Before Everything Changed chords by
Eric Andersen

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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G

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My dreams they never fail me,

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C

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they never miss the mark

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G

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I'm sleeping at the strangest hours,

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D

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G

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trying to beat the clock

If a picture's worth a thousand words,

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C

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a photograph proves that

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D

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G

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How can you even picture love

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D

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if you can't afford to lie?

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D

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G

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It's changing like a roll of dice

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C

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G

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and nothing's really sure

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D

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G

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Pain is spreading like disease an

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D

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C

C

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D

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d there ain't no easy cure

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G

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Below the blackened skyline,

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C

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behind the smoking rain

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G

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Dreams never burned to

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D

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C

C

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ashes up until

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G

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C

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Until everything changed

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G

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Until everything changed

D

D

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G

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Well, I used to be an optimist,

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C

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used to play the lottery

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Now I don't even bother to lock

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D

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the front door when I leave

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G

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My bed's a worn -out boxing ring,

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C

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my life's a run -down gym

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Went once with

Charles

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Bukowski, he's now

Emily

Dickinson

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G

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D

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My future has moved out of town,

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it's that emptiness you hear

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D

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The silent empty tower shouts,

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the coast was never clear

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G

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But I look out on the highway,

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C

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things are getting strange

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G

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Didn't it all seem so familiar

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D

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G

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C

C

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before?

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Before everything changed

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C

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D

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G

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C

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Before everything changed

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G

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Sittin' in this sad cafe

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Starin' in your eyes

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Lookin' good but changed to mean

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Lookin' old and wise

Sidelined by the future

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leaves only us to blame

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The future for wins and soon forgets

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D

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The fu ture don't explain

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D

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G

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Don't need illumination

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D

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C

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Don't need no poison pens

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D

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G

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Words can live their own life

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D

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They know exactly what they mean

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But I miss you more than I did before

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D

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Nothing feels the same

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Didn't we all feel vain and selfish

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C

C

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short for rapid war?

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G

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Before everything changed

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D

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G

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Before everything changed

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Stuck and clouded over,

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the rivers are rising fast

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My baby's love was sad and true,

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I knew it wouldn't last

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I heard a midnight special

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pass by an hour ago

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Is there something here to get me high,

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D

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a man who sung so low

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G

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The clock ain't turning backwards,

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G

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the sands blow at my feet

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D

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G

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If you ever hear from the man upstairs,

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D

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C

C

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D

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I'd love to hear him speak

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G

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Well, I'm cashing all my checks in,

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D

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C

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too dumb to play the game

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I used to plan an hour ahead, up until...

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Until everything changed

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D

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Until everything changed

Em

Em

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G

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C

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Until everything's changed

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Until everything's changed

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Chords

D
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C
Em

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What is the original key of Before Everything Changed?

The original key of Before Everything Changed by Eric Andersen is G major.

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