Clark Gable Tab par The Postal Service

VERSE 1
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I was waiting for a cross-town train in the London underground when it struck me

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That I've been waiting since birth to find a love that would look and sound like a movie 

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So I changed my plans I rented a camera and a van and then I called you

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"I need you to pretend that we are in love again" and you agreed to

CHORUS
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I want so badly to believe that "there is truth, that love is real"

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And I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd

INSTRUMENTAL
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VERSE 2
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I greased the lens and framed the shot using a friend as my stand-in

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The script it called for rain but it was clear that day so we faked it

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The marker snapped and I yelled "quiet on the set" and then called "action!"

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And I kissed you in a style that Clark Gable would have admired (I thought it classic)

CHORUS
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I want so badly to believe that "there is truth, that love is real"

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And I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd

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I know you're wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear

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That your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by? 

(I like to speed up my playing here to fit the faster drums)

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                                  That you tell yourself to get by?

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                                  That you tell yourself to get by?