Counting Stars - OneRepublic

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Dm  F  C  Bb  chord pattern generally throughout the song.


[Chorus]

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

        
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be count

ing stars, yea

h we'll be cou

nting stars


[Instrumental]

        x2


[Verse 1]

           
I see this lif

e like a swing

ing vine

Swing my heart

 across the li

ne

In my face is 

flashing signs

Seek it out an

d you shall fi

nd

Old, but I'm n

ot that old

Young, but I'm

 not that bold

I don't think 

the world is s

old

I'm just doing

 what we're to

ld
           
I feel somethi

      
ng so right
          
Doing the wron

g thing
           
I feel somethi

         
ng so wrong
          
Doing the righ

t thing

I could lie, c

ould lie, coul

d lie

Everything tha

t kills me mak

es me feel ali

ve


[Chorus]

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

        
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be count

ing stars, yea

h we'll be cou

nting stars

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

       
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be count

ing stars, yea

h we'll be cou

nting stars


[Instrumental]

      


[Verse 2]

            
I feel your lo

ve and I feel 

it burn

Down this rive

r, every turn

Hope is a four

-letter word

Make that mone

y, watch it bu

rn

Old, but I'm n

ot that old

Young, but I'm

 not that bold

I don't think 

the world is s

old

I'm just doing

 what we're to

ld
           
I feel somethi

      
ng so wrong
              
Doing the righ

 
t thing

I could lie, c

ould lie, coul

d lie

Everything tha

t drowns me ma

kes me wanna f

ly


[Chorus]

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

        
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be count

ing stars, yea

h we'll be cou

nting stars

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

       
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be count

ing stars, yea

h we'll be cou

nting stars


[Bridge]


Take that mone

y

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learnt

Take that mone

y

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learnt

Take that mone

y

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons I learnt

Take that mone

y

Watch it burn

Sink in the river

The lessons are learnt

            
Everything tha

  
t kills me, ma

kes me feel al

ive


[Chorus]

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

        
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be count

ing stars

            
Lately, I've b

     
een, I've been

 losing sleep
             
Dreaming about

              
 the things th

   
at we could be
            
But baby, I've

       
 been, I've be

en praying har

d,

Said, no more 

counting dolla

rs

We'll be, we'l

l be counting 

stars


[Outro]


Take that mone

y

And watch it burn

Sink in the ri

ver

The lessons I learned

Take that mone

y

And watch it burn

Sink in the ri

ver

The lessons I learned


Take that mone

y

And watch it burn

Sink in the ri

ver

The lessons I learned

Take that mone

y

And watch it burn

Sink in the ri

ver

The lessons I learned



Other chord combinations which can be used for the song are

1. Am-C-G-F
2. Bm-D-A-G
3. C#m-E-B-A
4. Em-G-D-C