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The Spirit Said "No""" chords by
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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I feel
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C

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that I must fight,
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F

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I cried, but the spirit said no
Am
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This time I am right, I cried,
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F

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C
C

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but the spirit said no
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Am

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Righteous anger turned my head,

all my thoughts were burning red
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F

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To see my enemy lie dead,
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but the spirit said no,
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C

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the spirit said no
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C

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The need to fight is strong,
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F

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C

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I cried, but the spirit said no
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Am

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My enemy is wrong, I cried,
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F

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C
C

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but the spirit said no
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Am

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My faithless enemy broke trust,

I'd see him trampled in the dust
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C

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God knows that my cause is just,
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C

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but the spirit said no
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F

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C

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The spirit said no
Am
Am

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Anger flowed like burning liquor
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through my blood and my brain
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Hatred for my enemy,
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the need to cause him pain
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Was my obsession now, my craving now,
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God damn my enemy
C
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Why look at him standing there,
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why can't you see how he hates me?
C
C

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I want to see him dead, I cried,
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but the spirit said no
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C

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You heard the things he said,
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I cried, but the spirit said no
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There is no kind of soul in I,

but he's a beast and that is why
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C

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I'd see him dead, I'd see him die,
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F

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C

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but the spirit said no
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F

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Am
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When your spirit said no
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Am
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Anger flowed like burning liquor
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G

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through my blood and my brain
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Am

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Hatred for my enemy,
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the need to cause him pain
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Was my obsession now, my craving now
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God damn my enemy
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C

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Why look at him standing there?
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Why can't you see how he hates me?
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I want to see him dead, I cried
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But the spirit said no
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You heard the things he said, I cried
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But the spirit said no
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There is no kinder soul than I

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I'd see him dead, I'd see him die
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But the spirit said no, the spirit said no

I wanna walk the peace walk,
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I wanna talk the peace talk
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I wanna find the freedom in my heart

I wanna walk the peace walk,
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I wanna talk the peace talk
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I want to find the freedom in my heart.

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • F

  • Am

  • G

Capo: 0

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The original key of The Spirit Said "No""" by Tom Paxton is C major.

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