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-G Em
+G Em x3
-G Em
-G Em
 C D
-G C D G
+               G       C         D         G
 alright i'm on johnson avenue in san luis obispo
-G C D G
+and i'm five years old or six maybe
-and i'm five years old or six maybe.
+and indications that there's something wrong with our new house
-G C D G
+C             D
-and indications that there's something wrong with our new house,
+trip down the wire twice daily
-C D
-trip down the wire twice daily.
+i'm in the living room watching the watergate hearings
-G C D G
-i'm in the living room watching the watergate hearings,
-G C D G
 while my stepfather yells at my mother
-G C D G
+launches a glass across the room straight at her head
-launches a glass across the room straight at her head.
+and i dash upstairs to take cover
-C D
-and i dash upstairs to take cover,
+        C                                G
-C G
+lean in close to my little record player on the floor
-lean in close to my little record player on the floor,
+C                          D
-C D
+so this is what the volume knob's for
-so this is what the volume knob's for,
+          G C     D    G
-G C D G
+i listen to dance music
-i listen to dance music.
+G C   D    G
-G C D G
+dance music
-dance music.
 G Em x3
 C D
-ok so look i'm seventeen years old,
+ok so look i'm seventeen years old
-and you're the last best thing i've got going,
+and you're the last best thing i've got going
-but then the special super sicknesss starts to eat through you,
+but then the special secret sickness starts to eat through you
-what am i supposed to do?
+what am i supposed to do, no way of knowing
-no way of knowing.
-so i follow you down your twisting alleyways,
+so i follow you down your twisting alleyways
-find a few cul de sacs of my own.
+find a few cul de sacs of my own
-there's only one place this road ever ends up,
+there's only one place this road ever ends up
-and i don't want to die alone.
+and i don't want to die alone
-let me down,
-let me down
+                 C                           G
-let me down gently.
+let me down, let me down, let me down gently
-when the police come to get me i'm listening to dance music.
+C                       D
-dance music.
+when the police come to get me
+               G C     D    G
+i;m listening to dance music
+G C   D    G
+dance music
-outro:
+Em G x3
-Em G
-Em G
-Em G
 C D
 G C D G
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