| f | Counting Stars - One Republic | f | Counting Stars - One Republic |
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| [Intro - single strums] | | [Intro - single strums] |
| [Am*] Lately, I've been [C*] I've been losing sleep | | [Am*] Lately, I've been [C*] I've been losing sleep |
| [G*] Dreaming about the things that [F*] we could be | | [G*] Dreaming about the things that [F*] we could be |
| But [Am*] baby, I've been [C*] I've been praying hard | | But [Am*] baby, I've been [C*] I've been praying hard |
| [G*] Said, no more counting dollars [F*] We'll be counting stars | | [G*] Said, no more counting dollars [F*] We'll be counting stars |
| n | yeah, [F*] we'll be counting (normal strumming)[Am] stars [C] [G] [F]. [Am] [C] [G] [F] | n | yeah, [F*] we'll be counting stars |
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| | | [Instrumental - back to strumming] |
| | | [Am] [C] [G] [F] x2 |
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| [Verse 1] | | [Verse 1] |
| I see this [Am] life like a swinging vine [C] Swing my heart across the line | | I see this [Am] life like a swinging vine [C] Swing my heart across the line |
| [G] In my face is flashing signs [F] Seek it out and ye shall find | | [G] In my face is flashing signs [F] Seek it out and ye shall find |
| [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold | | [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold |
| [G] I don't think the world is sold [F] I'm just doing what we're told | | [G] I don't think the world is sold [F] I'm just doing what we're told |
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| [Pre-Chorus] | | [Pre-Chorus] |
| [Am] I.. I.. I I I I..[C] feel something so [G] right, Doing the [F] wrong thing | | [Am] I.. I.. I I I I..[C] feel something so [G] right, Doing the [F] wrong thing |
| [Am] I.. I.. I I I I..[C] feel something so [G] wrong, Doing the [F] right thing | | [Am] I.. I.. I I I I..[C] feel something so [G] wrong, Doing the [F] right thing |
| [F] I could lie, could lie, could lie | | [F] I could lie, could lie, could lie |
| [F*] Everything that kills me makes me feel alive | | [F*] Everything that kills me makes me feel alive |
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| |[Chorus] | | |[Chorus] |
| |[Am] Lately, I've been [C] I've been losing sleep | | |[Am] Lately, I've been [C] I've been losing sleep |
| |[G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be | | |[G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be |
| |But [Am] baby, I've been [C] I've been praying hard | | |But [Am] baby, I've been [C] I've been praying hard |
| |[G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars | | |[G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars |
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| |[Am] Lately, I've been [C] I've been losing sleep | | |[Am] Lately, I've been [C] I've been losing sleep |
| |[G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be | | |[G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be |
| |But [Am] baby, I've been [C] I've been praying hard | | |But [Am] baby, I've been [C] I've been praying hard |
| n | |[G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting [Am] stars | n | |[G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting stars |
| | [C] [G] [F] [Am] [C] [G] [F] | | |
| | | [Instrumental] [Am] [C] [G] [F] x2 |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| I feel the [Am] love and I feel it burn [C] Down this river, every turn | | I feel the [Am] love and I feel it burn [C] Down this river, every turn |
| [G] Hope is a four-letter word [F] Make that money, watch it burn | | [G] Hope is a four-letter word [F] Make that money, watch it burn |
| [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold | | [Am] Old, but I'm not that old [C] Young, but I'm not that bold |
| [G] I don't think the world is sold [F] I'm just doing what we're told | | [G] I don't think the world is sold [F] I'm just doing what we're told |
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| [Pre-Chorus] | | [Pre-Chorus] |
| n | [Am] I.. I.. I I I I..[C] feel something so [G] right, Doing the [F] wrong thing [F] I could lie, could lie, could lie | n | [Am] I.. I.. I I I I..[C] feel something so [G] right, Doing the [F] wrong thing |
| | | [F] I could lie, could lie, could lie |
| [F*] Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly | | [F*] Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly |
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| [Chorus] | | [Chorus] |
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| n | [Bridge] (Acapella clapping / tapping ukes ) | n | [Bridge (Acapella)] x4 |
| Oh, take that money watch it burn, Sink in the river the lessons I learned (x4) | | Oh, take that money watch it burn, |
| [F*] Everything that [Dm*] kills me ....... makes me feel alive. | | Sink in the river the lessons I learned |
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| n | |[Chorus] | n | F Dm |
| |[Am] Lately, I've been [C] I've been losing sleep | | Everything that kills me makes me feel alive |
| |[G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be | | |
| |But [Am] baby, I've been [C] I've been praying hard | | |
| |[G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be counting stars | | |
| |[Am] Lately, I've been [C] I've been losing sleep | | |
| |[G] Dreaming about the things that [F] we could be | | |
| |But [Am] baby, I've been [C] I've been praying hard | | |
| |[G] Said, no more counting dollars [F] We'll be, we'll be counting [Am*] stars | | |
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| t | | t | [Chorus] |
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| | | [Outro] x4 |
| | | Oh, [Am] take that money [C] watch it burn, |
| | | [G] Sink in the river [F] the lessons I learned |
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| | | [Last line Accapella] Sink in the river the lessons I learned |