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