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Band: The Slackers
Song: What Went Wrong
Album: Peculiar

A few parts of the lyrics are questionable, I couldn't find official ones.  The chords are right though.

That Em to Em/Eb in the chorus is done thusly:

7 to 7
8    8
9    9    
9    9
7    6
x    x



Verse 1: 
G (320003@1)                    BmGive (x24432@1)me a minute to compose myself, it's been
Em (022000@1)                  CLong, (x32010@1)long time since you been gone
G (320003@1)                         EmI (022000@1)can still remember conversations we had
    D (xx0232@1)                 Ctoo (x32010@1)bad that's all that now lingers on
G (320003@1)                    BmSo (x24432@1)many times I nearly fooled myself that some 
Em (022000@1)                       CBody (x32010@1)like you could give a damn about me
G (320003@1)                            EmBut (022000@1)then one day you stepped into my life,
          D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)
All my strife was a fleeting memory

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                 Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)              COver (x32010@1)and over in my head at night (What went wrong )
C (x32010@1)                                 Em (022000@1)   Em/Eb            CDidn't (x32010@1)lose the battle, didn't give up the fight (What went wrong )
C (x32010@1)                       Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)              CTo (x32010@1)let you go then didn't make things right (What went wrong )
C(speed (x32010@1)up strumming)                     CmCan't (x3101x@1)hide the tears from my eyes now that love's gone and passed me by 

Verse 2: 
G (320003@1)                      BmDuring (x24432@1)my life I somehow steered you wrong
Em (022000@1)                                 CFrom (x32010@1)the road once again was driving us way
G (320003@1)                            EmI (022000@1)pushed aside the things that meant so much
     D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)           
With hope that you'd be happy some day
G (320003@1)                        BmI (x24432@1)wear regret now like the lines on my face
Em (022000@1)                               CNot (x32010@1)a day passes on that you don't cross my mind (You don't cross my mind )
G (320003@1)                             EmCouldn't (022000@1)raise the spirits of a broken heart
         D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)And chance the ?

Chorus

C (x32010@1)                 Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)              COver (x32010@1)and over in my head at night (What went wrong )
C (x32010@1)                                 Em (022000@1)   Em/Eb            CDidn't (x32010@1)lose the battle, didn't give up the fight (What went wrong )
C (x32010@1)                       Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)              CTo (x32010@1)let you go then didn't make things right (What went wrong )
C(speed (x32010@1)up strumming)                     CmCan't (x3101x@1)hide the tears from my eyes now that love's gone and passed me by 

Solo: One time through verse chords, once through chorus... 

C (x32010@1)                                         CmCan't (x3101x@1)hide the tears from my eyes now that love's gone and passed me by 

Verse 3:
G (320003@1)                      BmBut (x24432@1)then one day I gathered up the nerve
Em (022000@1)                                 CTo (x32010@1)trip all of those waves I vowed not to cross
G (320003@1)                            EmIn (022000@1)for this pain that flow deep down inside
     D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)           
That still housed the dreams that all is not lost
G (320003@1)                        BmUpon (x24432@1)the threshold I now made my ascent
Em (022000@1)                               Ctowards (x32010@1)the door I should close on one careless days
G (320003@1)                             EmWithout (022000@1)a look, just pass them buzzer and in
         D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)That your name, long gone, it faded away

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                 Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)              COver (x32010@1)and over in my head at night (What went wrong )
C (x32010@1)                                 Em (022000@1)   Em/Eb            CDidn't (x32010@1)lose the battle, didn't give up the fight (What went wrong )
C (x32010@1)                       Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)              CTo (x32010@1)let you go then didn't make things right (What went wrong )
C(speed (x32010@1)up strumming)                     CmCan't (x3101x@1)hide the tears from my eyes now that love's gone and passed me by 

Key Change for this Part -  now in A:

A //// C#m //// F#m //// D // E // (repeat this line several times)

Love's gone
Love's gone
Love's gone
Now that love's gone and passed me by 

Ends on:

A //// C#m //// F#m //// D // E // 
A (hold)

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