
how are you true
Cage the Elephant
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Tom : D
Intro: B5 G7M Em/G E5/C# F#7
D G7M
Wake up, say a little prayer
Em Dbm
Out of bed to the bathroom where
F# Bm
I take a look at myself and I stop and stare
Em F#
And I wonder who is this standing here
Bm G Em
And I try to find the will to carry on
Bm G Em
Wonder how much longer I can carry on
A F# Bm A
Cause these days they take so long, yes they do
D G
Hey, how are you true?
F# Bm A
The light will guide you home, yes it will
D G
Hey, how are you true?
F# Bm
Well there's one thing that you should know
A
Yes you should
Bm E A
You need love, you need love, you need love
Bm Dbm Bm Em A
You need love
Bm
All your days spend countin' numbers
E
'Til one day you'll find, day you'll find
F# Bm
That life has passed you by
E
And in the quiet still of silence try to hide your eyes
F# Bm A
Oh no so don't cry, oh no
D G
Hey, how are you true?
F# Bm A D
The light will guide you home, yes it will
G
Oh the years, they turn so fast
F# Bm
Soon the present will be past and you'll look back and laugh
A
Yes you will
Bm G E Dbm
Well I can still remember, yes I was a young man too
Bm G E A Dbm
Alone, but not forgotten and the candle shining through
Bm G E Em Dbm Db
Still all these words I've spoken don't mean anything at all
Bm Em A
Without love, without love, without love
Bm D A D
Without love
[Trecho 2x]
G
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do oh
Em F#
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do oh
Bm A D
Do, do, do, do, do, do oh, oh yeah
Bm A G Em
I remember clearly we were both there on the airplane
Bm D G Em F#
Told me all your secrets, oh I never saw it coming
Bm A
I thought that you were joking
Em F# G F# G F# G E
You were actually quite serious
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