Chords for Brilliant Mistake

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[F] [G] We thought he was the king [D] of America, [C] where they bought Coca-Cola and [G] slapped vintage wine.
Now I try hard not to be [D] _ hysterical, [C] but I'm not sure that I'm [G] laughing or _ [D] crying.
I'm just trying to get him, [C] this that I could push apart, and talk in the past [F] and not the past.
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_ What's this hurting feeling?
Just something that [F] gives us common _ [Em] _ sense. _
[G] It was a bad idea at the time, now it's a [C] great _ _ _
[G] _ [C] mistake.
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[A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
She said she was working [D] for the ABC News, it [C] was as much of the alphabet [G] as she knew [D] how to use.
[G] Her perfume was unspeakable, [D] it lingered in the air.
Blacker eyes, a thicker laugh, the [G] mementos [D] of the fair.
[C] So I said, I say, you know him, isn't that [F] very fortunate for you?
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She showed me his car, little car, he came flat apart, and there [F] were more [C] than one [Em] or two.
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He was [F] a bad [G] idea at [F] the [G] time, now [Em] he's a [D] great _ _ _
[G] _ [C] mistake.
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[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[A] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] He thought he was the king of [D] _ America, [C] but it was just the boulevard [G] of [D] broken dreams.
[G] The trick they do with mirrors [D] and with _ chemicals, [C] the words and loving whispers [G] and the acts of loving sins.
[C] This that I could push apart, and talk in the past and [F] not the present.
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_ What's this loving feeling?
Just a bit like [F] it was common _ [Em] _ sense. _
[G] I was a bad idea [F] at the [G] time, now [Em] I'm [D] a great [D] _ _
[G] _ mistake.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] I was a bad idea at the time, now [Em] I'm [C] a great _ _
[G] _ mistake. _ _ _ _ _
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