Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Hundreds of stories
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Before I showed up
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They'd tell them to me
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And pull photos up
Bm
They're all connected
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Like a pair of handcuffs
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No one seemed affected
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That everyone is fucked
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But there was a softness
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Some kind of understanding
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Those 2am decisions
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Always shaky landings
Bm
And no one ever knew
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What could be demanded
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Maybe it's the cards
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The cards that she was handed
[Chorus]
D A E
You called me up from a pay phone
F#m E
I said "Hang tight, I can drive you home"
D A E
I pulled on up and with a southern accent
F#m E
I offered you my dad's leather jacket
[Verse 2]
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I met her at a party
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She'd come straight from work
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Complained that the regulars
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Were all a bunch of jerks
Bm
She always looked tired
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But she dazzled as a drunk
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She even pulled off
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That stupid hair cut
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She said, "I don't need a sponsor
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Or the best lover
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Just a man that sees me
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As some fixer-upper
Bm
The last few years
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I've been running for cover
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Trying to sleep
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So I can visit my mother"
[Chorus]
D A E
You called me up from a pay phone
F#m E
I said "Hang tight, I can drive you home"
D A E
I pulled on up and with a southern accent
F#m E
I offered you my dad's leather jacket
[Chorus 2]
D A E
When times were tough in the worst years
F#m E
We never knew how to interfere
D A E
And now you're back and just unpacking
F#m E
Those bruised up takers you keep attracting
[Bridge]
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In September
A/C#
When it goes off
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Like some god damn
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Alarm clock
Bm
And he hits her
A/C#
Like a third shot
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Conversations
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She just stares off
Bm
There's no longer
A/C#
E voice calling
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When she goes out
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Saying, "I'll be up waiting for you"
[Chorus]
D A E
You called me up from a pay phone
F#m E
I said "Hang tight, I can drive you home"
D A E
I pulled on up and with a southern accent
F#m E
I offered you my dad's leather jacket
[Chorus 2]
D A E
When times were tough in the worst years
F#m E
We never knew how to interfere
D A E
And now you're back and just unpacking
F#m E
Those bruised up takers you keep attracting
[Outro]
D A E
You call me up from a pay phone
F#m - E - D
Ooh-ooh-ooh
(x4)
And I said, "Who the fuck uses a pay phone?"