Bittersweet Chords by Everything But The Girl

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[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ Don't talk to me in [Em] that familiar [Am] way, when the keys are in my [Em] hand
_ [Am] _ _ Don't say that everything [Em] is here to [Am] stay, and I must try to understand
[Em] _ [C] When I'm trying _ not to look into [F] your eyes
_ [D] Trying not to listen to [C] your lies
_ Trying just to keep hold [F] of myself
[D] Oh, but it's all when you leave me [Am] on the _ shelf _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ You [Dm] say I set a [Em] path for you to [Am] follow, and I've already given in
[Em] But [Am] _ _ I only meant for [Em] you to taste, not [Am] swallow
Where I end is [Dm] where you [Em] must begin
[C] _ _ _ _ Trying not to look [F] into their eyes
_ [D] Trying [Am] not to listen [C] to their lies
_ Trying just to keep hold [F] of yourself
_ [D] Oh, I know it's hard when they leave you [Am] on the shelf
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[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] She's such a [F] sweet girl, free of the [C] taints of this world
[G] Thing that's a compliment, [F] don't [A] base up those [Dm] sentiments
[Am] Why you worship sweetness, what virtue's there in [Dm] weakness?
Being pushed [D] about is nothing much to shout [Am] about, I know
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] Trying [C] not to look into [F] their eyes
_ [Fm] Trying not to listen [C] to [G] their lies
_ [C] Trying just to keep hold of [F] yourself
Oh, [D] I know it's hard when they leave you [C] on the shelf _ _ _ _
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