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Protection

Massive Attack
ChordsKeyBmbeginner
4.6(42)

Chords in this song4

Chords

B 224442
Bm 224432
A 002220
G 320003

Intro

     

Verse

This girl I know needs some shelter
She don't believe anyone can help her 
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage
But you don't want to get involved
You tell her she can manage
And you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her 
I know you want to live yourself
But could you forgive yourself
If you left her just the way
You found her
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

Chorus

You're a boy and i'm a girl
But you know you can lean on me 
And I don't have no fear
I'll take on any man here
Who says that's not the way it should be

Verse

I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
She's a girl and you're a boy
Sometimes you look so small, look so small
You've got a baby of your own
When your baby's grown, she'll be the one
To catch you when you fall
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

Chorus

You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy
You're a girl and I'm a boy

Verse

Sometimes you look so small, need some shelter
Just runnin' round and round, helter skelter 
And I've leaned on you for years
Now you can lean on me 
And that's more than love, that's the way
It should be 
Now I can't change the way you think
But I can put my arms around you 
That's just part of the deal
That's the way I feel
I put my arms around you
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow
Protection

Outro

You're a boy and i'm a girl
You're a boy and i'm a girl
You're a boy and i'm a girl
You're a boy and i'm a girl

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