Lifehouse – Near Life Experience (Ukulele)

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If I showed my hand shaking like a leaf, 

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you might not understand, but I bet you'd believe 

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there's spiders inside, crawling around 

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the cobwebs in my mind that I try to drown out. 

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You said I look like a ghost, man I almost was. 

           A
You said I need to let go, quit chasing that buzz,

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that picture in time, frozen like ice 

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cycles keep repeating, beating me down to size. 

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Well maybe I'm blind, just throwing darts in the dark. 

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I didn't get what I want, I got what I need. 

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Man, it hurts like hell down here on my knees.

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Is this where I end, or is this where we begin? 

    E
The night is my friend, I blend in with the best: 

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The vampires, the crooks, the felons and the rest. 

    E
Now we can pretend that we really care less.

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and act like we love what we really detest. 

          F#                                          A
Well maybe I'm blind, just throwing darts in the dark. 

          C#
I didn't get what I want, I got what I need. 

      B                       E
Man, it hurts like hell down here on my knees.

    C#               B                 E 
Is this where I end, or is this where we begin? 

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Make this go away, I'm begging please-- 

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there's little life left here for me to bleed. 

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I'm looking up but I'm feeling down, 

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since cutting these corners, was cutting me down to size. 

E
Am I losing control or losing my mind? 

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I know for a fact I'm losing my last place to hide. 

          F#                                          A
Well maybe I'm blind, just throwing darts in the dark. 

          C#
I didn't get what I want, I got what I need. 

      B                       E
Man, it hurts like hell down here on my knees.

    C#               B                 E
Is this where I end, or is this where we begin? 

    C#            
My pulse is racing, I can't catch my breath.

     B                    E
This near-life experience scared me to death. 

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Is this where I end, or is this where we begin? 

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Or is this where we begin?