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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Yesterday, I walked outside
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Out into a sea of dust, arid and dry
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And so hot and so unbelievably radiant

And unforgiving
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And I watched myself go under
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And I felt energy rising
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And then I saw this woman
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G

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coming towards me
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D

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All heat and haze
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G

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But with a smile like a river
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D

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that swept me up
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G

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And I took my hand and I put it in hers
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G

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And I said, "Will you be

my spirit guide?"
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And she said,
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"You don't need a spirit guide
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All you gotta do is ride
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D

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You just close your eyes
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and then open them wide"
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She said
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Cm
Cm
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Do something that scares you
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Do something that scares you
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D

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And I washed my hands in the
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clear green water
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Rushing from the mountain like
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some kind of absolution

Like a resurrection
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I put my whole body into the water
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Like I was transforming, a chrysalis
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I could taste the dirt
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D

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The red earth on my tongue
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And I felt like I was just a girl,
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Seventeen, looking for something,
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edgy and green
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D

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And bursting and beautiful
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and undecipherable

With the reins held tight
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And I felt like I was just
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holding onto a thread
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Taking off, ready for joy,
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on a bird's wing, fragile
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And I heard that voice
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Bb
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Do something that scares you
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Bb
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Do something that makes you feel
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Bb
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Do something that makes you feel
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And I stood on the edge of that cliff
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And I realized I was all alone
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With no way up or down
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And I was scared

And I started to climb
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Up, up, up
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And I could suddenly feel
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And I could feel rain on my skin,
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sweet and cold
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And I could feel all the pain
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from all the years
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All the sweat and all the untold
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passions and the tears
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Like rain flowering in me so strong
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Like jasmine, and releasing me

And I fell onto the sand
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and I put up my hands
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And I put up my body arms
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And I cried with the rain
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And I felt myself becoming myself
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Like I was freed from the beliefs that
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I'd been handed as a child
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Like I could see the world from above
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Like I could live pure
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And I took off that red ribbon
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from around my head
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And I buried it under the yellow earth,
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G

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scratching at the sand
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Burying it deeper and deeper
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Into the heat, into the core

I said
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Bb
Bb

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I did something that scares me
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Bb
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I did something that scares me
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Bb
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I did something that makes me feel
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I did something that makes me feel
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I did something that makes me feel
Outro 1

Alive
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • Bb

  • Cm

    3

  • Bm

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Capo: 2

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The original key of Do Something That Scares You by Heather Nova is E major.

The primary chords used in Do Something That Scares You are E, A, D, C, Dm, C#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, A, D, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Do Something That Scares You is approximately 122 beats per minute.

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