Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro: C2C majorC x8 Verse 1:
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A minorAm Cookie cried for three days, till she couldn't cry no more
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G+G She ate the fridge, jumped the bridge and wound up bloated on the shore
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FF The children they all pointed at another painted score
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C majorC And somebody asked, "Can I take a picture "
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A minorAm Well, the heat down here is brutal, it's hard to do what's right
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G+G The locals shout, "You won't burn out if you don't ever shine too bright"
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FF I wish I was in your back pocket or in your arms tonight
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C majorC I wish that I was loud so you could hear me Chorus:
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A minorAm But oh, no
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A minorAm What else must I be?
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G+G It's all inside my head I guess but it reminds me
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A minorAm
G+G That I need you, honey I need you
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A minorAm
G+G There ain't nobody who can supersede you
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A minorAm
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C majorC We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now
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A minorAm Now the streets are paved with petals, the parade is coming through
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G+G It kind of feels like royalty cause' everyone's in blue
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FF And yellow flowers falling from a window, too
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C majorC Falling at the feet of such a coward
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A minorAm Ah, the mayor is kissing babies, he's almost way too kind
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G+G We're filled to the brim with honest men, they're just way too hard to find
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FF So stare into his public eyes and watch his clock unwind
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C majorC Then find him old and drowning in the deep end Chorus:
E minorEm
A minorAm But oh, no
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A minorAm What else must I see?
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G+G It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
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A minorAm
G+G That I need you, honey I need you
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A minorAm
G+G There ain't nobody who can supersede you
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C majorC We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now Verse 3:
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A minorAm Yes, I long for a hickory morning with a waltz and trumpet flare
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G+G I'm doing my best to recover from what time cannot repair
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FF I'm sick of all this solitude and pre-rehearsed despair
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C majorC My eyes are a hundred miles away from sleeping
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A minorAm Well I wish you'd write a letter, or telephone to me
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G+G This place is dark and there ain't a spark of who I used to be
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FF So the sick hearts of the unloved tell the brave souls of the sea
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C majorC "We're all closed up, why don't you come back when we're open" Chorus:
E minorEm
A minorAm But oh, no
E minorEm
A minorAm What else must I be?
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G+G It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
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A minorAm
G+G That I need you, honey I need you
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A minorAm
G+G There ain't nobody who can supersede you
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A minorAm
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C majorC We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now Verse 4:
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A minorAm There's a cracked and pale mirror that's hanging on my wall
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G+G The church bell rings and the choir sings, I can hear them from the hall
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FF Now you might not believe it, but there was no fire at all
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C majorC We danced for seven days wishing for water
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A minorAm Ah, Sagrinnon tells the fortunes, they line around the bend
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A augmentedA dollar for your problems, and five to know the end
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FF They come from miles around, just like a pack of howling men
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C majorC I wonder what she does with all that money Chorus:
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A minorAm Ah but oh, no
E minorEm
A minorAm What else must I be?
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G+G It's all inside my head I guess but it reminds me
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A minorAm
G+G That I need you, honey I need you
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A minorAm
G+G There ain't nobody who could supersede you
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A minorAm
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C majorC We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now Verse 5:
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A minorAm Ah, a simple sidewalk painter, says his life is such a bore
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G+G He spends his time with a jug of wine and a palette on the floor
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FF He screams, "Heaven! Take my eyes, because I can't paint no more."
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C majorC Honey, sometimes I, I feel just like his colors
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A minorAm I'm gonna go down to the ocean, I'm gonna to fill my boots with sand
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G+G The next time that you see me, I'll be a much more grounded man
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FF So go and do whatever it is you do and I'll do what I can
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C majorC And when we meet again you can try to know me Chorus:
E minorEm
A minorAm But oh, no
E minorEm
A minorAm What else must I see?
E minorEm
A minorAm
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G+G It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
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A minorAm
G+G That I need you, honey I need you
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A minorAm
G+G There ain't nobody who can supersede you
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A minorAm
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C majorC We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now Harmonica Solo:
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A minorAm
G+G x3
C majorC Verse 6:
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A minorAm They call me pessimistic, but it occured to me
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G+G That babies are all born crying and dying is never free
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FF But I still can't shake that feeling, that somebody's watching me
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C majorC I just thought that I would tell you Outro:
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A minorAm
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G+G
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G+G
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