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Barely Breathing

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Duncan Scott Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Sheik's upbringing was split between his parents' home in South Carolina and that of his grandparents in New Jersey. His grandmother, a piano graduate of The Juilliard School, taught him to play the piano and encouraged his musical development. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1988, after which he studied semiotics at Brown University.

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Song: BARELY BREATHING (ACOUSTIC VERSION)
Artist: Duncan Sheik
Chords by: Louie A. Ebojo
From: [email protected]

Tuning: EADGBe
Chords:
Em 022030
A x02220
A9 x02200
Am x02210
C9/G 332030
C9 x32033
D9/F# 2x0230
D xx0232
FM9/C 887080
G9 3x0233
Gm13 3x3310

[Intro]:
Em A A9 C9/G D9/F# (2x)pause

Em A A9 C9/G D9/F#
e|---0------0-----0-----0-------0------|
B|---3------2-----0-----3-------3------|
G|---0------2-----2-----0-------2------| (2x)
D|---2------2-----2-----2-------0------|
A|---2------0-----0-----3-------x------|
E|---0------x-----x-----3-------2------|

[Verse]
Em A
I know what you're doing, I see it all to clear
A9 C9/G D9/F#
I only taste the saline when I kiss away your tears.
Em A
You really had me going, wishing on a star.
A9 C9/G D9/F#
The black holes that surround you are heavier by far,
Em A
I believed in your confusion, you're so completely torn.
A9 C9/G D9/F#
It must have been that yesterday was the day that I was born.

Em A A9 C9/G D9/F# FM9/C
e|---0------0-----0-----0-------0------8----
B|---3------2-----0-----3-------3------8----
G|---0------2-----2-----0-------2------0----
D|---2------2-----2-----2-------0------7----
A|---2------0-----0-----3-------x------8----
E|---0------x-----x-----3-------2------8----

Em A
There's not much to examine, nothing left to hide.
A9 C9/G D9/F#
You really can't be serious, to have to ask me why
FM9/C
I say goodbye...

[Chorus]

C9 G9 Am FM9/C
e|---3------3------0------0-----
B|---3------3------1------8-----
G|---0------2------2------0-----
D|---2------0------2------7-----
A|---3------X------0------8-----
E|---X------3------x------8-----

C9 G9
'Cause I am barely breathing, I can't find the air,
Am FM9/C
I don't know who I'm kidding imagining you care;
C9 G9
And I could stand here waiting, a fool for another day;
Am
I don't suppose it's worth the price, it's worth the price
FM9/C
The price that I would pay yeah, yeah yeah.

Em A
Everyone keeps asking, "what's it all about?"
A9 C9/G D9/F#
I used to be so certain, now I can't figure out.
Em A
What is this attraction, it's only filled by pain?
A9 C9/G D9/F#
There's nothing left to reason and only you to blame,
FM9/C
Will it ever change?

(Repeat Chorus)

C9 G9 Am FM9/C----
But, I'm thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Bridge:]

D Am C9 Gm13
e|---2------0------3------0-----
B|---3------1------3------1-----
G|---2------2------0------3-----
D|---0------2------2------3-----
A|---x------0------3------x-----
E|---x------x------x------3-----

D Am
I've come to find, I may never know
C9 Gm13
Your changing mind, is it friend or foe?

D Am C9 Gm13 FM9/C
e|---2------0------3------0---------8----
B|---3------1------3------1---------8----
G|---2------2------0------3---------0----
D|---0------2------2------3---------7----
A|---x------0------3------x---------8----
E|---x------x------x------3---------8----

D Am
I rise above or sink below
C9 Gm13
With every time you come and go
FM9/C (pause)
Please, don't come and go...

(Repeat Chorus)

[Outro]
C9 G9 Am FM9/C----
But, I'm thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...
C9 G9 Am FM9/C----
I'm thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...
FM9/C (pause)
I know what your doin', I see it all too clear...

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