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Sex Change

Damien Rice
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
*:  (3)32033
 (note: until the last two lines of the chorus, he barely plays the top 2-3 strings at all,
 emphasizing the bottom three strings, the changing notes.)
 (verse:)
Take your hand
 Off me
Understand
 Nothing
I  needed  you
   (place/pull 7 on top  string)
 Yesterday
I  need  to move
 But you're in my way
 (You're in my way, in my way)
 (chorus:)
 It feels like you're walking  out
 You're walking  out on me
 My body is breaking  down
 It's just breaking  down on me
 It feels like you're walk-ing out
 On me
 (interlude 1: use verse chords)
 (verse:)
 Take your mind
 Off me
 You will find
 Nothing
 I need a new
 Yesterday
 I need to move
 But you're in my way
 (chorus:)
 It feels like you're walking out
 You're walking out on me
 My body is breaking down
 It's just breaking down on me
 It just feels like you're walk-ing out
 On me
 (interlude 2:)
(when  it  stagnates,  it's just Em with the note B pulled (to open A) and replaced)
 (chorus:)
 Like you're walking out
 You're walking out on me
 And my body's just breaking down
 It's just breaking down on me
 It just feels like you're walk-ing out
 On me
 (repeat verse chords for outro)
 final note**
 this is based off of the only live version to which i, and most people out there, have access.
 so obviously, if someone out there somehow has a different version, one i haven't heard,
 it might not sync up perfectly. but this is the most common version of the song available.

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Readable chord sheet for Sex Change by Damien Rice

[C]*: (3)32033
(note: until the last two lines of the chorus, he barely plays the top 2-3 strings at all,
emphasizing the bottom three strings, the changing notes.)

(verse:)
[Em]Take [D]your [C]hand
Off me  [D]      [Em]          [D]             [C]                [D]
[Em]Und[D]ers[C]tand
Nothing [D]     [Em]         [D]            [C]               [D]
[Em]I n[D]eeded y[C]ou
        [D]   [Em] (place/pull 7 on top [E] string)  [D]  [C]  [D]
Yesterday
[Em]I n[D]eed to [C]move
But you're in my way    [D]        [Em]            [D]               [C]
(You're in my way, in my way)

(chorus:)
It feels like you're w[G]alking out
You're [D]walking out on m[C]e
My body is [G]breaking down
It's just [D]breaking down on m[C]e
It feels like you're [G]walk-[D]ing [Em]out
On m[C]e   [D]

(interlude 1: use verse chords)
[Em]  [D]  [C]   [D]
[Em]  [D]  [C]

(verse:)
Take your mind
Off me
You will find
Nothing
I need a new
Yesterday
I need to move
But you're in my way

(chorus:)
It feels like you're walking out
You're walking out on me
My body is breaking down
It's just breaking down on me
It just feels like you're walk-ing out
On me

(interlude 2:)
[Em](whe[D]n i[C]t st[D]agnates, it's just Em with the note B pulled (to open A) and replaced)
[Em]  [D]  [C]   [D]

(chorus:)
Like you're walking out
You're walking out on me
And my body's just breaking down
It's just breaking down on me
It just feels like you're walk-ing out
On me

(repeat verse chords for outro)

final note**
this is based off of the only live version to which i, and most people out there, have access.
so obviously, if someone out there somehow has a different version, one i haven't heard,
it might not sync up perfectly. but this is the most common version of the song available.

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