The Outfield
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Intro
E B
Come on, get up and go
C#m
Another true story
A
(Another true story)
verse 1
E C#m
Running through airports
A
Waiting at stations
B
Hoping you'd be there
E
Wanting to tell you my name
C#m
Hoping you'd see me
A
Stuck in the outfield
B
Hoping you'd notice
And you know who I am now
Bridge
G# A E B
All of my issues were dragging me down
G# A E B
I always wanted to be someone else
Now we both say
[Refrão]
E B
We were the young and hopeless
C#m
We were the broken youth
A
You're not the only one they used
I was in the outfield too
E B
Somehow we found redemption
C#m
We felt the love that's true
A
My life was leading me to you
I was in the outfield too
verse 2
E C#m
I was thinking about school
A
It was so fucking painful
B
My parents were both such a wreck
E
I needed to lean on a friend
C#m
And you were stuck out there
A
Somewhere in California
B
And I was day dreaming
About falling asleep next to
Bridge
G# A E B
You help me face all the darkness in me
G# A E B
You shined your light in the spaces between
Now we both say
[Refrão]
E B
We were the young and hopeless
C#m
We were the broken youth
A
You're not the only one they used
I was in the outfield too
E B
Somehow we found redemption
C#m
We felt the love that's true
A
My life was leading me to you
I was in the outfield too
Break
C#m A
Whatcha say, whatcha say, we can leave
E B
Just to give it all and live forever
C#m A
Runaway, runaway, we can go
E B
We can drive to somewhere new
C#m A
If you say, if you say, would you stay?
E B
I don't mind as long as we're together
C#m A
So whatcha say, whatcha say, will you stay?
E B
Come on tell me that we'll live forever
Tell me that we'll live forever
[Refrão]
E B
We were the young and hopeless
C#m
We were the broken youth
A
You're not the only one they used
I was in the outfield
E B
We were the young and hopeless
C#m
We were the broken youth
A
You're not the only one they used
I was in the outfield too
E B
Somehow we found redemption
C#m
We felt the love that's true
A
My life was leading me to you
I was in the outfield too
Outro
E F#m
Runaway, runaway, runaway,
G# A
Come on tell me that we'll live forever
We found redemption
E F#m
Runaway, runaway, runaway
G# A
Come on tell me that we'll live forever
We found redemption
E F# G# A
Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway
We found redemption
E F# G# A
Runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway, runaway
E E E A A A E
We found redemption
How to play The Outfield
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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