Looking Back chords by Keane and K'naan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Bm 
You're  (B minor) 
F#m 
living in a place you  (F sharp minor) left  behind
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) Going round in circles  (F sharp minor) all   the time
G 
Can see  (G major) the way your head
A 
D 
A 
it's  (A major) like  (D major) you're  (A major) blind
Em 
F#m 
So  (E minor) open your  (F sharp minor) eyes  and
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) Time realign just what  (F sharp minor) you got
Bm 
With  (B minor) what you nearly had
F#m 
and  (F sharp minor) what  you want
G 
You fall  (G major) asleep and then
A 
the mo (A major) ment's gone
Em 
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So  (E minor) open your  (F sharp minor) eyes  and

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Verse 2

Yeah, its hard to undo time

Hard to separate my past

from my rhyme

Cause how could you separate

milk from lime

Verse 3
Waste my time
G 
A 
 (G major) Looking back (A major) 
G 
You always seem to be  (G major) looking
back (looking back)
A 
D 
 (A major) Feels  (D major) like your mind's
G 
always somewhere  (G major) else
A 
 (A major) You're always looking
Em 
F#m 
 (E minor) over your shoulder  (F sharp minor) 

Verse 4
Bm 
Think  (B minor) about the places you
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could never  (F sharp minor) be
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) Beauty in the faces that you  (F sharp minor) never see
G 
 (G major) As you lie this sleepy
A 
D 
A 
 (A major) How the mo (D major) ment flies  (A major) 
Em 
F#m 
So  (E minor) open your  (F sharp minor) eyes  and:

Verse 5

Yeah, they say life makes

sense backwards

Verse 6
But you've got to live it forward
Em 
 (E minor) Don't waste your time, no
G 
Don't waste your time just  (G major) looking back
A 
G 
 (A major) You always seem to be  (G major) looking back
A 
D 
 (A major) Feels  (D major) like your mind's
G 
always  (G major) somewhere else
A 
Em 
 (A major) You're always looking  (E minor) over your
F#m 
G 
shoulder  (F sharp minor) (over your  (G major) shoulder)
Looking back
A 
G 
 (A major) You always seem to be  (G major) looking
back (looking back)
A 
D 
 (A major) Feels  (D major) like your mind's always
G 
 (G major) somewhere else (somewhere else)
A 
 (A major) You're always looking
Em 
F#m 
 (E minor) over your shoulder  (F sharp minor) 

Verse 7
Bm 
Am  (B minor) I   the only one trying to
fight off an army
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 (F sharp minor) Of memories dressed up
all trying to harm me
Bm 
 (B minor) I feel cocky,
running up the steps like Rocky
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Un    til the past comes
flashing like paparazzi
G 
 (G major) Nothing's new so why open my folder
A 
 (A major) My favorite view is over
my shoulder
Em 
F#m 
 (E minor) Everything backwards,  (F sharp minor) is    my plight
G 
 (G major) Its landing first when in my flight
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Even  my tears run up my cheeks
Em 
Back  (E minor) in  my eye

Verse 8
Link I die
G 
F#m 
G 
 (G major) Don't waste your time  (F sharp minor) just   (G major) looking back
A 
 (A major) You always seem to be
G 
 (G major) looking back (looking back)
A 
D 
 (A major) Feels like your  (D major) mind's always
G 
 (G major) somewhere else (somewhere else)
A 
Em 
F#m 
 (A major) You're always looking  (E minor) over your shoulder  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
 (G major) (over your  (A major) shoulder)
G 
You always seem to be  (G major) looking
back (looking back)
A 
D 
 (A major) Feels  (D major) like your mind's always
G 
 (G major) somewhere else (somewhere else)
A 
Em 
F#m 
 (A major) You're always looking  (E minor) over your shoulder  (F sharp minor) 
G 
A 
 (G major)  (A major) (over your shoulder)