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                             When I Was Afraid - The Thermals
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Tabbed by: Brooks Oakley

Tuning: Standard



Verse 1

C#m     A      
Time kept me line
C#m     A
Kept me defined
C#m     A           F#
It kept me safe when I was afraid

C#m     A
Kept me in line
C#m     A
Kept me defined
C#m     A           F#
It kept me sane when I was afraid

E   G#  F#  A
          Counting the days
E   G#  F#  A      
          Pacing the sky
E   G#  F#  A
        
G#        E          C#m             E
Holding every breath I had left in time

Verse 2

Gravity, I can't forget
You saved my hide a thousand ways
Gravity, I can't forgive
You let me go
I fell away when I was afraid

Falling away
Out into space
Losing all my breath when I was afraid

Chorus 1
E         
Fear was mine
G#
Fear was by my side
E
It kept me well
        G#
Hell, it kept me alive
A                       B    
I counted days as they faded away
A           B
I only felt sane when I was afraid


Love, it held me near
You held me close
I couldn't die when I was afraid
You held me close
I couldn't die
I couldn't live when I was afraid


E         
Fear was mine
G#
Fear was by my side
E
It kept me well
        G#
Hell, it kept me alive
A                       B    
I counted days as they faded away
A           B
I only felt sane when I was afraid

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