
Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
Backstreet Boys
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Tom:
[Intro]
F#m D E
Show me the meaning of being lonely
RIFF:
( F#m D E )
VERSO:
F#m D E
So many words for the broken heart
F#m D E
It's hard to see in a crimson love
E D C#
So hard to breathe Walk with me, and maybe
F#m D E
Nights of light so soon become
F#m D E
Wild and free I could feel the sun
E D C#
Your every wish will be done They tell me
REFRÃO:
F#m D E
Show me the meaning of being lonely
F#m D E
Is this the feeling I need to walk with?
A C# F#m
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
D E
There's something missing in my heart
RIFF:
( F#m D E )
VERSO:
F#m D E
Life goes on as it never ends
F#m D E
Eyes of stone observe the trends
E D C#
They never say forever gaze
F#m D E
Guilty roads to an endless love (endless love)
F#m
There's no control
D E
Are you with me now?
E D C#
Your every wish will be done
They tell me
REFRÃO:
F#m D E
Show me the meaning of being lonely
F#m D E
Is this the feeling I need to walk with (tell me why)
A C# F#m
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
D E G#m
There's something missing in my heart
PONTE:
G#m E
There's nowhere to run
F# G#m
I have no place to go
E F# B
Surrender my heart, body and soul
Eb
How can it be you're asking me to feel
G#m
the things you never show
( E F# G#m E F# )
( Oooooooooooooooh....)
SOLO*
( G#m E F# G#m )
E F# B Eb G#m
You are missing in my heart
E F#
Tell me why I can't be there where you are
REFRÃO:
G#m E F#
Show me the meaning of being lonely
[Refrão]
G#m E F#
Is this the feeling I need to walk with? (tell me why)
B Eb G#m
Tell me why I can't be there where you are (where you are)
E F#
There's something missing in my heart
[Próxima Parte]
G#m E F#
Show me the meaning of being lonely (being lonely)
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
* SOLO:
G#m E F#
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G#m E F#
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|-----------------------------9-11|-12~~~~---------12-------------|
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B D#
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|-----------------------------12--|-11~~~~--------10h11p9-8--------|
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G#m E F# G#m
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|---------------------------------|-----------------------12--11----||-9---
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|-9---------------------9--11-----|---------------------------------||-----
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