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D|-5-3---7-5---|-5-3-------|
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Bb Am
I picked the right one
Bb F
You picked the wrong one
Bb Am
Days of confessing
Gm F
Nights spent obsessing
Verse 1:
Bb F
Recently I've been walking home
Bb F
And take the long way through the rain
Bb F
Sit in the cafe, the cinema
G C
I watch the people making out
Bb F
I'm lost, I know it, I'm waiting for
Bb F
Some kind of message, some kind of break
Bb F
They say good things happen if you wait
G C
I get the river of tears to cross
Bb F
I once was a butterfly
Bb F
Me and him were the golden guy
Bb F
You wanna be with a lot of fun
G C
Can you believe it all went wrong?
Bb Am
I picked the right one
Bb F
You picked the wrong one
Bb Am
Days of confessing
Gm F
Nights spent obsessing
Verse 2:
Bb F
(Woo!) Where did all the people go? (Where did they go?)
Bb F
'Cause when you break that's when you know
Bb F
Who's on your side and who's with him
G C
And all the rubbish that's in between
Bb F
I didn't mean to make me cry
Bb F
You took the love and let it die
Bass Riff
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D|-----------|
A|-8-5---5---|
E|-----8---5-|
Bb F
There's a place where love remains
G
I'm gonna find it and
Bridge:
Bb Am
there I'll stay
Bb Am
There I'm gonna stay
C G
The little dried up streams on my face are painting a horror show
C G
Just between myself and the mirror I am a lonely soul
Am
Oh but I try to overcome
Em
Oh and I'm feeling numb
F A
I listen to my friends' advice but it all falls flat
F C
When I finally see her with him that's when I know
Interlude:
Bb
Oh, I should let it go
Am
Let it go
Gm
Let it go
F
Let it go
Guitar Riff Bass Riff
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Verse 3:
Bb F
I need something to make this right (makin' it right)
Bb F
I'm out of faith, I'm out of life (oh-oh-oh)
Bb F
I join a lonely hearts club band (banging the drum)
G C
Banging the drum for a different guy
Bb F
But listen to me, what a drag
Bb F
This kinda thing's just not my bag
Bass Riff
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D|-----------|
A|-8-5---5---|
E|-----8---5-|
Bb F
They wanted me to be a king
G C
They brought me up to fight and win