I've Been Here Before
Tim Lesmeister
Key: Cm
Capo: 3
Book: Another Crack in the Windshield
Number: 6

Intro:
Cm Eb Bb Cm
Cm Eb Bb Cm

Verse 1:
Cm            Eb
Standing on a mountain peak
   Bb             Cm
Surrounded by the clouds
Cm             Eb
Thinking 'bout what you said
     Bb              Cm
It's leaving me with doubts
Eb              Bb                   Cm                Bb
I can deal with pain and strife, but your words cut me like a knife
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.

Instrumental 1:
Cm Eb Bb Cm

Verse 2:
Cm                 Eb
The eyes are often blinded
       Bb             Cm
To the writing on the wall
Cm                 Eb
Words got passed between us
       Bb                 Cm
But we failed to heed the call
Eb             Bb           Cm               Bb
I can bend and never break, what you give is what I'll take
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.

Chorus:
Bb                                Cm
A compromise is hard to find when one walks out the door
        Bb                       Cm
There's two sides to this story, no one's keeping score
   Bb                            Cm
We started out with nothing, but never did feel poor
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.

Instrumental 2:
Cm Bb Cm
Cm Bb Cm

Verse 3:
Cm                 Eb
Hearts that do get broken
    Bb          Cm
Can never fully heal
Cm               Eb
Time can make it better
    Bb                  Cm
But scars you'll always feel
     Eb               Bb             Cm              Bb
I'll take the road of no return, the fire of love no longer burns
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.

Verse 4:
        Cm        Eb
There's never any reason
    Bb           Cm
For ever looking back
      Cm              Eb
Where pain was always present
    Bb               Cm
The memories are all black
         Eb         Bb               Cm             Bb
They'll always be a light ahead, I'm gonna chase it till I'm dead
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.

Chorus:
Bb                                Cm
A compromise is hard to find when one walks out the door
        Bb                       Cm
There's two sides to this story, no one's keeping score
   Bb                            Cm
We started out with nothing, but never did feel poor
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.
Eb        Bb   Cm
I've been here before.

Outro:
Cm Eb Bb Cm
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