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History Never Repeats

Split Enz
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (Repeat figure below)
Gsus4add13-G5
|---------|
|-1-3---3-|
|-----0---|
|---------|
|---------|
|-3-3-3-3-|
 Gsus4add13-  etc.
 History never repeats,
 I tell myself before I go to sleep.
 Gsus4add13-  etc.
 Don't say the words you might regret,
 I lost before, you know I can’t forget.
 There was a girl  I used  to know,
She  dealt my love  a savage blow,
I  was so young,  too blind  to see,
But  anyway  that’s history.
 History never repeats,
 I tell myself before I go to sleep.
 Don't say the words you might regret,
 I lost before, you know I can’t forget.
 You say I always play the fool,
 I can't go on if that’s the rule,
 Better to jump than hesitate,
 I need a change and I can’t wait.
 History never repeats,
 I tell myself before I go to sleep.
 There’s a light shining in the dark,
 Leading me on towards a change of heart.
 Intermezzo1:
 -  -  –  –  –
History  never repeats.
 History never repeats.
 Deep in the night it’s all so clear,
 I lie awake with great ideas,
 Lurking about in no-man's land,
 I think at last I understand.
 History never repeats,
 I tell myself before I go to sleep.
 There’s a light shining in the dark,
 Leading me on towards a change of heart.
 –  –  -  –  –  (x3)
 Never repeats,
 Never repeats,
 Never repeats.
 Chords Used:
 Gsus4add13: 3x0010
:  xx09(10)9
 Mads Pagh Nielsen, 2007

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Readable chord sheet for History Never Repeats by Split Enz

(Repeat figure below)

 Gsus4add13-[G5]
|---------|
|-1-3---3-|
|-----0---|
|---------|
|---------|
|-3-3-3-3-|

Gsus4add13-[G5] etc.
History never repeats,
I tell myself before I go to [Asus2]sleep.
Gsus4add13-[G5] etc.
Don't say the words you might regret,
I lost before, you know I can’t for[Asus2]get.

There was a [A]girl I [Em]used to [G]know,
[Dm]She dealt my [A]love a [Em]savage [G]blow,
[Dm]I was so [A]young, too [Em]blind to [G]see,
[Dm]But any[Fmaj7]way that’s [G]histo[Cadd9]ry.

History never repeats,
I tell myself before I go to sleep.
Don't say the words you might regret,
I lost before, you know I can’t forget.

You say I always play the fool,
I can't go on if that’s the rule,
Better to jump than hesitate,
I need a change and I can’t wait.

History never repeats,
I tell myself before I go to sleep.
There’s a light shining in the dark,
Leading me on towards a change of heart.

Intermezzo1:

[D] -  [E/D]  - [F/D] – [C/D] – [G/D] – [A/D]

[G]History never repeats.
History never repeats.

Deep in the night it’s all so clear,
I lie awake with great ideas,
Lurking about in no-man's land,
I think at last I understand.

History never repeats,
I tell myself before I go to sleep.
There’s a light shining in the dark,
Leading me on towards a change of heart.

[G] – [A/G] – [Bb/G] - [Dm7/G] – [C/G] – [D/G] (x3)

Never repeats,
Never repeats,
Never repeats.

Chords Used:

Gsus4add13:     3x0010
[A/D]:            xx09(10)9

Mads Pagh Nielsen, 2007

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