Pedro the Lion - Quietest friend

Well^G staving off rejectio^Cn ^Ghas always hurt like hell ^C I ^Gtook the devil's bargain, made a ^Cstranger of myself If ^Amanything was wrong, I couldn't^G tell ^{C G C} So I^G didn't see you comin^Cg ^Gbut now it's pretty clear ^C I ^Gtraded my own wisdom for a ^Cjury of my peers I ^Amignored you for thirty year^Gs ^C

^Em7You don't have to^D tell me How hard it must have^C been For you to let me^Bm in ^Em7Nothing lasts fo^Drever Now I unders^Ctand I hurt you ag^Cain My quietest friend^{G C G C}

^GFifth grade in the lunchroom^C, ^Gfickle friends are telling jokes^{C G}Making you the punchline of some ^Crandom thing I wrote They were ^Amlooking to me to land the final b^Glow ^{C G}Just to be includ^Ced^G, went straight up to my head^C I ^Gthought the joke too stupid for it to ^Cmatter what I said I was ^Amwrong but I went along with it ^{G C G}

^Em7You don't have to ^Dtell me How hard it must have ^Cbeen For you to let me^Bm in ^Em7Nothing lasts fo^Drever Now I unders^Ctand I hurt you a^Cgain My quietest friend ^{G C Em7 D}

^GWe could ^Cwrite this on re^Gminders I'd ^Dmemorize them ^GI could ^Csing them to my^Gself And whoe^Dver's listening ^GI could ^Cput them on a ^Grecord A^Dbout my hometown ^GSitting ^Chere with pen and^G paper I'm ^Dlistening now^G