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[E] [A] 3x
[B7] [F#m]
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[E] When [A] she said,
"Don't [E] waste your [A] words, they're [E] just lies, "
[A] I cried And [E] she [E] she was [A] deaf.
[A] worked on my [E] face until [A] breaking my [E] eyes,
Then said, [A] "What else you got [E] left?" [A]
It was [B7] then that I got up to leave
But she said, "Don't [F#m] forget,
[E] Everybody must [A] give something [E] back
For [A] something they [E] get." [A]
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[E] I stood there and [A] hummed,
I [E] tapped on her drum and [A] asked her how [E] come.
[A] And she [E] buttoned her [A] boot,
[E] And [A] straightened [E] her [A] [E] suit,
[A] Then she [E] said, "Don't [A] get cute."
So I forced my hands in my [F#m] pockets
[E] And felt with [A] my [E] thumbs,
[E] And [A] gallantly handed [E] her
[A] My very last [E] piece of [A] gum.
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[E] She threw me [A] outside,
I stood [E] in the dirt where [A] ev'ryone [E] walked.
[A] And after [E] finding [A] I'd
[E] [A] Forgotten my [E] shirt, [A] [E]
[A] I went back [E] and [A] knocked.
I [B7] waited in the hallway, she went to get it,
And I tried to make [F#m] sense
[E] Out of that [A] picture of you in your [E] wheelchair
[A] That leaned up [E] [A] against...
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[E] Her Jamaican [A] rum
And [E] when she did come, [A] I asked her for [E] some.
[A] She said, [E] "No, [A] dear."
[E] I said, [A] "Your words [E] aren't [A] clear, [E]
[A] You'd better spit [E] out your [A] gum."
She [B7] screamed till her face got so red
Then she fell on the [F#m] floor,
[E] And I covered [A] her up and [E] then
[A] Thought I'd go look [E] through her [A] drawer.
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[E] And, when I was [A] through
[E] I [A] filled up my [E] shoe
[A] And brought [E] it to [A] you.
[E] And [A] you, [E] you [A] took me in, [E]
[A] You loved [E] me then [A]
You [B7] didn't waste time.
And I, I never took [F#m] much,
[E] I never asked [A] for your [E] crutch.
[A] Now don't [E] ask for [A] mine.
