Animals - Maroon 5

Letter notes for 'Animals' by Maroon 5 on keyboard/piano

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Chorus:

Baby I'm preying on you tonight
E E   E     E  E     E     D  D  B 

Hunt you down eat you alive

E       E     E      E   D     D  B 

Just like animals, animals,  like animals
E     F#  G F# E   G F# E   F#  G F# E D 

Maybe you think that you can hide
E E      E     E      E     D     D   B 

I can smell your scent for miles 

E  E    E      E     D      D     B 

Just like animals, animals, like animals
E     F#    G F# E   G F# E  F#  G F# E D 

Baby I'm - 
E  E    E


Verse 1 

So what you trying to do to me 
B    E     E     E      B   D E   E 

It's like we can't stop, we're enemies
B    E     E    E      E     B        D E E 

But we get along when I'm inside you
E     E    G    G B   B    C     B A E   G E 

You're like a drug that's killing me
B        E    E   E      B      D  E   E 

I cut you out entirely
E   E   D   D   B D E E 

But I get so high when I'm inside you
E    E   G   G  B     B      C   B A E  G E 


Pre-Chorus:

Yeah you can start over you can run free
B       B    B     B    B E   B    B   B     B 

You can find other fish in the sea

B     B    B     B E    B   B   B   B 

You can pretend it's meant to be
G    A    B   C      B    B      A   G 

But you can't stay away from me
G    A     B     C      B B    A     G 

I can still hear you making that sound

B   B   B    B    E    B B       B       B 

Taking me down rolling on the ground
B   B    B     B      B D    D E      B 

You can pretend that it was me
G     A    B  C       B    B   A G 

But no
F# G 


Chorus:

Baby I'm preying on you tonight
E E   E     E  E     E     D  D  B 

Hunt you down eat you alive
E       E     E      E   D     D  B 

Just like animals, animals,  like animals
E     F#  G F# E   G F# E   F#  G F# E D 

Maybe you think that you can hide
E E      E     E      E     D     D   B 

I can smell your scent for miles 
E  E    E      E     D      D     B 

Just like animals, animals, like animals
E     F#    G F# E   G F# E  F#  G F# E D 

Baby I'm - 

E E     E 

Verse 2:

So if I run it's not enough
B   E  E  E  B   D    E  E 

You're still in my head forever stuck
B        E    E    E    E   B D E     E  

So you can do what you wanna do 
E    E    G    B    B    C    B A   E G E 

I love your lies, I'll eat 'em up
B   E   E      E    B   D   E    E 

But don't deny the animal
E     E       D D   B  D E E 

That comes alive when I'm inside you
E        G       G B    B    C   B A E   G E 


Pre-Chorus:

Yeah you can start over you can run free
B       B    B     B    B E   B    B   B     B 

You can find other fish in the sea
B     B    B     B E    B   B   B   B 

You can pretend it's meant to be
G    A    B   C      B    B      A   G 

But you can't stay away from me
G    A     B     C      B B    A     G 

I can still hear you making that sound
B   B   B    B    E    B B       B       B 

Taking me down rolling on the ground
B   B    B     B      B D    D E      B 

You can pretend that it was me
G     A    B  C       B    B   A G 

But no
F# G 

Chorus:

Baby I'm preying on you tonight

E E   E     E  E     E     D  D  B 

Hunt you down eat you alive
E       E     E      E   D     D  B 

Just like animals, animals,  like animals
E     F#  G F# E   G F# E   F#  G F# E D 

Maybe you think that you can hide
E E      E     E      E     D     D   B 

I can smell your scent for miles 
E  E    E      E     D      D     B 

Just like animals, animals, like animals
E     F#    G F# E   G F# E  F#  G F# E D 

Baby I'm - 

E E     E 

Bridge: 

Don't tell no lies, (lie, lie, lie) 
G       G   D   B     B    A   B 

You can't deny  (ny ny ny )
G     G     D B    B   A  B 

The beast inside (side, side, side)
G      G       D B    B      A      B 

Don't tell no lies, (lie, lie, lie) 
G       G  D    B     B    A   B 

You can't deny  (ny ny ny )
G     G     D B    B   A  B 

The beast inside (side, side, side)
G      G       D B    B      A      B 

Just like animals, animals 
G     A    B  A G    B A G 

Just like animals
A B A G F# 

Just like animals, animals 
G     A    B  A G    B A G 

Just like animals

A B A G F# 

Repeat chorus + bridge 

About Me

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