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Verse
C
I saw you at the railway station,
F Am
But you didn?t notice though,
I could see you waiting,
F C
Packed up, ready to go,
You were on the Southbound platform,
F Am
I was getting off a Northbound train,
Am
Looking at a phone for comfort,
Am
Some things never change,
G
How long ago it was that we were sitting touching feet,
F
Beneath a crossword cluttered table, heading somewhere.
C Am G F
Listen, we were always meant to be magnolia,
C Am G F
Listen, you and me were meant to be magnolia,
C Am G F C Am
We wilt, we bloom, leaves fall too soon,
G F
We were always gonna be magnolia.
Instrumental
C Am C F
Verse
C
We said we?d never grow up,
F Am
But it happened anyway,
Am
And now I?m thinking,
F C
Is it really such an awful shame?
C
But I?m a discontented,
F Am
Dunno what I want to be,
Am
Are we ever meant to know that?
Am
Are we ever meant to see,
G
Each other in these bodies growing older by the hour,
F
I?d rather die than let you see me in my work clothes.
C Am G F
Listen, we were always meant to be magnolia,
C Am G F
Listen, you and me were meant to be magnolia,
C Am G F C Am
We wilt, we bloom, leaves fall too soon,
G F G
We were always gonna be magnoliaaaaaaa
F
That's all we are.
Outro
C Am G F C
Magnolia (we wilt, we bloom)
Am G F C
Magnolia (leaves fall too soon)
Am G F C
Magnolia (we wilt, we bloom)
Am G F C
Magnolia (leaves fall too soon)
G
Sitting touching feet,
F
Beneath a crossword cluttered table, heading somewhere.