Chords for ... Well, Better Than the Alternative

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Pink lemonade [Dm] on autumn bomber [Bb] coats, Peter Pan [C] collars, but my daughter's growing [F] up.
She's gonna [Dm] be a lot like [Bb] me, but I don't [Gm] wanna be at all like me.
[F] Oh, yellow [Dm] buzzcuts, pulling out [Bb] stingers.
You're telling me I'm holding [C] up 11 [F] fingers and stranger [Dm] things than death can [Bb] happen.
Elaborate girls [C] and pretty white [Bb] rabbits, but everybody [C] knows that.
Nobody [F] knows that everybody's in [Dm] on everybody's [Bb] business.
This isn't my first [C] Christmas, I ain't no mistletoe when I see [F] it.
Baby, could you play along with me?
[Dm] Baby, would that be alright with you?
[Bb] And when we find out what's wrong with me, [C] could you tell me how I'm right for you?
[F] Baby, could you play along with [Dm] me?
Baby, would that be alright with you?
[Bb] And when we find out what's wrong with [C] me, could you tell me how, could you tell me how
and if I'm [F] still pretty?
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] Cigarette burns, [Dm] laugh lines, white dimples.
[Bb] If they could see the future [C] back when times were simple, [F] would they kiss your cheek [Dm] or
yank the bandage off, let you speak, [C] or take advantage [F] of how if everyone's sick, [Dm] well
then nobody can catch [Bb] it.
And if everybody's different, [C] how could anybody match?
[F] And we're looking through the pockets [Dm] of the hand-me-downs we laid [Bb] out, wondering if we'll
fit [C] into the estuaries we played [Bb] out.
Everybody knows [C] that, nobody knows [F] that.
Everybody's all up [Am] in my goddamn [Bb] business.
This isn't my first kiss, [C] it's better to be lost than lost now, isn't [F] it?
Baby, could you play [Am] along with me?
[Dm] Baby, would that be alright with you?
[Bb] And when we find out what's wrong with me, [C] could you tell me how I'm right for you?
[F] Baby, could you play along with me?
[Dm] Baby, would that be alright with you?
[Bb] And when we find out what's wrong with me, [C] could you tell me how, could you tell me how
and if I'm [F] still pretty?
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_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [F] Walking bikes home [Dm] with a scraped knee, [Bb] sunsets smudged across [G] your brow. _
_ [F] Warmer [Dm] tears than you've grown used to [G] since then.
_ [C] _ [F] A toast to the nosebleed [A] seats in the big [Dm] dream sequence where you're [G] found.
_ [Gm] _ Guilty of your innocence, _ [C] gently sent right back to [Bb] bed.
Everybody knows that, [F] nobody knows that.
Everybody's all up in my [Dm] motherfucking business.
[Bb] This isn't my first [C] anything.
This isn't my first [Bb] anything.
Everybody knows that, [A] nobody knows [Dm] that.
Everybody's in [G] on everybody's [Bb] business.
This isn't my first lyric, [C] I know exactly how I [F] should finish it.
Baby, could you play along [Dm] with me?
Baby, would that be alright [Bb] with you?
And when we find out what's wrong [C] with me, could you tell me how I'm right for [F] you?
Baby, could you play along with [Dm] me?
Baby, would that be alright with [Bb] you?
After all that's been done to [C] me, could you tell me how, could you tell me how, could
[F] you tell me what's wrong about what's wrong with [Dm] me?
I'm just trying to do what's right by [Bb] you.
What's wrong about what's wrong with me?
[C] Oh, I'm just trying to do what's right by you.
[F] Baby, could you play along with me?
[Dm] Baby, would that be alright with you?
After all that's been done to [C] me, could you tell me how, could you tell me [D] how?
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