Former Owner

Intro:
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So      who was first
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   Obviously not       me
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   She's locked up in -        side herself
       A                      Bm7
And I     can't get anything       free
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So     won't somebody        tell me please
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Why the     former owner al -       ways keeps the     keys

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There's no       bubbles to burst
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No     bursting out crying nor       dying of thirst
       A                   Bm7
She's     utterly tied to       somebody else
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And it     seems he got there      first

     A                    Bm7
And     no, I'm not un -      tying
     A                                   Bm7
The     reins around her neck that she       feels
             A                               Bm7
And I won't     try to prise out of her the       truth anymore
          A                              Bm7
When she     lies about the things that      she sees
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Because the     former owner al -       ways keeps the      keys

Break:
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E7

         A       Dmaj7
There's     no        calling
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Come     here, you're necessary to         me
                 A                                   Dmaj7
There's no ex -     citement in her face when I im -        plore
       A                             Dmaj7
Cor -     rupt me and confess to me        some more

            A
And when  we     hear trees falling
        Bm7
Or see       people disappearing
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Her e -     motions won't be reached or re -       leased
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Because the     former owner is
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     (keeping the     keys)
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                       keeping the keys

        A
Like a     ticket inspector
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      running for a bus
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     Irony's revenge sur -       rounds us
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And it's i -     ronic that he promised you
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he'd       never let you go
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When he's    left you used-up and dis -       turbed

            A                          Bm7
And I said     Just as the early bird      catches the worm
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The     early cat catches the       bird
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But that     former owner is       keeping his     word
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     keeping his     word

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