To Leave Something Behind chords by
Sean Rowe

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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I cannot say that I know you well

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But you can't lie to me

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with all these books that you sell

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I'm not trying to follow you

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to the end of the world

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I'm just trying to leave something behind

Verse 2

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Words have come from men and mouse

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But I can't help thinking

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that I've heard the wrong crowd

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When all the water is gone my job will be too

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And I'm just trying to leave something behind

Bridge 1

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Oh money is free

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but love costs more than our bread

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And the ceiling is hard to reach

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Oh the future ahead is broken and red

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But I'm trying to leave something behind

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Verse 3

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This whole world is a fo reign land

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We swallow the moon

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but we don't know our own hand

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We're running with the case

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but we ain't got the gold

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Yet we're trying to leave something behind

Verse 4

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Oh my friends I believe

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we are at the wrong fight

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Em

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And I cannot read what I did not write

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I've been to His house,

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but the master is gone

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But I'd like to leave something behind

Verse 5

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Oh there is a beast who has taken my blame

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You can put me to bed

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but you can't feel my pain

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When the machine has taken

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the soul from the man

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It's time to leave something behind

Bridge 2

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Oh money is free

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but love costs more than our bread

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And the ceiling is hard to reach

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Em

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Oh the future ahead is al ready dead

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And I'm trying to leave something behind

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Verse 6

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I got this feeling that I'm still at the shore

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And pockets don't know

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what it means to be poor

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I can get through the wall

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if you give me a door

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So I can leave something behind

Verse 7

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Oh wisdom is lost in the trees somewhere

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You're not going to find it in some

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mental gray hair

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It's locked up from those who hurry ahead

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And it's time to leave something behind

Bridge 3

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Oh money is free

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but love costs more than our bread

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And the ceiling is hard to reach

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Em

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When my son is a man

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he will know what I meant

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I was just trying to leave something behind

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I was just trying to leave something behind

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

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Capo: 2

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The original key of To Leave Something Behind by Sean Rowe is A major.

The primary chords used in To Leave Something Behind are A, D, F#m, E.

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