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C    Em D   x2


D                                                   G
You were attached to your Civic sedan, although the brakes always needed repair
Em                      A                       Em                                A    
You were headed out to buy some supplies, you could smell the threat of rain in the air

D                                      C
I can only see the scene second-hand   I can only try to understand
      Bm                                          G
How a small amount of pressure in the right place breaks the strongest link in the chain

        D             A            Bm             A             G                 Em
In your car with your head in your hands at the far end of the Walmart parking lot
        C                      D
Trying not to buckle under the strain

D   Bm  G x2

D                                     G
Every single night after prime timе    Loud enough to hear in your sleep
    Em                            A               Em                     A    
The salеsman from the lot half a mile from here   Yelling down the hood of his Jeep

D                                           C
"I'll take anything that the others won't   I can see the value where others don't!"
       Bm                                          G
Just a small amount of pressure in the right place  Two fingers to the temple of my head

        D             A            Bm             A             G                 Em
In your car with your head in your hands at the far end of the Walmart parking lot
                                     A
Trying not to buckle under the strain

                                        Bm                 Bm           A               G
Striking a bargain with the imp in your brain  Prepared to take another knock for the short game
            D        A       Bm        A  G     C                              A
But you can ask any veteran running back         Eventually your joints complain

D                                                 G
You were headed home at 80 miles an hour with your fingers sweating under your gloves
Em                           A                   Em                                A    
Everyone deserves a little light in their hair, everybody needs to love and be loved

D                                      C
That's what all the people say anyway  I can save my thoughts for another day
         Bm                                           G
Maybe a small amount of pressure in the right place   Anything to help with the pain

        D             A            Bm             A             G                 Em
In your car with your head in your hands at the far end of the Walmart parking lot
        C                      D
Trying not to buckle under the strain

D Bm G x4