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The Fear

Ben Howard

PopMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

Am×
G
C×
Em
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 5th fret
              
 
 
 
 
 
Am                                        G 
Mama, cold hearted child, tell me how you feel 
       Am                                 G 
Just a blade in the grass, spoke unto the wheel 
Am                                               G 
Mama, cold hearted child, tell me where it's all gone 
Am                                                 G 
The luster of your bones, those arms that held you strong 
 
 
C                       Em        D        C 
I been worryin' that my time is a little unclear 
                         Em         D            C 
I been worryin' that I'm losing the one's I hold dear 
                         Em            D                         C 
I been worrying, than we all, live our lives, in the confines of fear 
 
 
C  Em 
 
 
Am                                        G 
Mama, cold hearted child, tell me how you feel 
Am                                                 G 
Just agrain in the morning air, dark shadow on the hill 
Am                                             G 
Mama, cold hearted child, tell me where it all fall's 
Am                                             G 
Oh this apathy you feel will make a fool of us all 
 
 
C                       Em        D        C 
I been worryin' that my time is a little unclear 
                         Em         D            C 
I been worryin' that I'm losing the one's I hold dear 
 
                        Em           D                        C 
I been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear 
 
 
Em          G             C 
Oh I will become what I deserve 
                                  Em       G             C 
I been worryin', I been worryin', I will become what I deserve 
                        Em        D        C 
I been worryin' that my time is a little unclear 
                         Em         D            C 
I been worryin' that I'm losing the one's I hold dear 
                        Em           D                        C 
I been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · G · C · Em · D

Practice tip

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