Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: G Difficulty: Novice Intro: G C G C Verse 1: G C G C Well staving off rejection has always hurt like hell G C I took the devil's bargain, made a stranger of myself Am G C G C If anything was wrong, I couldn't tell G C G C So I didn't see you coming but now it's pretty clear G C I traded my own wisdom for a jury of my peers Am G C I ignored you for thirty years
Chorus: Em7 D You don't have to tell me C How hard it must have been Bm For you to let me in Em7 D Nothing lasts forever C Now I understand C I hurt you again G C G C My quietest friend Verse 2: G C G C Fifth grade in the lunchroom, fickle friends are telling jokes G C Making you the punchline of some random thing I wrote Am G C They were looking to me to land the final glow G C G C Just to be included, went straight up to my head G C I thought the joke too stupid for it to matter what I said Am G C G I was wrong but I went along with it Chorus: Em7 D You don't have to tell me C How hard it must have been Bm For you to let me in Em7 D Nothing lasts forever C Now I understand C I hurt you again G C Em7 D My quietest friend Verse 3: G C G We could write this on reminders D I'd memorize them G C G I could sing them to myself D And whoever's listening G C G I could put them on a record D About my hometown G C G Sitting here with pen and paper D G I'm listening now
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