"Stay The Same", by Scott Andrew LePera
From the EP "American Thing"
Licensed under the Creative Commons nc-by-sa 2.0 license
Transcription by Adam Sampson
Key: G
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Sarah's got her hands tied
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she don't want a change just yet
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she's tired of snow and sidewalks
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and other things she can't forget
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always six steps behind
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you think she'd learn by now
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she can't change his mind
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no matter how far she backs down
Am7 F
and I can see just how long you've been waiting
Am7 F
and I can see how you've lived with the danger
[chorus:]
C Dm7
and, ah, it seems so strange
C/E Dm7/F
we didn't have to stay the same
C Dm7
sometimes I think I feel the way you do
C Dm7
but this city's not the place for you
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this city's not the place for you
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postcard came today
with no return address, and
no-one wants to talk about it
and we could probably do without it
Colorado
seems like a lonely place
to escape to if you're haunted
disappearing if you wanted, yeah
and I think you must have taught me something
I'm getting good at good-for-nothing
[chorus]
[guitar solo over:]
G
yeah, and I think you must have taught me something
I'm getting good at good-for-nothing
[chorus, with "but this city"]
[guitar solo over:]
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