Placebo - Protect Me From What I Want: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Protect Me From What I Want" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Em                       C
It's that desease of the age
                           Am
It's that desease that we crave
                         G
Alone at the end of the rave
D/F#                   Em
We catch the last bus home

Em                 C
Corporate America wakes
                    Am
Coffee republic in case
                          G
We open the latch on the gate
D/F#                         Em
Of the hole that we call our home

Chorus:
Em                      C
Protect me from what I want
                        Am
Protect me from what I want
                        G
Protect me from what I want
D/F#                 Em
Protect me protect me

Maybe we're victims of fate
Remember when we'd celebrate
We'd drink and get high until late
And now we're all alone

Wedding bells ain't gonna chime
With both of us guilty of crime
And both of us sentenced to time
And now we're all alone

Chorus:
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Protect Me From What I Want" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Protect Me From What I Want" by Placebo.