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   G5  Bb  Eb  Cm   F   D  G5/C
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      G5
Well, guy in a skeleton costume
Bb                         Eb
Comes up to the guy in the Superman suit
                        G5
Runs through him with a broadsword
G5
I flipped the television off
      Bb                    Eb
Bring all the bright lights up
               G5
Turn the radio up loud

Cm
I don't know why I'm so persuaded
F
That if I think things through
Eb
Long enough and hard enough
D
I'll somehow get to you

             G5
But then you came in and we locked eyes
    G5/C
You kicked the ashtray over as we came toward each other
           Eb
Stubbed my cigarette out against the west wall
D
And quickly lit another

G5
Look at that, would you look at that?
G5/C
We're throwing off sparks
G           Bb        F          Cm
What will I do when I don't have you
                       D   G5
To hold onto in the dark?

Yes, everybody's gonna need a witness
Everybody's gonna need a little back up
In case the scene gets nasty
You throw the attic window open
And I throw myself all around you
And night comes to Tallahassee

I don't know why it's gotten harder to keep myself away
Thought I'd finally beat the feeling back
It all came back today

And then we fell down and we locked arms
We knocked the dresser over as we rolled across the floor
I don't mean it when I tell you
That I don't love you anymore

Look at that, would you look at that?
The way the ceiling starts to swerve
What will I do when I don't have you
When I finally get what I deserve?