Intro( palm muted) C E Am F
verse 1
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Last night when I walked into your house I noticed that the couch had moved
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And I wanted to ask you about it
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But you were talking so when you finished I opened up my mouth
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And you called me out for being bad at listening
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So I wrote this song to tell ya just how well that I can listen
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And that I think that you are really cute
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And I thought that maybe I should wait to tell you that I like you but
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I don't really have that much to lose
C E
And I could learn your favorite song and play it on my guitar
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and I'll probably sing it all wrong but it might catch your attention
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and I don't know your favorite song but it's probably by Mars Volta cause you said you really like them when
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we talked and I listened
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yeah I listened
verse 2
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so this morning when I woke up in my bed I made a list of all the things you told me last night that I had
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inside my head
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like that yellow is your favorite because it's a happy color
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and that you have been sad for as long as you remember
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and that the way your kitchen looked made you upset because it was a mess and that's the way things look when
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you're depressed
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and you sat across the room on that rocking chair you said you hate cause it is so loud and I wished that you
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had sat next to me on the couch
BRIDGE (notes picked instead of strummed)
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And I'm scared that this list is too long
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That I can't fit all these things into a song
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And still keep your attention
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So I'm trying hard to mention some important things that I feel will really demonstrate
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Just how well that I listened
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Like how you said with tears in your eyes that you wish that being grateful was enough to keep you from
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feeling sad all the time
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And that your favorite flowers are impatiens
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And that when you love somebody you wait
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Patiently for them
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And that your favorite movie is the Shawshank Redemption
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And that serenity means listening to the water down at Tucquan Glenn
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And how you make poor decisions with the people that you choose to date
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And you'll probably think I'm crazy for this and I'd tell you that I don't give a shit but that would be a lie
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because I care
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What you think about me
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And I just really, desperately want to be your next poor decision
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Be your next poor decision
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Be your next poor decision
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And I could learn your favorite song and play it on my guitar
C E Am F
And I'll probably sing it all wrong but it might catch your affection and
C E Am F
I don't know your favorite song but it might be by Mars Volta
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Cause you said you really liked them when we talked
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And I listened
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Yea, I listened