American Shoes

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You said I'll come back, I'll come back for you my love, wait for me
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You said you're the only, you've been the only one I love, and love believes

[Chorus]
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But love is a bird that you kept in your coat, warm until it died in the dark
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And death is the love of what hurts you the most
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So you drink your day away till you're warm as paradise
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I'm not hurt I'm broken, but I called to say I'm fine
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And I heard you had another love, but I'd love you to think I don't mind
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The baby in your arms ain't mine, but I made believe as though it was
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And I didn't mean to call this late but I think I'm in love With the thought of us

[Bridge]
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[Verse]
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So you drink your day away till the liquor in your mouth laughs,
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And mirrors paint you beautiful like older photographs,
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But we grow, we grow old, even this won't last
A
No one understands, no one cares at all
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And they're tearing down our sacred places in the hall
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You know I hate to dance, still you ask, still you ask for my hand
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I love you like the kids love throwing bottles off the bridge
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And breaking in to trade your fix for American shoes
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For American shoes,
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I've been dying to lie awake in a room for two
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I'll come back, I'll come back for you my love

[Chorus]
F#m              D          A            E     F#m   D       A           E
But love is a bird that you kept in your coat, warm until it died in the dark
    F#m           D            A             E
And death is the love of what hurts you the most
        D                                               A
So you drink your day away till you're warm as paradise
A       G#m      F#m                  D           A
I'm not hurt I'm broken, but I called to say I'm fine
A           G#m       F#m         D                                    A
And I heard you had another love, but I'd love you to think I don't mind
A                G#m        F#m         D                           A
The baby in your arms ain't mine, but I made believe as though it was
A                    G#m       F#m                      D
And I didn't mean to call this late but I think I'm in love With the thought of us

A F#m D A x2 (6 down mute 5 down)
A                                      F#m
I love you like the kids love throwing bottles off the bridge
             A                           D           A
And breaking in to trade your fix for American shoes
     F#m
For American shoes,
           A             D
I've been dying to lie awake in a room for two
A   F#m    D                        A  F#m D
I'll come back, I'll come back for you my love