Verse
A F#m C#m
It doesn't matter if I don't get to keep you
A F#m C#m
It doesn't matter if I live or die
A F#m C#m
It doesn't matter that your boyfriend left you
Bm E D
And that summer only lasted one day
[Verse 2]
A F#m C#m
I'm in the mirror with the Rickenbacker twelve string
A F#m C#m
My good friend who can really understand
A F#m C#m
But everyone's got relationship problems
Bm E D
I would surely go wrong with you, but why wouldn't I?
[Verse 3]
A F#m C#m
It doesn't matter if I don't get to keep you
A F#m C#m
It doesn't matter if I live or die
A F#m C#m
I'm in the mirror with my best friend twelve string
Bm E D
The day that you will love me, will never arrive
[Chorus]
F#m E
We were almost it
Bm D
We almost went somewhere
F#m E Bm
Charm of the tear-down left behind
F#m E
Not to be who I am
Bm D
Takes a lot of work this time
F#m E Bm
To lock everything back up inside
[Verse 4]
A F#m C#m
Doesn't matter if I don't get to keep you
A F#m C#m
Doesn't matter if I live or die
A F#m C#m
I'm in the mirror with my best friend's twelve string
Bm
Trying to worship sixties California
E D
In our not so contemporary ways
[Verse 5]
A F#m C#m
Everybody's got their heart in a wheelchair
A F#m C#m
And now I finally come up for air
A F#m C#m
The lazy eye of the sun comes up slowly
Bm E D
And a million candle-lit cities disappear
[Verse 6]
A F#m C#m
Doesn't matter if I don't get to keep you
A F#m C#m
It doesn't matter if I live or die
A F#m C#m
Doesn't matter that your boyfriend left you
Aaaahh, Aaaah
Bm E D A
But it doesn't matter that I love your smile