Alex Chords by Punch Brothers

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Alex, _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] short and _ sweet
_ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] Leave your boyfriend at [Am] home and the drinks [Em] are [G] on me next week _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He seems [Cm] like [F] _ [Dm] a _ [G] real good _ guy
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
And [Em] you're only [Eb] as good as [Db] your last [Bb] _ _ [C] giver _ _
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Alex, _ _ _ _ let your long hair _ _ down _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Prettiest _ brush you could ever use to paint [G] this town _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Cause you know _ as _ _ well as _ _ _ I do _
_ That you're only [Eb] _
as [Db] good as your last _ [C] giver _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ What will we [Eb] do?
_ [A] Well, [Fm] _ _ _ _
Alexandra [G] _ [Cm] don't really [C] know
_ [Fm] _
Whenever _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Fm] you _ want _ [D] it to
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Alex, _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] do [C] your _ [G] _ half _
_ _ _ _ _ Laying out _ of the need to _ [Em]
outdo [G] yourself _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He did not
_ _ _ The _ jealous cries _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ Of the sitting ducks [Eb]
shocked [C] to the [Db] last [Ab] goodbye _ _
Skyward [Eb] Bay flew until [A] it was [Fm] as far
To the street as [Cm] it was to [C] the _ [Fm] stars
_ And a star [Cm] that's as thin as the [Eb] shells of a [Ab] _ _ [Fm] powder _ [D] floor _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [A] Where they [Fm]
got _ _ nothing [Cm] above and _ [C] _ [Fm] beyond _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Alexandra, [G] it's _ _ [Eb] already _ [D] done
[G]
I _ [C] _ told you, _ _ _ honey short and sweet
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[C] It's a downside _ better than long and [Em] bitter, don't you [Gb] think?
[G] _
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Keep your feet wet _ _ _ _ and your eyes _ dry Skyward Bay
_ _ _ Cause [C] you're _ only as good as [Fm] your last _ [C] giver
Oh, _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Em] you're only [Eb] as good as
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