Portrait Of A Blank Slate Ukulele chords by Lovejoy

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G#m

Intro:

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Verse 1:

He told me that much and now he's dead. Told me to kill my indulgences

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with a sharp blow to the temple. Pick up the phone call and do everything he says.

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Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy. I'm pretty cool once you get to know me.

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Refrain:

     I feel at some point I broke my mind.   I'm always searching, the silent type.

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How do you all make it look so easy? You open your hearts up so quickly, it scares me.

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Verse 2:

She's an artist, paints across my chest. Goes to parties, act like hotel guests.

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Wake up Monday, now it's over. Don't you know no one gets what they came here for?

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I could paint her, wrapped around her. We could make such a pretty picture.

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Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy. I'm pretty cool once you get to know me.

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Chorus:

But I'm just the same,

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I've got a boring

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name.

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Across the world of what you want and what you came here

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for.        So I'll wait here

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for you. I said, "Please, just let me

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stay".   Oh, just let me

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stay
oh

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Verse 3:

I guess you know now what to expect. He lives your own life in retrospect.

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You know it bores me? His insecurities. Breaks you down just to act as the architect.

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I could wait here, by the west pier. Watch the flotsam float, slowly disappear.

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 Oh, so happy, oh, oh, so happy. If only you knew just how much better things could be.

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Refrain:

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Another week of action

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Another hypoglycaemic reaction

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                             (Woo)

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Chorus:

But I'm just the same,

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I've got a boring

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name.

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Across the world of what you want and what you came here

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for.        So I'll wait here

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for you. I said, "Please, just let me

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stay".   Oh, just let me

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stay
Oh, just let me

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Outro:

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I'm sorry, it's all so predictable

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I'm sorry, it's all so predictable

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