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Cutty Sark

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intro = D  
don't Ghit me with a brDoom / I muGst request relDief
don't Ghit me with a brDoom / get another cEmhief if you ain't
Ggot yourself a vDacuum / get another cEmhief if you ain't
Ggot yourself a vDacuum.............
verse 2 = don't keep me in the car / i must get to the porch
don't keep me in the car / a little torch will only get a girl
so far / a little torch will only get a girl so far.....
bridge = i am a miEmllion miles awGay from hoDme
you're the oAmnly hGuman here i kDnow
ive been as tBruthful as a mGammal can Dbe
still you insEmist on inGtertangliDn' / still 
you insiEmst on iGntertangliDn'
chorus (same chords as verse)
you've been startin' ruuuuuuuuuuuuuumors that we are
loooooooooooooovers / when you know ive been runnin'
hard in the dark / but the only thing i been a-sleepin' with is
the cutty sark / yes the only thing i been a-sleepin' with is
the cutty sark
verse 3 = so don't slap me with a suit
i swear i didn't breach
don't slap me with a suit
you wrote your friends that i'm a leech but you're just confused
you wrote your friends that i'm a leech but you're just confused
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Cutty Sark

by Vic Chesnutt

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

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intro =

G D G D

don't hit me with a broom / I must request relief

G D Em

don't hit me with a broom / get another chief if you ain't

G D Em

got yourself a vacuum / get another chief if you ain't

G D

got yourself a vacuum.............

verse 2 = don't keep me in the car / i must get to the porch

don't keep me in the car / a little torch will only get a girl

so far / a little torch will only get a girl so far.....

Em G D

bridge = i am a million miles away from home

Am G D

you're the only human here i know

B G D

ive been as truthful as a mammal can be

Em G D

still you insist on intertanglin' / still

Em G D

you insist on intertanglin'

chorus (same chords as verse)

you've been startin' ruuuuuuuuuuuuuumors that we are

loooooooooooooovers / when you know ive been runnin'

hard in the dark / but the only thing i been a-sleepin' with is

the cutty sark / yes the only thing i been a-sleepin' with is

the cutty sark

verse 3 = so don't slap me with a suit

i swear i didn't breach

don't slap me with a suit

you wrote your friends that i'm a leech but you're just confused

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