Tone: [G]
Capo: 3
Verse 1
[D]Friends break up, friends get married
[Em]Strangers get born, strangers get buried
[C]Trends change, rumors fly through new skies
But [G]I'm right where you [D]left me
Matches burn after the other
[Em]Pages turn and stick to each other
[C]Wages earned and lessons learned
But I, [G]I'm right where you [D]left me
Verse 2
[D]Help, I'm still at the resta[Em]restaurant
Still sitting in a corner I [C]haunt
Cross-legged in the dim light
[G]They say, "What a sad sight"
[D]I, I swear you could hear a hair pin [Em]drop
Right when I felt the moment [C]stop
Glass shattered on the white cloth
[G]Everybody moved on, [D]I said
Chorus
[D]Please, I've been on my [Em]knees
Change the prophe[C]prophecy, don't want money
[G]Just someone who wants my compa[D]company
Let it once be [Em]me
Who do I have to [C]speak to
About if they can [G]redo the prophecy?
[Am] [G] [D] [Am] [G] [D]
Bridge
[Bm] Did you ever hear about the girl who got [C]frozen?
Time went on for everybody else, she won't [D]know it
She's still 23 inside her [C]fantasy
How it was [G]supposed to be
[Bm] Did you hear about the girl who lives in [C]delusion?
Break-ups happen every day, you don't have to [D]lose it
She's still 23 inside her [C]fantasy
And you'[G]you're sitting in [D]front of me
Verse 3
[Am]Cards on the table
[Em]Mine play out like fools in a fable
[C]Oh, it was sinking [G]in
[Am]Slow is the quicksand
[Em]Poison blood from the wound of the pricked hand
[C]Oh, I still dream of [G]him [D]
Verse 4
[D]Help, I'm still at the resta[Em]restaurant
When I was still the one you [C]want
Cross-legged in the dim light
[G]Everything was just right
[D]I, I could feel the mascara [Em]run
You told me that you met some[C]someone
Glass shattered on the white cloth
[G]Everybody moved on, [D]I said
Chorus
[D]Please, I've been on my [Em]knees
Change the prophe[C]prophecy, don't want money
[G]Just someone who wants my compa[D]company
Let it once be [Em]me
Who do I have to [C]speak to
About if they can [G]redo the prophecy?
[Am]I stayed there
Dust collected on my [G]pinned-up hair
I'm[D]I'm sure that you got a [Am]wife out there
Kids and Christmas, but I'm [G]unaware
'Cause I'm right[D]right where
I [Am]cause no harm, mind my business
If our [G]love died young, I can't[D]can't bear witness
And it's [Am]been so long
But if you ever think you [G]got it wrong
I'm rig[D]right where
Outro
You [D]left me
[Am]Hand on the throttle
[G]Thought I caught lightning in a bottle
[C]Oh, but it's gone again
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