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Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

by John Mayer
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4.7 (3)
intermediate Key: C#m Tuning: E A D G B E
Version:
v3v1v2v4
Transpose
0
Capo
None
Size
100%
Intro: 
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Verse 1: 
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It's not a silly little moment. It's not the storm before the calm.
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This is the deep and dying breath of This love that we've been workin' on
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Can't seem to hold you like I want to. So I can feel you in my arms.
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Nobodies gonna come and save us. We've pulled too many false alarms.
[Chorus:}
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We're goin' down... And you can see it too.
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We're goin' down... And you know that we're doomed.
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My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room.
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Verse 2: 
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I was the one you always dreamed of You were the one I tried to draw.
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How dare you say its nothing to me Baby your the only light I ever saw
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I’ll make the most of all the sadness. You’ll be a bitch because you can.
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You’ll try to hitme just to hurtme so you leaveme feeling dirty causeyou cant understand.
[Chorus:}
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We're goin' down... And you can see it too.
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We're goin' down... And you know that we're doomed.
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My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room.
Solo/Interlude: 
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Go cry about it why don't you....
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Go cry about it why don't you....
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Go cry about it why don't you....
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My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room.
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Dont you think we oughta know by now
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Dont you think we shoulda learned somehow
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Dont you think we oughta know by now
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Dont you think we shoulda learned somehow
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| x Dead note
| / Slide-up
| \ Slide-down
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| p Pull off
| h Hammer on
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