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Fear

Ben Rector

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

BbDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
F
BbsusDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro:  
Bb Eb Bb F 
Eb F 
 
 
verse 1: 
      Bb                Eb   
Spent ten years on this pavement  
      Bb               Eb 
And I finally caught a dream 
      Bb             F          Bb  Bbsus 
If I'm honest it's a terrifying thing 
 
 
verse 2: 
              Bb           Eb 
Cause' I feel crazy taking pictures,  
       Bb              Eb 
Hear a thousand people scream,  
          Bb             F             Bb  Bbsus 
This is a lot for an Oklahoma kid like me 
 
 
         Bb              Eb 
Chase me down outside of Georgia  
      Bb              F 
I was sure that I was done  
          Bb              Eb   F          Bb  Bbsus 
Something in me would not turn around and run 
 
            Bb      Eb 
I heard the lord in California  
  Bb             F                    Bb 
I remember who I was and I learned to dance  
                   F                       Bb   Bbsus  Bb  Bbsus 
With the fear that I'd been running from 
 
 
 
 
verse 3: 
          Bb                 Eb 
I've been scared to death of failing  
            Bb              Eb  
Scared that I'd look like a fool 
        Bb               F                 Bb   Bbsus 
And I'd rather quit than risk that I could lose 
 
 
verse 4: 
            Bb            Eb 
Now I'm not proud of that position  
            Bb                   Eb 
But it's the hand that I've been dealt  
       Bb                        F              Bb    Bbsus 
And as far as I'm concerned that hand can go to hell 
 
 
 
Bridge: 
   Bb           
No I won't run away oh oh oh oh 
   Bb 
No I am not afraid oh oh oh oh 
 
      Bb              Eb         Bb              F   
I was down outside of Georgia so sure that I was done 
    Eb                        F              Bb  
But something in me would not turn around and run 
 
OUTRO: 
          Bb      Eb 
Heard the lord in California  
      Gm           F           Bb 
And I remember who I was and I learned to dance  
         F                  Bb             Bbsus   Bb   Bbsus    
With the fear that I'd been running from  
           Bb                        F                      Bb    
Learned to dance with the fear that I'd been running from 
          
 

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Chord set

Bb · Eb · F · Bbsus · Gm

Practice tip

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