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Memphis May Fire
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Key: C# minor•
Intro 1
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Raise your
Verse 1
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A5
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glass to everything you've accomplished on your own!
G#5
G#5
4

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Am
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I promise it won't mean

a thing tomorrow!
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We're all just headed straight for the ocean
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Dm
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floor! (The ocean floor)
G#5
G#5
4

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A5
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Am
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On a ship without

any captain aboard
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This time you can't
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save yourself!
Verse 2
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C
C

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We're all just wasting time
F
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G
G

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Standing still waiting for something

to happen (something to happen)
Am
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C
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But I think we'd all be fine
F
F

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If everyone would just shut up and listen!
G
G

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D
D

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C
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Am
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Be slow to speak, shut up and listen!
A5
A5

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A5
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Verse 3

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We have no idea what
A5
A5

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we're capable of!

If only, we would live in fear
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Am

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A5
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Of knowing our own flesh and blood

Does not belong to us!
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C
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A5
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A5
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(We see everything a little different
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than before!)
Verse 4
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Lose your pride!
Am
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C
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We're all just wasting time
F
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Standing still waiting for something

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But I think we'd all be fine
F
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If everyone would just shut up and listen!
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Be slow to speak, shut up and listen!
Interlude 1
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Dm
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Verse 5
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A5
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What you want,
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is never what you need!
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F
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It's never what you need!

Be careful what you wish for!
A5
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Lose your pride!
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G
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A5
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If it's what you come back to!
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Lose your pride!
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Realize this was never about you,
Interlude 2

oh!
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A5
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C
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G
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A5
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A5
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Verse 6
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This time you can't save
G
G

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Am
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yourself!
C
C

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We're all just wasting time
F
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G
G

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Standing still waiting for something to
Verse 7

happen (something to happen)
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But I think we'd all be fine
F
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If everyone would just shut up and listen
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Be slow to speak, shut up and listen!
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • C

  • D

  • E

  • G

  • F

  • A5

  • G#5

    4

  • Dm

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Be Careful What You Wish For by Memphis May Fire is C# minor.

The primary chords used in Be Careful What You Wish For are C#m, E, F#, G#, B, A.

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

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