Guard Your Gates chords by Kevin Devine

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G
D
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Em
F#
F#aug
F#m

Intro 1
B 
G 
D 
A 
Em 
 (B major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
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A 
F# 
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (F sharp major)  (B major) 
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Em 
 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
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F#aug 
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 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (F sharpaug)  (G major)  (A major) 
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor)  (E minor) 
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A 
F#m 
 (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
D 
 (E minor)  (D major) 

Verse 1
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F#m 
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You were sav (G major) aged and shook  (A major) by the  (F sharp minor)  (E minor) cretinous crooks in your crib  (D major) 
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A 
On the  (G major) 5th of July,  (A major) 
F#m 
Em 
D 
all that heat  (F sharp minor) from  (E minor) the night on your lids  (D major) 
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From the crypt  (G major) of your room,
A 
F#m 
Em 
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 (A major) drilled a hole  (F sharp minor) in  (E minor) the moon, where  (D major) you hid
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A 
F# 
G 
'Til your  (G major) power supply  (A major) shorted dusty  (F sharp major)  (G major) & dry. That

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Interlude 1

was it

You never know un

Verse 2

til it's too late

Interlude 2

Verse 3
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A 
F#m 
 (G major) Some days I'd  (A major) like to be the fierce  (F sharp minor) 
Em 
D 
com (E minor) petition  (D major) 
Although I'm better off
marooned in the priest caste
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A 
 (G major) No death by decimal  (A major) score,
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Em 
D 
no dean  (D major) of  (E minor) admission (D major) s
Just supporting actors,
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understudying the leading man  (G major) 
A 
It's a cold  (A major) light
F# 
G 
 (F sharp major) In  (G major) your spent heat

Interlude 3

You

Verse 4

never know until it's too late

Interlude 4

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) Go guard your gates, Powder Keg
Em 
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Let  (E minor) the lightning in your lineage lay  (D major) 
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A 
G 
D 
 (A major) Down  (G major) for days,  (D major)  (A major) Powder  (G major) Keg  (D major) 
A 
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Em 
 (A major) Leave  (G major) your  (E minor) lightning for the
rest of us
Your borderline protectorate
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Of fin (G major) gers crossed & pixie dust

Verse 6
You never know until it's too late
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D 
A 
Em 
 (B major) You  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
D 
A 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) never
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F#aug 
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know un (F sharp major) til it's  (F sharpaug) too       (B major) late
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Go guard your gates,  (G major) Powder Keg
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A 
 (D major) Let the light (A major) ning in your
Em 
 (E minor) Go  guard your gates,
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Em 
D 
 (D major) Powder Keg  (E minor)  (D major) 
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Let the  (A major) lightning in your lin
Em 
F#aug 
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 (E minor) eage  (F sharpaug) lay  (B major) 
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Go guard your gates,  (G major) Powder Keg  (D major) 
Em 
Let  (E minor) the lightning in your
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D 
Go guard your gates,  (D major) Powder Keg  (D major) 
Em 
Let  (E minor) the lightning in your lineage lay