Memoirs Of A Dutiful Daughter chords by Onsind

Intro:

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Verse 1:

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Gretchen grabbed her copy of ‘the catcher in the rye’,
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And she shoved it in her rucksack with her packed lunch and a Ruger .45,
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The tube was crowded but she didn’t really mind,
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She liked the close proximity it made her feel alive,
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Cause she didn’t want to waste another fraction of a second,
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Isolated from the people that she saw,

Today was different, she could feel Westminster beckon,
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She wasn’t staying silent anymore,
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As she sat thinking ‘bout the dream she had the night before,


Instrumental:

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Verse 2:

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The crowds were gathered ready to shout and abuse,
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Gretchen squeezed her way up to the front so that she had a decent view,
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A head of state on foot about to wander through,
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200 angry people with complaints long overdue,
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And they didn’t want to waste another perfect opportunity,
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To give this lousy, lying sod what for,
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and Gretchen’s heart was pounding faster than a bumblebee,
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As she reached for her gun and she had a thought,
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A funny thought about the dream she had the night before,


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Verse 3:

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Gretchen cleared the fence just as her prey was walking past,
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She shouted “Oh Prime Minister!” and aimed the gun and heard an instant blast,
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And as she hit the ground she realized her fate,
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A bullet to the chest from a young copper by the gate,
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And he knew he couldn’t wait another fraction of a second,
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To neutralize the threat he saw appear,
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As she lay dying she was calmer than she’d ever felt,
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She waited for the world to disappear,
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It disappeared into the dream she had the night before,


Instrumental:

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Bridge:

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The one thing that no one could have predicted,
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Was the content of the letter that she had inside her coat,
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But that’s the thing the morning papers went with,
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“The girl who chose to die just to send us all a note”,
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And Gretchen knew the gun was never loaded,
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She simply couldn’t go on feeling frustrated by life,
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So she wrote an open letter to the public,
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And the public had it read to them by newsreaders that night,
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And this is all it said,
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Dear Public,

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They get big by making us feel small,
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I’d rather play this game by my rules, or not play this game at all,
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They shoved the world into millions of boxes,
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and I can’t help but feel the squeeze,
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So I’ll take my cue from Thelma and Louise.
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So I’ll take my cue from Thelma and Louise.
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