
They Were Wrong
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
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Tom : Em
[Intro]
Em Am G
E|-----------------------------------| (2x)
E|----------------------2-0----------| (2x)
Em Am G
"Here son watch the dog eat dog"
Em Am G
He spoke with eyes of the stiffest blue
Em Am G
He peeled my fists, said "let it go"
Am Em C
Saying "hope like that and you'll never grow"
[Refrão]
F#m Em
Mmmmm
D Am G
I'll go dancing with disease, darling please
D
They are wrong
Am G
I'll go swinging, singing peace, darling please
Em
They are wrong,
Am G D
I say they been here for too long - they are wrong,
[Próxima Parte]
Em
They are wrong
Em Am G
E|--------------------------------------| (2x)
E|----------------------2-0----------| (2x)
Em Am G
So, to my child not yet born
Em Am G
I've just one world of which to warn
Em Am G
It lives in the mouths of choking dreams
Am Em C
Sickness like that you've never seen
[Refrão] (repetir)
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