Souvenir

Avril Lavigne

PopAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro 
F 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Yeah yea yeah yeah yeah yeah 
F 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 
 
 
verse 1 
F 
Say say what you want just don't say that you're leaving 
  F 
I hope this summer breeze will last more than a season 
         Dm 
Will you write to me? In time we'll see 
Bb 
  Maybe spend your whole life with me 
 
 
verse 2 
      F 
We've packed our suitcases we've shut off all the windows 
     F 
Hold tight soon you and I flow anywhere the wind blows 
        Dm 
So make life to me, hold tight to me 
Bb                                  F/A 
  Stay awake the whole night with me 
 
                    Bb 
Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
      Dm 
Can I take your shirt to dry my tears? 
      F 
Can I meet you here this time next year? 
C                     Bb 
  Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
         Dm 
We could take a chance and disappear 
         F 
We could runaway get out of here 
C                     Bb 
  Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
     Dm 
Wish you were here 
 
verse 3 
  F                                 Bb 
I taste salt in the air and in your sweater that I sleep in 
  F                           Bb 
I dream of us riding bikes at sunset by the oceans 
           Dm 
Those were giddy days lazy days 
Bb                          F/A 
  Sipping rosé time to waste Sipping rosé time to waste 
 
                    Bb 
Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
      Dm 
Can I take your shirt to dry my tears? 
      F 
Can I meet you here this time next year? 
C                     Bb 
  Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
         Dm 
We could take a chance and disappear 
         F 
We could runaway get out of here 
C                     Bb 
  Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
     Dm 
Wish you were here 
 
Post-Chorus 
F 
  Yeah yeah, yeah yeah 
               Bb 
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah 
Souve-souvenir 
Dm 
  Yeah yeah, yeah yeah 
     Bb 
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah 
 
Bridge 
         Dm                Bb 
And if I leave here you're coming with me 
       Dm             Bb 
If you leave here I'm going with you 
 
                    Bb 
Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
      Dm 
Can I take your shirt to dry my tears? 
      F 
Can I meet you here this time next year? 
C                     Bb 
  Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
         Dm 
We could take a chance and disappear 
         F 
We could runaway get out of here 
C                     Bb 
  Can I keep you as a souvenir? 
     Dm 
Wish you were here

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Chord set

F · Dm · Bb · A · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.