Tone: [Am]
Capo: 3
Intro
[Am]
[Dm] [Em]
[Am]
[Dm] [Em]
Verse 1
[Am]Vintage tee, brand new [Dm]phone
High heels o[Em]n cobble[Am]stones
[Am]When you are young, they assume you know no[Dm]thing [Em]
[Dm]Sequin sm[Em]ile, black lip[Am]stick
Sensu[Dm]al poli[Dm]tics
[Dm]When you are [Em]young, they assume you know no[Am]thing [G]
Pre-chorus
[F]But I knew you, dancing in your [Am]Levi's, drunk under a [G]streelight, I
[F]I knew you, hand under my [Am]sweatshirt, baby, kiss it [G]better, I
Chorus
[F]And when I felt like I was an old [Am]cardigan under [G]someone's bed,
[F]you put me on and said I was your [Em]favourite
Verse 2
[Am]Let me be your leccy meter
[Dm]And I'll never run [Em]out
Let [Am]me be the portable heater
[Dm]That you’ll get cold [Em]without
[Am]I wanna be your setting lotion (Wanna be...)
[Dm]hold your hair in deep [Em]devotion (How deep...?)
N.C. At least as deep as the Pacific ocean
I [Dm]wanna be [Em]yours
[Dm]A friend to [Em]all is a friend to [Am]none
Chase two [Dm]girls, lose the [Dm]one
[Dm]When you are [Em]young, they assume you know no[Am]thing [G]
Pre-chorus
[F]But I knew you, playing hide-and-[Am]seek and giving me your [G]weekends, I
[F]I knew you, your heartbeat on the [Am]High Line,
once in twenty [G]lifetimes, I
Chorus
[F]And when I felt like I was an old [Am]cardigan under [G]someone's bed,
[F]you put me on and said I was your [Am]favourite [G]
[F]I wanna be your vacuum cleaner,
[Am]breathing in your [G]dust
[F]I wanna be your Ford Cortina
[Am]I'll never [G]rust
Bridge
To kiss in [F]cars and downtown bars was all we nee[Am]ded [G]
You drew [F]stars around my scars, but now I'm [Am]bleed[G]in'
Pre-chorus
[F]'Cause I knew you,
steppin' on the [Am]last train, marked me like a [G]bloodstain, I
[F]I knew you, tried to change the [Am]ending, Peter losing [G]Wendy, I
[F]I knew you, leaving like a [Am]father, running like [G]water, I
[F]But when you are young they assume you know [Am]nothing [G]
Chorus
But I knew you'd [F]linger like a tattooed kiss
I knew you'd [Am]haunt all of my what-[G]ifs
The smell of [F]smoke would hang around this long
'Cause I knew [Am]everything when I was [G]young
I knew I'd [F]curse you for the longest time
Chasing sha[Am]dows in the grocery [G]line
I knew you'd [F]miss me once the thrill expired
And you'd be st[Am]anding in my front porch [G]light
I knew you'd come [F]back to me
You'd come [Am]back to me [G]
You'd come [F]back to me
You'd come [Am]back [G]
I just [F]wanna be yours
I just [Am]wanna be [G]yours
I just [F]wanna be yours [Am] [G]
Outro
[F]And when I felt like I was an old [Am]cardigan under [G]someone's bed,
[F]you put me on and said I was your [Em]favourite
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