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After All chords by
Dar Williams
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
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Go ahead push your luck

Find out how much love
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the world can hold
Dm
Dm

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Once upon a time I had control and
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reined my soul in tight
Verse 2
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Well the whole truth
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Is like the story of a wave unfurled
Dm
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But I held the evil of the world
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So I stopped the tide froze
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it up from inside
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And it felt like

A winter machine that
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you go through and then
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You catch your breath and
Dm
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winter starts again
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And everyone else is spring bound
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And when I chose to
Verse 3

live

There was no joy it's just
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a line I crossed

It wasn't worth the pain
Dm
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my death would cost
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C
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So I was not lost or found
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And if I was to sleep
Verse 4
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I knew my family had more truth to tell

And so I traveled down a
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whispering well
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To know myself through them
Verse 5
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Growing up my mom had

a room full of books
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And hid away in there
Dm
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Her father raging down a spiral stair
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Till he found someone, most days his son
Verse 6
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And sometimes I think
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My father, too, is a refugee

I know they tried to keep
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their pain from me
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They could not see what it was for
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But now I'm sleeping fine
Verse 7
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Sometimes the truth is like
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a second chance
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I am the daughter of a great romance
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And they are the children of the war
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Interlude 1
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Verse 8
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Well, the sun rose
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With so many colors it nearly broke my heart
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It worked me over like a work of art
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And I was a part of all that
Verse 9
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So go ahead push your luck
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Say what it is you gotta say to me
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We will push on into that mystery
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And it will push right back
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And there are worse things than that
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'Cause for every price
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And every penance that I could think of
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It's better to have fallen in love
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Than never to have fallen at all
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Verse 10

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'Cause when you live in a world

Well it gets in to who you
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thought you'd be

And now I laugh at how
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the world changed me
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I think life chose me
Outro 1

After all
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • G

  • F

  • Dm

  • Em

  • Am

Capo: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of After All by Dar Williams is C major.

The primary chords used in After All are C, G, F, Dm, Em, Am.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, G, F, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of After All is approximately 90 beats per minute.

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