A     G     E     A5    D5    F#    F     E5

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|---2-----0-------------------------------------------|

|---2-----0-----1-----------7-----------------9-------|

|---2-----0-----2-----7-----7-----4-----3-----9-------|

|---0-----2-----2-----7-----5-----4-----3-----7-------|

|---------3-----0-----5-----------2-----1-------------|

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Intro:  A5, G (mess around with the top string on those chords)

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Verses:

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       A             G                A

now it seems i can't keep my mind off you

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   A                   G                      E

my mind drifts back to better days we've been through

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(same chords)

like sitting on blacktop of the school grounds

the love i bitched about i finally found

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CHORUS:

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    D5       A5   G     F#       F    =


but now it's gone and i take the blame

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           D5            E5              A5

so there's nothing i can do but take the pain...why?

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A, G

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Verse2:

now i dwell on what you remind me of

a sweet young girl who sacrificed her love

as for me i am blind without a cause

and now i realized what i have lost

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CHORUS2:

it was something real that i could've had

now i play the fool who's soul's gone bad...why?

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A, G

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Bridge:

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E           A                  G

tell me the words i might have said

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(same chords)

it's pumping pressure deep inside my head

was it bad enough to be too late

just tell me the words i might have ate

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A                      G

the words i might have ate...

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repeat CHORUS1

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end with same as Intro