Chords for Jackson Browne - My Stunning Mystery Companion

_ I'm going to sing this song for _ _ [Bb] _
everybody here.
This _ [G] is a song about Stan [Ab] and Lou. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ I was _ _ at this wedding once, you know, and [F] I was talking to this guy.
[B] And I knew about, like, you know, [N] the fact that we weren't married, you know.
He had recently gotten married.
And he said, how long have you been together?
I said, well, you know, like, more than 10 years.
_ He says, well, when did you finally get married, you know, because, _ because his, what did he say?
He said, like, fill out, he said, as hard as it is,
[Bb]
he says, there's something, like, there's nothing harder [Db] than, like, the 16th year of dating.
[Bb] _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] So I wrote this song because I had to figure out something to call my girlfriend.
[G] Because after about 10 years, girlfriend doesn't, [Ab] _ doesn't really quite [Eb] _
[Bb] describe it.
And _ _ _ [Eb] so I _ came across this phrase in a _ _ expired _ _ society magazine in Spain.
And it was, we were talking about somebody and seeing who was his stunning mystery companion.
I thought, that pretty much cut, that's surprisingly _ accurate right there. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] What will all my expectations all abandon?
And the future I no longer saw my hand in.
[Bb] How I found you is beyond my [Eb]
understanding.
_ [Bb] My stunning mystery companion.
I [Eb] _ know _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that you won't want to be out here forever on this road. _
_ _ _ _ _ Living on the boxes.
_ _ _ What is that?
Living on the boxes?
Where all my _ [Ab] past life has ever been stolen. _ _ _
_ _ _ Maybe you were thinking of a place, living garden [Eb] by the sea. _ _ _
Where [Bb] we could slow down.
And you could put a little more [Eb] work in on me. _ _ _ _
[Ab] What will all my [Eb] expectations all abandon? _ _
[Ab] _ _ And my solitary nature not [Eb] withstanding.
_ There's no doubt that you're the reason.
_ [Ab]
You're the one who pulled me out of that crash landing. _
[Bb] My stunning mystery [Eb] companion. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
What will all my expectations all [Eb] abandon? _
[Ab] And the life that just gets more and more demanding.
_ [Eb] Oh shit, I heard the third verse.
_ _ Excuse me.
[Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ I'm just trying to get around the fact that my guitar is so out of tune.
I can't like get it in as good.
Right _
_ [Ab] now I can't quite remember the [Eb] cause of my own tears. _ _ _ _ _
I hear you [Ab] laughing, and somehow the past [Eb] just disappears.
_ _ _ _ _ Maybe you were laughing, maybe you were joking when you said you'd take me for ten years and no more.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Maybe you had the [F] best of me, wish you could take another [Fm] ten years of me, [Bb] sure.
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] What will all my expectations all [Eb] abandon?
And the [Ab] life that just gets more and [Eb] more demanding.
_ [Ab] There's no doubt that you're the reason [Eb] I'm still standing.
_ [Bb] My stunning _ _ mystery _ [Eb] companion.
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