Lights - The Listening Chords & Tabs

 

The Listening Chords & Tabs

Lights Chords & Tabs

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The Listening Chords

   
This is how she plays it in the video she posted. She likes to hammer on the third 
of the Am's every once in awhile.

Capo 2.


C/G                                Am
Please excuse me, I'm not thinking clear

It must just be stress
C/G                       Am
But I likely shouldn't be here
F
I'm such a mess
C/G
I never really ever know what to say
Em
When all of my emotions get in the way
Am                                    F   Fm
I'm just trying to get us on the same page
C/G
I always get it better right afterward
Em
When all the wrong impressions are said and heard
Am                                 F
How come I can never get the right words?
          C/G             Em        Am
I need to convey-ey-ey-ey -ey-ey-ey -ey
F                  C/G
Wish I could explain

                               Am
The things that I have to work out
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I don't feel right
C/G                        Am    F
What has come over me, I'm about to lose my mind

C/G
I never really ever know what to say
Em
When all of my emotions get in the way
Am                                    F  Fm
I'm just trying to get us on the same page
C/G
I always get it better right afterward
Em
When all the wrong impressions are said and heard
Am                                 F
How come I can never get the right words?
          C/G              Em        Am
I need to convey -ey-ey-ey -ey-ey-ey -ey
F            C/G             Em        Am       
 Fm
Wish I could explain ai-ai-ai -ai-ai-ai -ain

Dm                 C/G
Can I let the trees do the talking?
G             Dm
Can I let the ground do the walking?
F             C/G
Can I let the sky fill whats missing in?
G            Dm               F
Can I let my mouth do the listening?
C/G      G      F
The listening

Chorus x 1

F              C/G
What I mean to say