Violent Femmes – I Held Her In My Arms (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Rafa88offspring Email: [email protected] Here's a great tune by the Violent Femmes :) [Intro] A D A D A D A D [Verse]
A                   D
I'm gnawing on the knowledge

     A           D
That I have been burnt

        A                    D
And I'm learning things that I

          A       D
Should've already learnt

A          D
Everyone I ever knew

A               D
Was so kind and coy

A            D
I was with a girl

       A                      D        
But it felt like I was with a boy
[Chorus]
    A
And I can't even remember

D
If we were lovers

   A                E
Or if I just wanted to

      A
But I held her in my arms

  D
I held her in my arms

  A
I held her in my arms

              E
But it wasn't you
[Break] A D A D A D [Verse]
A           D
I will not kill

    A                D
The one thing that I love

A                D
In this world of wreckage

A         D
  I look above

     A       D
Said Help me Lord

A            D
Help me understand

A                D
What it means to be a boy

A                D
What it means to be a man 
[Chorus]
A
I can't even remember

D
If we were lovers

   A                E
Or if I just wanted to

      A
But I held her in my arms

  D
I held her in my arms

  A
I held her in my arms

              E
But it wasn't you
Interlude A D A D A D A D A D A D A D A D [Verse] N.C. I'm gnawing on the knowledge That I have been burnt I'm learning things that I Should've already learnt
A          D
Everyone I ever knew

A               D
Was so kind and coy

A            D
I was with a girl

       A                      D        
But it felt like I was with a boy
[Chorus]
A
I can't even remember

D
If we were lovers

   A                E
Or if I just wanted to

      A
But I held her in my arms

  D
I held her in my arms

  A
I held her in my arms

              E
But it wasn't you
[Chorus]
A
I can't even remember

D
If we were lovers

   A                E
Or if I just wanted to

  A
I held her in my arms

  D
I held her in my arms

  A
I held her in my arms

              E
But it wasn't you
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