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Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro] E [Verse 1]
EThey got married on a Tuesday night in April FHer sister as a wiAmtness, and her sister's mEan EThe dog lying on the kitchen tile as usual FThe words written on the bAmack of the commissioner's hEand FThe words written on the bAmack of the commissioner's hEand EThey always said a big wedding wasn't nC#meeded G#mThey always said they'd proAbably always be in lEove C#mAll they really needed to hear, drG#messed in their everyday clothes AThe words written on the bBack of the commissioner's hEand
[Chorus]
CBe as kind as you cGanF#m A Bm D F#m CIf I ever becGomF#me A Bm D F#m CWhat you can't underGstF#mand A Bm D F#m
C A [Verse 2]
EThe children were keeping their vigil over the spring The waFter was weeping with rhAmythm and tone and shEade EThey decided together the finest color of all was green FEveryone else was aAmway somewhere at wEar They wrote a letEter, it said that we hope you come home wC#minners They wrote anG#mother that said, "We hope the otAhers do the sEame" Remember, evC#meryone is dying of thirst By the G#mtime they make it back to the spring AEveryone is reading the woBrds off the back of their hEand
[Chorus]
CBe as kind as you cGanF#m A Bm D F#m CIf I ever becGomF#me A Bm D F#m CWhat you can't underGstF#mand A Bm D F#m
C C [Instrumental Bridge] G F# Em F# G F# Em G F G Am G F G Am [Verse 3]
GTeddy never made it home F# Em Said he saw a UFO F# G Woke up in the rapeseed field F# Em Behind the old department store in tGhe mFall And as the sun was coming up G Am All he knew was that he'd been somewhere G F And the sound of the words going 'round in his hDead DSo weirdly familiar, like the back of his hand
[Chorus]
CBe as kind as you cGanF#m A Bm D F#m CIf I ever becGomF#me A Bm D F#m CWhat you can't underGstF#mand A Bm D F#m
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