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Intro: Am, F, C, E
Am F C E Am
On the porch we sit like lepers who forgot about the pain,
F C E
we count the drops of rain.
Am F G
Like veterans gone insane, the war was just a game,
C E Am
the man took back our guns, the word safe won’t ever mean the same
F C E Am
things used to seem a million times better than they were.
F C E Am F
The damage we incurred, never used to hurt, back when we had words,
G C E C
and it’s absurd, I mean the way that the tables turned.
C F
You gonna see me around, alright.
C F
Tell the baby that he could’ve been mine.
C F
How overjoyed I would have been to save your life that night, that afternoon,
C F E Am
but it wouldn’t be mine and it wouldn’t be you and that wouldn’t be right.
Am, F, C, E
Am
So take this, let me give it to you.
F C E Am
Here you are here it’s just for you, oh yeah and here’s a grain of
F
salt you should take it too,
C E
actually here’s a few,
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Am
it’s just a thing you couldn’t swing it so I’m bringing the cheese,
F G C
you can always get the truth from me if you just say please I’ll do my
E
best to make it easy.
C F
You gonna see me around, alright.
C F
Tell the baby that he could’ve been mine.
C F
How overjoyed I would have been to save your life that night, that afternoon,
C F E Am
but it wouldn’t be mine and it wouldn’t be you and that wouldn’t be right.
(Slow) Am, F, C, E
Am F C E
These eyes, behold a lot of what these hands cannot, they’re all I’ve
Am F C E
got, they’re all I ever wanted, was just these eyes.
C F
You gonna see me around, alright.
C F
Tell the baby that he could’ve been mine.
C F
How overjoyed I would have been to save your life that night, that afternoon,
C F E Am
but it wouldn’t be mine and it wouldn’t be you and that wouldn’t be right.
Alright.
C F
Tell the baby that he could’ve been mine.
C F
How overjoyed I would have been to save your life that night, that afternoon,
C F E Am
but it wouldn’t be mine and it wouldn’t be you and that wouldn’t be right.
