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Intro
C
This ain't for the best
Dm
My reputation's never been worse,so
Am F
You must like me for me
C Dm Am
We can't make any promise now, can we, babe
C
But you can make me a drink (ah ah ah ah)
Dm
By all accounts, she almost drowned
D Am
When she was six in frigid water
F C
And i can confirm she made
Dm
A curious child, ever reviled
Am F
By everyone except her own father
C
With a quite bewitching face
D
Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless
Am F
Excellent fun 'til you get to know her
Then she runs like it's a race
Dm
Behind her back, her best mates laughed
Am F
And they nicknamed her 'the bolter'
C
Started with a kiss
Dm
Oh, we must stop meeting like this
Am
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
Dm
Then he'll call her a whore
Am
Wish he wouldn't be sore, but as she was leaving
F
I felt like breathing
Am Dm
All her fuckin' lives
D F
Flashed before her eyes (delicate)
C Am Dm
It feels like time
Bdim F C
She fell through the ice, the came out alive (isn't isn't isn't)
Dm Am F
Isn't isn't isn't delicate
D
He was a cad, wanted her bad
F
Just like any good trophy hunter
F
And she likes the way it tastes
Dm
Taming a bear, making him care
D Am
Watching him jump then pulling him under
F C
And at first blush, this is fate
Dm
When it's all roses, portrait poses
Am F
Central park lake in tiny rowboats
C
What a charming saturday
Dm
Long night with your hands up in my hair
Dm
Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs, stay here, honey, i don't wanna share
F
She must bolt, (cause i like you)
C
Started with a kiss
Dm
Oh, we must stop meeting like this
Am
But it always ends up with a town car speeding
F
Out the drive one evening
C
Ended with the slam of a door
Dm
Then he'll call her a whore
Am
Wish he wouldn't be sore, but as she was leaving
F
I felt like breathing
Am
All her fuckin' lives
D F
Flashed before her eyes (delicate)
C
Is it cool that i said all that
C Am Dm
It feels like time
Dm
Is it chill that you're in my head?
Am F
'cause i know that it's delicate (delicate)
C
Is it cool that i said all that
Dm
Is it too soon to do this yet?
Am F
'cause i know that it's delicate
C
She's been many places with
Dm
Men of many faces
Am
First, they're off to the races
F
And she's laughing, drawin' aces (delicate)
Em
But none of it is changin'
Am
That the chariot is waitin'
G
Hearts are hers for the breakin', there's escape in escaping
Em Am
Sometimes, when i look into your eyes
G
I pretend you're mine all the damn time (ah ah ah) cause i like you
C
Started with a kiss
Dm
'oh, we must stop meeting like this'
Am
But it always ends up with a town car speeding (delicate)
F
Out the drive one evening (delicate)
C
Yeah i want you, ended with the slam of a door
Dm
But she's got the best stories
Am
You can be sure,that as she was leaving
F
It felt like freedom (delicate)
C
('cause i like you) is it cool that i said all that?
Am Dm
All her fuckin' lives
Bm Am
Flashed before her eyes (and she realized)
C
Is it cool that i said all that?
Dm
It feels like the time
Dm
Is it chill that you're in my head?
F
She fell through the ice
Am F
'cause i know that it's delicate (delicate)
E
Then came out alive