before and after chords by
Carrie Newcomer

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Key: F minor•

Verse 1

Em

Em

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C

C

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The dust settles after a hit and run

Em

Em

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C

C

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Bewildered by the damage done

G

G

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I don't know why we chose

C

C

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the roads we travel

G

G

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C

C

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Or how a life could get so

unraveled

Verse 2

Em

Em

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[Chorus: x2] We

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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live our lives from then until now

Em

Em

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C

C

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By the mercy received and the

G

G

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D

D

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marks on our brow

Em

Em

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C

C

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To my heart I'll collect what

G

G

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D

D

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the four winds will scatter

Em

Em

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C

C

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And frame my life into be

G

G

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C

C

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fore and after

Em

Em

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C

C

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Once a trick of light made me believe

Em

Em

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C

C

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A red fire was blazing from every tree

G

G

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C

C

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We held hands as the evening gathered

G

G

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I forgave myself for what

C

C

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I didn't ask her

Em

Em

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I once saw the sky filled with

C

C

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falling stars

Em

Em

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Bumped my head in the dark

C

C

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and it left a scar

G

G

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D

D

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C

C

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Held on too tight before I let it go

G

G

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C

C

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Then forgave myself for what I didn't know

Interlude 1

C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 3

C

C

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I've stretched my soul

G

G

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over fifty states

Am

Am

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I have lived on fumes and

G

G

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religious cornflakes

C

C

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And once I dreamt my shoe had grown

G

G

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thin and battered

Am

Am

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And forgave myself for what

C

C

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Em

Em

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didn't matter

C

C

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Em

Em

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God said Cain where is your brother

C

C

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And who will tell his grieving mother

G

G

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C

C

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Jacob dreamt an angel called his name

G

G

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C

C

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And he never was quite the same

Outro 1

[Chorus]

C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

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D

D

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Em

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C

C

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G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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G

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D

D

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Em

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

Em
C
G
D
Am

Capo: 1

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The original key of before and after by Carrie Newcomer is F minor.

The primary chords used in before and after are Fm, Db, Ab, Eb, Bbm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Fm, Db, Ab, Eb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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