7 G7
C E7 Am F
C E7 F Fm
[Interlude]
C Am
Desperate Times
G F
Call for desperate measures
C Am
Make Desperate people
G F
Give up their leasure
[Pre-Chorus]
C Am Em F
If you were a skyscraper
[Chorus]
C Am
If you were a skyscraper
Em F
And i was a lighthouse
C Am
You could come down to me
Em F
When i’d turn the lights out
[Outro]
C A7
If you were a skyscraper
Dm7 G7
If you were a skyscraper
C E7
If you were a skyscraper
Am F
If you were a skyscraper
C E
If you were a skyscraper
F Fm
C
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