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For You

Barenaked Ladies
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Main Riff:
e---3--3--3--3---3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--|
B---3--3--3--3---3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--|
G---0--2--4--4p2-0--2--2h4-2--0--2--4--0--2--4--4p2-0--2--4--2--0--|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|
 (play Main Riff over 2 lines and repeat)
 I have set aside everything I love
 I have saved everything else for you
 I cannot decide what this doubt's made of
 Though I thought over it through and through
 In a  book in  a box high  upon a shelf
 In a locked and  guarded  vault
 Are the  things  I keep  only for myself
 It's your fate  but it's  not your  fault
 And for  every useless  reason  I know
 There's a reason  not to  care
 If I hide  myself wherever  I go
 Am I ever  really there?
 (Main Riff)
 There  is nowhere  else  I would rather be,
 but I can't just  be right  here
 An enigma  wrapped  in a  mystery,
 or a fool consumed  by fear
 And for  every useless  reason  I know
 There's a reason  not to  care
 If I hide  myself wherever  I go
 Am I ever  really there?
 (Main Riff)
 Play this for the first line of last verse
 e 3
 B 3
 G 0
 D 0
 I will give you all I could ever give
 Though it's less  than you  will  need
 Could  you just  forget,  if you can't forgive
 All the  things  I cannot  concede
 And for  every useless  reason  I know
 There's a reason  not to  care
 If I hide  myself wherever  I go
 Am I ever  really there?
 (Main Riff)

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Readable chord sheet for For You by Barenaked Ladies

Main Riff:
e---3--3--3--3---3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--|
B---3--3--3--3---3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--|
G---0--2--4--4p2-0--2--2h4-2--0--2--4--0--2--4--4p2-0--2--4--2--0--|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|

[G]   [F]

(play Main Riff over 2 lines and repeat)
I have set aside everything I love
I have saved everything else for you
I cannot decide what this doubt's made of
Though I thought over it through and through

In a[G] book i[Cadd9]n a box hi[G]gh upon a shelf
In a locked and[Cadd9] guarde[Dsus4]d vault[G]
Are [G]the thi[Cadd9]ngs I keep[G] only for myself
It's your fat[Cadd9]e but it'[Dsus4]s not yo[G]ur fault

And fo[Cadd9]r every us[G]eles[Cadd9]s reason[G] I know
There's a [Cadd9]reason n[G]ot [Cadd9]to care [G]
If I [Cadd9]hide my[G]self [Cadd9]whereve[G]r I go
Am I [Cadd9]ever rea[F]lly [D]th[Dsus4]ere?  [D]

(Main Riff)

Ther[G]e is no[Cadd9]where else[G] I would rather be,
but I can't jus[Cadd9]t be ri[Dsus4]ght her[G]e
An e[G]nigma w[Cadd9]rapped in [G]a mystery,
or a fool con[Cadd9]sumed by [Dsus4]fear    [G]

And fo[Cadd9]r every us[G]eles[Cadd9]s reason[G] I know
There's a [Cadd9]reason n[G]ot [Cadd9]to care [G]
If I [Cadd9]hide my[G]self [Cadd9]whereve[G]r I go
Am I [Cadd9]ever rea[F]lly [D]th[Dsus4]ere?  [D]

(Main Riff)

Play this for the first line of last verse
e 3
B 3
G 0
D 0
[A]
[E]

I will give you all I could ever give
Though it's les[Cadd9]s than [Dsus4]you wil[G]l need
Coul[G]d you j[Cadd9]ust forget[G], if you can't forgive
All t[Cadd9]he thing[F]s I [D]ca[Dsus4]nnot c[D]oncede

And fo[Cadd9]r every us[G]eles[Cadd9]s reason[G] I know
There's a [Cadd9]reason n[G]ot [Cadd9]to care [G]
If I [Cadd9]hide my[G]self [Cadd9]whereve[G]r I go
Am I [Cadd9]ever rea[F]lly [D]th[Dsus4]ere?  [D]

(Main Riff)

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