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Album: 
Year:  2006
Difficulty: 
5.33
(Intermediate)
Key: E, C#m, DbmChords
First Verse:

So the wind the blows across your room,
E E
Carry cheap perfume onto your dresser,
A A E E
It rained for jewelery and for credit cards,
(continue with E E)
Two tickets to a film I don't remember,
A A E E
One day you'll kiss your rabbit's nose, pick up the phone,
A A
To find I've been turned over,
E E
You grab that piece of gold,
A A
Only to find that the smell has taken over,
E E
And all the things you had,
A A
They aren't the same
B B
As what you hold
E E
Second Verse:

Now I'm standin' in a room,
E E
That's filled with older folks,
A A
They're pleading baby listen,
E E
And I scream as loud as anyone,
(continue with E E)
But when asked to make a point,
A A
I tend to whisper
E E
Now highways turn the tidal waves,
A A
An' they're askin' me to export all of your insecurities,
E E
But that wind that blows across your room,
A A
It's gonna' set the sails,
(continue with A A)
And send me back to yooou, ooh,

Chorus

Sometimes, when sailors are sailin', they,
E E
Think twice, about where they're anchorin'
A A
And I think, I could make better use,
E E
Of my time on land,
A A
I'll drink less,
E E
Cause Lord knows I could use a,
A A
Warm kiss, Instead of the call goodbye
B B
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them,
A A
Hey, Yeah I'm doin' allright

Bridge/Fast Part:

(E E, A A, E E, A A, A A, B B)= repeat once!

It's a shame what your father did,
E E A A
To your brothers head, he smashed it with the telephone
E E A A A A B B
Your mother got scared and locked the door,
E E A A
You were only four, but Lord, you remember it,
E E B B A A A A
So now you're scared of love
A A
I'm here to tell you love's not some fucking blood on the receiver
(continue with A A) (E E, A A, E E, B B, A A, A A)

Love is speaking in code
A A
It's an inside joke, love is coming, home,
(continue with A A)

Repeat Chorus, (but a little faster)
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Yeah I'm doin' just fine,
A A
An' if she seems as lonely as me,
B B
Let her, sink,
A A
Yeah I'm doin' alright,
E E
Yeah I'm doin' just fine,
A A
An' if she seems as lonely as me, let her,
B B
Sink, you let her, sink, well let her!
A A

(E E, A A, E E, A A, A A, B B)= 3 times
(E E, A A, E E, B B, A A, A A, E E, let ring on last note!)

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