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Scared To Start chords by Michael Marcagi (Official Version)

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C
G
Dadd4
Em
D/A
G/B

Verse 1
C 
G 
She's wearing an old dress, walkin'' it out
Dadd4 
G 
Waiting for someone to turn her around
C 
But she won't believe you
G 
Dadd4 
When you fall down on your knees
C 
G 
She fell asleep listening to my friends
Dadd4 
G 
Talking on and on about how the world ends
C 
Then she wakes up
G 
Dadd4 
and climbs in my front seat

Chorus 1
And she said
C 
G 
Dadd4 
G 
Don't you wait to try it
C 
G 
Dadd4 
G 
Are you scared to find it?
C 
G 
And do you want
Dadd4 
Em 
Dadd4 
to take my broken heart?
C 
G 
Dadd4 
Are you scared to start?

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Verse 2
C 
Let's lay in the dead grass
G 
Stare at the stars
D/A 
Run away and live out
G/B 
of cars and bars
C 
Let's just leave here
G 
Dadd4 
'cause there's nothing left to see
C 
G 
And if that's wrong, let's make it right
Dadd4 
G 
And if you leave    just give me one more night
C 
'Cause there's no one
G 
Dadd4 
that you'll find that's quite like me

Chorus 2
And she said
C 
G 
Dadd4 
G 
Don't you wait to try it
C 
G 
Dadd4 
G 
Are you scared to find it?
C 
G 
And do you want
Dadd4 
Em 
Dadd4 
to take my broken heart?
C 
G 
Dadd4 
Are you scared to start?

Verse 3
C 
You don't need a paycheck,
G 
don't need the rent
Dadd4 
G 
You can take     it all 'cause it's already spent
C 
We can burn out
G 
Dadd4 
Just as long as we burn bright

Chorus 3
And she said
C 
G 
Dadd4 
G 
Don't you wait to try it
C 
G 
Dadd4 
G 
Are you scared to find it?
C 
G 
And do you want
Dadd4 
Em 
Dadd4 
to take my broken heart?
C 
G 
And will you ever
Dadd4 
Em 
Dadd4 
heal from all these scars?
C 
G 
And did you have
Dadd4 
Em 
Dadd4 
to take it all so far?
C 
G 
Dadd4 
Are you scared to start

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C
G
Dadd4
Em
D/A
G/B

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: G majorBPM: 148

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Dadd4: x-5-4-0-3-5
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
D/A: x-0-4-2-3-x
G/B: x-2-0-0-0-3

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This is the definitive original version of Scared To Start by Michael Marcagi, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Scared To Start the way Michael Marcagi intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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