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