WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Materia - What We Are Ukulele | Ver. 2
1. Appearances
2. Stay Here Forever
3. Bird Without Wings
4. Let You Down
5. This Is Goodbye
6. What We Are
7. I'd Be Lying
8. A World Outside
9. The Only One
10. I'm Alive
11. What Happens Next
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1. Appearances
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Tuning: G C E A
(INTRO)
G#m G#m E F#
F#/A# B
(VERSE)
G#m
This isn't hide and seek
E
I left, you followed me
E
I need some time to think
F#
And you know it
G#m
I'm feeling trapped inside
E
But too afraid to cry
E
I'm living my own lie
F#
And you know it
(PRE-CHORUS)
G#m
Well I've been keeping up appearances,
E
But this smile's wearing thin
(CHORUS)
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I think I might drown
G#m F#/A# B E
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I can't make a sound
D#
I hate to say it but I think it's over
G#m G#m
(VERSE)
G#m
I struggle to hold on
E
But I'm trying to be strong
F#
Hiding more then I let on
And you know it
G#m
I'm searching for a dream
E
A reason to believe
E
But I'm sinking underneath
F#
And you know it
(PRE-CHORUS)
G#m
I've been keeping up appearances
E
But this smile's wearing thin
(CHORUS)
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I think I might drown
G#m F#/A# B E
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I can't make a sound
D#
I hate to say it but I think it's over
(BREAK)
G#m G#m
E F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m G#m
I think I might drown
E F# G#m
Let me out, let me out, let me out,
G#m
Let me out, let me out, this smile's wearing thin
(CHORUS)
E F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I think I might drown
G#m F#/A# B E
I'm suffocating silently in front of the crowd
F#
Let me out, let me out
G#m
I can't make a sound
D#
I hate to say it but I think it's over
E F#
Over
G#m
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2. Stay Here Forever
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
Fm: 1-0-1-X
Db: 1-1-1-X
Ab: X-3-4-3
Eb: 0-3-3-1
(INTRO)
Fm Db Ab Eb
(VERSE)
Fm
There we were, dancing in the dark
Db Eb
Put your hands wrapped around my heart
Fm
We were kids, shamelessly in love
Db Eb
In the days when love was still enough
(PRE-CHORUS)
Db
Well take me back to when you said goodbye
Eb
So that I could change your mind
(CHORUS)
Fm
Darling don't go
Db
Don't leave me alone
Ab Eb
Come on and say we're together, say we're together
Fm
It's a mistake
Db
Don't leave me this way
Ab Eb
Come on and stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm
(VERSE)
Fm
Sneaking out to meet you in the street
Db Eb
Running fast against the summer heat
Fm
I never thought that those days would ever end
Db Eb
But here we are, you wanna be just friends
(PRE-CHORUS)
Db
Well take me back to when you said goodbye
Eb
So that I could change your mind
(CHORUS)
Fm
Darling don't go
Db
Don't leave me alone
Ab Eb
Come on and say we're together, say we're together
Fm
It's a mistake
Db
Don't leave me this way
Ab Eb
Come on and stay here forever, stay here forever
(BRIDGE)
Fm Fm Db Db Eb
Fm
Take me back to when you said goodbye, so that I could change your mind
Db Eb
Take me back to when you said goodbye, goodbye
(CHORUS)
Fm
Darling don't go
Eb
Don't leave me alone
Db Eb
Come on and say we're together, say we're together
Fm
It's a mistake
Db
Don't leave me this way
Ab Eb
Come on and stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm Db
Ab Eb
Stay here forever, stay here forever
Fm Db
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3. Bird Without Wings
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Tuning: G C E A
(VERSE)
D#m
Lately I've been feeling
F#/A#
Like a bird without its wings
B C#
Tell me how can one still fly without the other
D#m
My heart is missing a big part
F#/A#
That only you can see
B
I try so hard to patch the hole with
C#
Friends and lovers
(PRE-CHORUS)
A#m D#m
And I know you can save me
B
If I could learn to let go
C#
I just gotta let go
(CHORUS)
D#m B
I could ask you my questions
F#
But I know the answers
C# D#m
I know what's missing from this life
B
I could search for the meaning
F#
But I know what's waiting
C# D#m
I know I need you in this life
(VERSE)
D#m F#/A#
There was a time when I could hear you calling out to me
(calling out to me)
B C#
There's so much noise that its gotten in the way
D#m
I know that I could be the girl
F#/A#
You wanted me to be
B C#
I just pray you still recognize my face
(PRE-CHORUS)
A#m D#m
I know you could save me
B
If I could learn to let go
C#
Learn to let go
(CHORUS)
D#m B
I could ask you my questions
F#
But I know the answers
C# D#m
I know what's missing from this life
B
I could search for the meaning
F#
But I know what's waiting
C# B
I know I need you in this life
(BRIDGE)
C# D#m
You were the one beside my feet
F#/A# B
You were the wind upon my cheek
C# D#m
I'm letting go of everything
B
Cause now I believe
C# D#m
You were the one beside my feet
F#/A# B
You were the wind upon my cheek
C#
Each breath is a gift you've given me
D#m
And now I believe
(BUILD-UP)
I know you could save me
B
If I could learn to let go
C#
I just gotta let go
(CHORUS)
D#m B
I could ask you my questions
F#
But I know the answers
C# D#m
I know what's missing from this life
B
I could search for the meaning
F#
But I know what's waiting
C# D#m
I know I need you in this life
B F# C#
Need you in this life
D#m
In this life
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4. Let You Down
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
Gm: 0-2-3-1
Cm: X-3-3-3
Bb: 3-2-1-1
Eb: 0-3-3-1
D: 2-2-2-X
F: X-0-1-0
(VERSE)
Gm Bb
So here we are again,
Cm Gm
And you've thinkin that you've won
Gm Bb
And I still can't recognize
Cm Gm
the person that you've become
(PRE-CHORUS)
Gm Eb
Will you look and see what you've done to me?
F Gm
I've been crying on my floor
Gm Eb
Can you hear me now as I'm walking out?
F D
I won't take this, take this anymore
(CHORUS)
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to let you down,
Bb D
I didn't mean to call you out,
Gm Eb D
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to walk away
Bb D
when you were lying to my face,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to turn right back and put
D
you in your place
Gm
Or, maybe I did
(VERSE)
Gm Bb
Oh, so you're an actor now?
Cm Gm
Like guess our story was just pretend
Gm Bb
And I, bet your arrogance,
Cm Gm
It gets you in the end
(PRE-CHORUS)
Gm Eb
Did you think that I wouldn't realize?
F Gm
You played me for a fool
Gm
How do you feel now?
Eb F
Everyone found out and we all
D
know the truth, about you
(CHORUS)
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to let you down,
Bb D
I didn't mean to call you out,
Gm Eb D
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to walk away
Bb D
when you were lying to my face,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to turn right back and put
D
you in your place
Gm
Or, maybe I did
(INTERLUDE/SOLO-PART)
Eb Bb D
Gm Eb D
(BRIDGE)
Eb
You should've seen your face when I walked out,
Gm
I let the words fall out of my mouth,
Eb D
It would've felt so good to pull the curtain down,
Gm
No one believes you now
(BUILD-UP)
Bb Cm
Gm Bb Cm
I didn't mean to let you down, no
(CHORUS)
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to let you down,
Bb D
I didn't mean to call you out,
Gm Eb D
I didn't mean to spread your little secrets all around,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to walk away
Bb D
when you were lying to my face,
Gm Eb
I didn't mean to turn right back and put
D
you in your place
Gm Eb Bb
Or, maybe I did
D Gm Eb D
Maybe I did, yeah
Gm
Oh, maybe I did
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5. This Is Goodbye
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
Fm: 1-0-1-X
Ab: X-3-4-3
Db: 1-1-1-X
Eb: 0-3-3-1
(INTRO)
Fm Db Ab Ab Eb
Fm Db Ab Ab
(VERSE)
Fm Db
Hold back the tears, I've been here too long
Fm Db Eb
I'm just wasting time, so it's time to move on
Fm Db
And you can't deny, I've put off my dreams
Fm Db Eb
Throw that calendar out, there's more out there for me
(CHORUS)
Ab
So I'm gone, out the door
Eb
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm Eb
Sure it's true, I might fail
Db Eb
But not the same way as if I stayed here
Fm
This is goodbye
(VERSE)
Fm Db
Please bite your tongue, cause there's nothing to say
Fm Db Eb
I've been cursing the clock, so I'm leaving today
Fm Db
I've never been scared, of taking the chance
Fm Ab
That you never did, and you never will,
Db Eb
So how could you ever understand?
(CHORUS)
Ab
So I'm gone, out the door
Eb
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm Eb
Sure it's true, I might fail
Db Eb
But not the same way as if I stayed here
Fm
This is goodbye
Fm
(BRIDGE)
Fm Db Eb
This is my chance to make it,
Fm
This is my life,
Db Eb
I wont waste it here
(BUILD-UP)
Ab
So I'm gone, out the door
Eb
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm Eb
Sure it's true, I might fail
Db Eb
But not the same way as if I stayed here
(CHORUS)
Ab
Now I'm gone, out the door
Eb
Needed you, but not anymore
Fm Eb
Sure it's true, I might fail
Db Eb
But not the same way as if I stayed here
Fm Db
This is goodbye
Ab Eb
This is goodbye
Fm Db
This is goodbye
Ab
This is goodbye
Ab
Now I'm
Fm
gone
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6. What We Are
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Tuning: G C E A
(INTRO)
C#m C#m A F#m G#
(VERSE)
C#m
You don?t know our names
A
So call us what you want
F#m
But we won?t leave this place
G# C#m
Until we?ve left our mark
Like a cigarette
A
Try to stomp us out
F#m
The walls that you?ve built up
G#
We?re gonna burn them down
C#m A
Take or leave it, we?re not gonna change
(CHORUS)
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Forget what you?ve been told
F#m
Little do they know
G# A
We?re just getting started
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Not fooling anyone
F#m
Take a look at what we?ve done
G# C#m
We?re just getting started
(VERSE)
C#m
I can feel their eyes
A
Trying to dim our light
F#m
The harder that they try
G# C#m
The brighter we will shine
We are the wayward sounds
A
You can?t hold us down
F#m
Cause we have learned to fly
G#
With our feet on the ground
C#m A
Take or leave it, we?re not gonna change
(CHORUS)
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Forget what you?ve been told
F#m
Little do they know
G# A
We?re just getting started
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Not fooling anyone
F#m
Take a look at what we?ve done
G#
We?re just getting started
A
We?re just getting started
B Cdim C#m
We?re just getting started
(POST-CHORUS)
A E E
C#m A E B
Started
(BRIDGE)
C#m A E
Times up we?ve been hidden for too long
E C#m
Gotta scream, gotta scream it from our lungs
A E B
Times up we?ve been hidden for too long
(BUILD-UP)
A
This is what we are, this is what we are
(CHORUS)
A B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Forget what you?ve been told
F#m
Little do they know
G# A
We?re just getting started
B
This is what, this is what we are
C#m
Not fooling anyone
F#m
Take a look at what we?ve done
G#
We?re just getting started
A
We?re just getting started
B Cdim C#m
We?re just getting started
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7. I'd Be Lying
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
G#m: X-3-4-2
F#: X-6-6-4
D#: 3-3-3-X
E: X-4-4-2
B: 4-3-2-2
(VERSE)
G#m B
Each day I see it
E F#
The memory of me leaving
G#m B F#
I still don't even know the reason why
G#m B
Early one morning
E F#
I left a note with no warning
G#m B F#
Too scared to even really say goodbye
(PRE-CHORUS)
E F#
Oh I wish you could hear the truth
(CHORUS)
G#m E
That I'd be lying if I said
B F#
That I don't need you
G#m E
And I'd be lying if I said
B F#
I'm better off alone
G#m E
And I've been trying to forget
B F# G#m
The day I let you go
E F#
I'd be lying
G#m
But I guess you'll never know
(VERSE)
G#m B
You were what I needed
E F#
But I was too blind to see it
G#m B F#
I know that you never would have let me fall
(Now I'm falling down)
G#m B
And now it's too late
E F# G#m
You've gone away without a trace
B F#
It's like you were never even here at all
(PRE-CHORUS)
E F#
Oh I wish you could hear the truth
(CHORUS)
G#m E
That I'd be lying if I said
B F#
That I don't need you
G#m E
And I'd be lying if I said
B F#
I'm better off alone
G#m E
And I've been trying to forget
B F# G#m
The day I let you go
E F#
I'd be lying
(BRIDGE)
E
Because I'm a wreck when you are gone
G#m F#
I know now that I was wrong
E
I need you, I need to find you
G#m D#
Come back, come back, come back to me
E
I'm a wreck when you are gone
G#m F#
I know now that I was wrong
E
I need you, I need to find you
F#
Come back, come back, come back to me
(BUILD-UP)
G#m E B F#
And I'd be lying if I said, ohh
G#m E
I'd be lying if I said
F#
Come back, come back, come back to me
(CHORUS)
G#m E
I'd be lying if I said
B F#
That I don't need you
G#m E
And I'd be lying if I said
B F#
I'm better off alone
G#m E
And I've been trying to forget
B F# E
The day I let you go
F#
I'd be lying
G#m E B
But I guess you'll never know
F# G#m E
I guess you'll never know
G#m
Know
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8. A World Outside
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
D#m: 3-3-2-X
C#: 1-1-1-X
F#: X-1-2-1
B: 4-3-2-2
(VERSE)
D#m
I can see your loosing hope
D#m B
your smiles not the same
C#
don't try to deny it
D#m
I can hear it when you speak
D#m B
your voice gives you away
C#
so why try to hide it?
D#m
and i know you feel broken
D#m B
but I will never leave you alone
C#
Keep believing, keep on breathin'
(CHORUS)
D#m
Just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
D#m
I know you've had, enough,
B F#
but there's a world outside that's been waiting
C#
life's what you make it
so don't throw it away
(VERSE)
D#m
I know it's hard to get back up
D#m B
when the world has turned on you
C#
you can't find a reason
D#m
just reach out and take my hand
D#m B
I swear we'll make it through
C#
keep believing, keep on breathin'
(CHORUS)
D#m
Just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
D#m
I know you've had, enough,
B F#
but there's a world outside that's been waiting
C#
life's what you make it
B C#
so don't throw it away
B C#
don't throw it away
(BRIDGE)
B C#
keep believing, keep on breathin'
B
don't throw it away
C#
keep believing, keep on breathin'
(BUILD-UP)
D#m
just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
(don't throw it away)
(CHORUS)
D#m
Just don't, give up,
B F#
there's so much that you should be seeing
C#
you wouldn't believe it
D#m
I know you've had, enough,
B F#
but there's a world outside that's been waiting
C#
life's what you make it
D#m B
so don't throw it away
C# D#m
don't throw it away
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9. The Only One
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
Cm: X-3-3-3
Bb: 3-2-1-1
Ab: X-3-4-3
Eb: 0-3-3-1
(INTRO)
Cm Ab
(VERSE)
Bb Cm
I was alone when you came running
Cm
I was a stranger in the dark
Ab
You found the light in me
Ab
And you lit up my heart
Bb Cm
There was a time when I was broken
Cm
There was a piece of me with you
Ab
You put me back together
Ab Bb
And now I'm brand new
(PRE-CHORUS)
Ab Bb
Well I've been trying to find the words to say
Ab
That I'll be lost without you
Bb
Yeah I'll be lost without you
(CHORUS)
Eb
Coz you're the only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab Cm
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight
(VERSE)
Cm
If I forget to say I love you
Ab
If I get lost along the way
Cm Ab
You'll be the one guiding me back everyday
Cm
I know the road hasn't been easy
Ab
I know our faith will pull us through
Cm Ab
The promise we made through thick and thin still holds through
(PRE-CHORUS)
Ab Bb
Well I've been trying to find the words to say
(CHORUS)
Eb
Coz you're the only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab Cm
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight
(POST-CHORUS)
Bb Cm
Bb Ab
And I'll be lost without you
Bb
Yeah I'll be lost without you
(BRIDGE)
Cm Bb Cm
It doesn't matter how far away we go
Bb Ab
In your arms is a place that I call home
Bb
The place I call home
(CHORUS)
Eb
Coz you're the only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab
Coz you're the only one, the only one
Eb
The only one that gets me
Bb
And you're the only one that keeps me safe
Cm
When I'm far from sleep and lonely
Ab
You're the only one that holds me
Eb
When I'm out there chasing my dreams
Bb
And I've got you by my side
Cm
I can put this world behind me
Ab Cm
Coz you're the only one that I need tonight
(OUTRO)
Cm
I'd be lost without you
Cm
Yeah I'd be lost without you
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10. I'm Alive
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
C#m: 1-4-4-4
G#m: X-3-4-2
F#m: 2-1-2-0
B: 4-3-2-2
A: X-4-5-4
E: X-4-4-2
(VERSE)
C#m
Tell me what you really wanna say
C#m
Take that mask off, let me see your face
A B
Now it's time to end this charade
C#m
It's not real
it's not real
C#m
I can see right through your lifeless eyes
C#m
When every word was just another lie
A F#m
So comfortable in your new disguise
C#m
you're not real
C#m
you're not real
(CHORUS)
C#m
I'm alive, look inside
A
There's a heart that is beating
E B G#m
Tell me what that means to you
C#m
I am real, I can feel
A
Every word that cuts through me
E B
Must I bleed to prove to you
G#m C#m
That I'm alive
(VERSE)
C#m
Feels like I've been living with a ghost
C#m
You weren't there when you were needed most
A F#m
And all your promises were hollow
C#m
Just like you
C#m
Just like you
(CHORUS)
C#m
I'm alive, look inside
A
There's a heart that is beating
E B G#m
Tell me what that means to you
C#m
I am real, I can feel
A
Every word that cuts through me
E B
Must I bleed to prove to you
G#m C#m
That I'm alive
(INTERLUDE)
C#m C#m C#m C#m
(BRIDGE)
A F#m
Feel my heart
(I'm alive)
C#m B G#m
Feel my heart
(CHORUS)
C#m
I'm alive, look inside
A
There's a heart that is beating
E B G#m
Tell me what that means to you
C#m
I am real, I can feel
A
Every word that cuts through me
E B
Must I bleed to prove to you
G#m C#m
That I'm alive
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11. What Happens Next
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Tuning: G C E A Standard
Cm: 0-3-3-3
Bb: 3-2-1-1
Ab: X-3-4-3
Eb: 0-3-3-1
(VERSE)
Eb Bb
This is our time now, take a look around
Cm Ab
Everything is about to change
Eb
We've said our goodbyes
Bb
It's time to realize that
Cm Bb Ab
Nothing gold ever stays
(PRE-CHORUS)
Ab Eb Bb
We've set our sails for so much more
Ab
Won't let our dreams get washed ashore
Eb Bb
This is what we've waited for
(CHORUS)
Eb
So tell me what happens next
Bb
I've been dying to see
Cm
Will we finally move on
Ab
Oh it's so bittersweet
Eb
And all the days that we've shared
Bb
I will never forget
Cm Bb Ab
But it's time to find out now
Bb Ab Eb Bb
What happens next
(VERSE)
Eb Bb
Waves of memories crashing at my feet
Cm Ab
I wouldn't trade them for anything
Eb Bb
But the road ahead is a page unread
Cm Bb Ab
And there's no place I'd rather be
(CHORUS)
Eb
So tell me what happens next
Bb
I've been dying to see
Cm
Will we finally move on
Ab
Oh it's so bittersweet
Eb
And all the days that we've shared
Bb
I will never forget
Cm Bb Ab
But it's time to find out now
Bb Ab
What happens next
Bb
Yeah
(INTERLUDE)
Eb Bb Cm Ab
Eb Bb Cm Ab
(BUILD-UP)
Eb Bb
This is our time now, take a look around
Cm Ab
Everything is about to change
Eb
We've said our goodbyes
Bb
It's time to realize that
Cm Bb Ab
Things will never be the same
(CHORUS)
Eb
So tell me what happens next
Bb
I've been dying to see
Cm
Will we finally move on
Ab
Oh it's so bittersweet
Eb
And all the days that we've shared
Bb
I will never forget
Cm Bb Ab
But it's time to find out now
Bb Eb
What happens next
(OUTRO)
Bb
We've set our sails for so much more
Cm
Won't let our dreams get washed ashore
Bb Ab
This is what we've waited for
Eb
What we've waited for
Bb
We've set our sails for so much more
Cm
Won't let our dreams get washed ashore
Bb Ab
This is what we've waited for
Bb Ab
What we've waited for
Bb Eb
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Hope you enjoyed this one!
Stay KingerZ
-Matt