Intro
A# D# (x2)
[Verse 1]
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Well I said, "Take it or leave it," and she left it on the bedroom floor
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There was quiet in the corners, there was trouble in a bag behind the door
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And all the lies too oft repeated, they were seated in repose upon the porch
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And in the midst of all this clamor is the struggle to remember us before
[Chorus]
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Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet
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Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be
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Sit down beside me, pick a place and read
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And I will hear you, and I will hear you
[Post-Chorus]
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And on that day you took your turn, I sat with loneliness we learned
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Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk
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And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear
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And does insist that these things always end like this
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Like this
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Whoaaaa
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This, like this
[Verse 3]
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Well we knew there would be trials
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We knew there would be falls
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And it was gonna take a while yet
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To start to see results
[Chorus]
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Now that you're holding up your diary every time we meet
A# D#
Saying this may be the single saddest book there'll ever be
A# D#
Sit down beside me, pick a place and read
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And I will hear you, and I will hear you
[Post-Chorus]
Gm A# D#
And on that day you took your turn, I sat with longing as we learned
A# Gm
Hungry as the desert sun, darling of the doomed and drunk
A#
And all the bad news that can fit jumps in my ear
D# A# D#
And does insist that these things always end like this
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Like this
A#
Whoaaaa
D# A# D#
This, like this
[Outro]
Gm A# D# A# F (x6)