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Sympathy

Goo Goo Dolls
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 |  hammer-on
 | p pull-off
 | ~ vibrato
 | + harmonic
 | x Mute note
 | r Rest
  | |
V Not sure about
Ems / this chord name,
E|--0--|-0-|-0--|-0-|-0-|-0-|---0---| I'll call it Ems.
B|--3--|-3-|-3--|-3-|-3-|-3-|---3---|
G|--0--|-0-|-2--|-0-|-0-|-0-|---2---|
D|--2--|-0-|-0--|-0-|-4-|-2-|---0---|
A|--3--|-2-|-0--|-2-|-3-|-2-|---0---|
E|-----|---|----|-3-|---|-0-|---2---|
Stranger than  your sympathy,
 And this  is my  apolo-gy
 I'm killing myself  from the inside  out,
 And all  my fears  have pushed  you out.
And  I wished for things  that I don't  need.
 All I wanted
And  what I chase  won't set me  free.
 It's all I wanted
And  I get scared  but I'm not crawling  on my knees.
 Oh yeah, everything's  all wrong, yeah.
Everything's  all wrong, yeah.
Where  the hell did I think I was?
E|---------------|
B|---2-2---------|
G|-4-----4-4-2-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Stranger than  your sympathy,
 I take  these things  so I  don't feel.
 I'm killing myself  from the inside  out,
 And now  my head's  been filled  with doubt.
And  it's hard to lead the life  you  choose,
 All I wanted
When  all your lucks  run out on  you.
 All I wanted
And  you can't see  when all your dreams  are coming true.
 Oh yeah,  it's easy  to forget, yeah.
 And you choke  on the regrets, yeah.
 Who the hell  did I think I was?
E|---------------|
B|---2-2---------|
G|-4-----4-4-2-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Stranger than  your sympathy,
 And all  these thoughts  you stole  from me.
 And I'm  not sure  where I  be-long.
Nowhere's home  and I'm  all wrong
 And I wasn't all  the  things
 I tried  to make believe  I was.
 And I wouldn't be  the  one
 To kneel  before the dreams  I wanted
 And all  the talk,
 And all  the lies
 Were all  the  empty things  disguised as me
E|---------------|
B|---2-2---------|
G|-4-----4-4-2-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Mmmmm  Yeah.
Stranger than  your sympathy,
Stranger than  your sympathy,
 Special thanks to my guitar teacher, Mark, for figuring out this song for me.
 I wasn't sure about posting his full name so I just put his first name.

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Readable chord sheet for Sympathy by Goo Goo Dolls

| [B]  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| r  Rest

                      |                      |
                      V               Not sure about
  [Cadd9] [Em7] [Asus4]  [G]  Ems [Em]  [Asus4]/[F#]  this chord name,
E|--0--|-0-|-0--|-0-|-0-|-0-|---0---| I'll call it Ems.
B|--3--|-3-|-3--|-3-|-3-|-3-|---3---|
G|--0--|-0-|-2--|-0-|-0-|-0-|---2---|
D|--2--|-0-|-0--|-0-|-4-|-2-|---0---|
A|--3--|-2-|-0--|-2-|-3-|-2-|---0---|
E|-----|---|----|-3-|---|-0-|---2---|

[Cadd9] [Em7] [Asus4] [G]

[Cadd9]Stranger [Em7]than your [Asus4]sympat[G]hy,

And [Cadd9]this is [Em7]my a[Asus4]polo-g[G]y

I'm [Cadd9]killing [Em7]myself from the [Asus4]inside o[G]ut,

And [Cadd9]all my [Em7]fears have [Asus4]pushed you o[G]ut.

[G]And I wished for [Asus4]things that I d[Cadd9]on't need.

[Ems]    All I want[G]ed

[G]And what I [Asus4]chase won't set m[Cadd9]e free.

[Ems]    It's all I want[G]ed

[G]And I get [Asus4]scared but I'm not c[Cadd9]rawling on my knees.   [Ems]

Oh [G]yeah, [Em]everything's all wrong, [Asus4]yeah. [F#]

[Em]Everything's all wrong, [Asus4]yeah. [F#]

[Em]Where the hell did I think I [Asus4]was?

E|---------------|
B|---2-2---------|
G|-4-----4-4-2-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

[Cadd9]Stranger [Em7]than your [Asus4]sympat[G]hy,

I [Cadd9]take these [Em7]things so [Asus4]I don't f[G]eel.

I'm [Cadd9]killing [Em7]myself from the [Asus4]inside o[G]ut,

And [Cadd9]now my [Em7]head's been [Asus4]filled with d[G]oubt.

[G]And it's hard to lead the [Asus4]life y[Cadd9]ou choose,

[Ems]    All I want[G]ed

[G]When all your [Asus4]lucks run out o[Cadd9]n you.

[Ems]    All I want[G]ed

[G]And you can't [Asus4]see when all your d[Cadd9]reams are coming true.  [Ems]

Oh [G]yeah, it's [Em]easy to forget, [Asus4]yeah. [F#]

And you [Em]choke on the regrets, [Asus4]yeah. [F#]

Who the [Em]hell did I think I [Asus4]was?

E|---------------|
B|---2-2---------|
G|-4-----4-4-2-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

[Cadd9]Stranger [Em7]than your [Asus4]sympat[G]hy,

And [Cadd9]all these [Em7]thoughts you [Asus4]stole from m[G]e.

And [Cadd9]I'm not [Em7]sure where [Asus4]I be-l[G]ong.

[Cadd9]Nowhere's [Em7]home and [Asus4]I'm all w[G]rong

[Em]   And I wasn't [Asus4]all th[F#]e things

I [G]tried to make be[Asus4]lieve I was.

[Em]   And I wouldn't [Asus4]be the[F#] one

To [G]kneel before the [Cadd9]dreams I want[G]ed

And [G]all the talk,

And [Em]all the lies

Were [Asus4]all th[F#]e empty t[Em]hings disguised as m[Asus4]e

E|---------------|
B|---2-2---------|
G|-4-----4-4-2-0-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

[Cadd9]Mmmmm Y[Em7]eah.   [Asus4]           [G]

[Cadd9]Stranger [Em7]than your [Asus4]sympat[G]hy,

[Cadd9]Stranger [Em7]than your [Asus4]sympat[G]hy,

[Ending]

[Cadd9]    [Em7]       [Asus4] [G]

Special thanks to my guitar teacher, Mark, for figuring out this song for me.
I wasn't sure about posting his full name so I just put his first name.

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