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Lauren O'Connell - 1988 CAPO II A F#m
EINTRO (played in a strumming rhythm) A F#m e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-2-22-2222-22-2222--2---------------2-22-222---22-222----22-222-222-222-| G|-2-22-2222-22-2224p22--2------------2-22-222---22-222----22-222-222-222-| D|-2-22-2222-22-2222--4p22------------4-44-444---44-444----44-444-444-444-| A|-0-00-0000-00-0000--0--4p000--2-4-0-4-44-444---44-444----44-444-444-444-| E|------------------------------------2-22-2220h222-222-0h222-222-222-222-|
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There are Afour whole people in this house And AI'm the last A/G#one awake aF#mgain And toAmorrow we'll be biting nails And Abiting tongues to A/G#higher stakes Eagain And I'm Dthinking if I just don't sleep The Amorning won't sneak up on me As Djust another yesterday aEgain
CHORUS
EBut I was Dbrilliant for just one Eday In Anineteen A/G#eighty-F#meight I didn't Dhave to talk, I didn't have to think They Eflushed my sins right down a sink Ten Afingers and ten A/G#toes, and you're oF#mkay Yeah, I think that's what they Esay Well, how about todAay?
INTRO RIFF VERSE 2
I Athink the world has got my number AOh my God, there's A/G#digits in my F#meyes I Athink that I've been dancing 'round The Abrightest rooms in a A/G#cellophane disF#mguise DEverybody still remembers AThings that I said last September DOh, but worst of all, so do EI
CHORUS
But I was a Dstranger for just one Eday ABorn with the A/G#cleanest F#mslate My Dmother loved me before she knew me EGave me a name that didn't suit me But Ahey, A/G#that's okaF#my I've kept it anyEway What if Esus4I threw Eit aAway?
INTRO RIFF VERSE 3
And to Ame God's just a metaphor He's a Ametaphor for A/G#everything that's F#mstrange I Atake his name in vain a lot But AI'm not sure just A/G#what it means theseE days SomeDtimes I wish that I were still religious AAlong with a lot of other wishes But DI don't think that God would know my Ename
CHORUS
But I was forDgiven in bygone Edays When I Astill knew A/G#how to F#mpray And Dall the words were etched in gold On the Elittle Bible that I stole From my Ateacher in A/G#second gradF#me The one I didn't mean to Etake Oh, Esus4what would EJesus Asay?
INTRO RIFF D E A A/G# F#m E CHORUS/OUTRO
EAnd things were Dperfect for a Etime In Anineteen A/G#ninety-F#mnine I was eDleven years old, and we drove south Yeah, Edown to my grandfather's house And AeveryA/G#thing was fiF#mne It was right before heE died We were Esus4all so Egoddamn Afine A \ play first half of F#m / the intro here We were Eall so goddamn Afine