Mayday Parade – Everythings An Illusion (Ukulele)

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Chords

The picking at the beginning is as close as possible to the original one. No Capo necessary, standard tuning. Intro Picking:
A|-------------3---------|------------3--------------|-------------3------------|
E|----1----1--------1----|---1---1----------1--------|----0----0--------0-------|
C|-2---------------------|-0-------------------------|-0------------------------|
G|------0---------0---0--|-----0---------0-----0-----|-------0--------0----0----|

A|------------|----------3----------|
E|---1----1---|----0----------------|
C|-0----------|-0-------------------|
G|-----0------|-------0-------------|

Am
I try to sleep but my eyes are open

C
I can't think cause my heart is broken

F
And there's a bottle right next to me

G
I'll down a few drinks just to take the pain away

Am
I wanna say all the things I need to say

C
I won't lie, I'll just tell them honestly

F
If God can take a friend away from me

G
Then I can say all I want and he won't do anything

Am                        F
My tongue is weak and every time I try to speak,

C                       G
I can't say nothing at all

Am           F
Sleep well, my friend

C                    G  
There will be another moment we'll meet again
Just let it go
Am           F
Sleep well, goodnight

                     C
You're something to remember

             G
I wish that you were here by my side

Am                        
I spend hours trying to make it through the day

F             
I don't know if I'll ever be the same

C
It's hard enough when you're all alone

G
In the city that you love, now Atlanta's just a burial ground

Am                          F                                C
My tongue is weak and every time I try to speak I can't say nothing,

G
Nothing at all

Am                               F                          C
It's hard to think when losing someone only make you wanna scream

      G
And now that you're gone

Am           F
Sleep well, my friend

C                    G  
There will be another moment we'll meet again
Just let it go
Am           F
Sleep well, goodnight

                     C
You're something to remember

             G
I wish that you were here by my side

Am
Rest in pieces, I can't believe this

  C                                         G
A mother shouldn't witness her son die at twenty-four

Am                             F
I will hold my tongue for the rest of my life

       G
I can't keep this up anymore

Am           F
Sleep well, my friend

C                    G  
There will be another moment we'll meet again
Just let it go
Am           F
Sleep well, goodnight

                     C
You're something to remember

      G                        Am
I wish that you were here by my side

     F
By my side

     C
By my side

     G 
By my side

Am           F
Sleep well, goodnight

        C
You're something I'll remember
G*(strum once) I wish that you were here by my side (Repeat Intro Picking or let the last chord continue to ring)