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our Cmargins and revisions, where we Fboth first made our liviCng
in an aClcove filled with sawdust, there a nFew light fell uGpon us
hail the leCpers, call the outcasts
did we juFst not know to Cask
AmI could see you blazing through the frFost
Amin amazing grace and a hacking FcoughG  
C F C
C F G
C F C
Am F
Am F
took dictation, wrote it shorthand,
noone's sorrier than I am
I was young, that's no excuse
for the harm and the abuse
so what was it that you wanted
what would you've done if you had got it?
it was always ever gonna go so far
til someone thought to push you from the car
Amaccept no imitatFion, baby, caCtch a coGllapsing Amstar
but itF's your limitatiGons that makFe you whGat you aCre
Our margins and revisions,
where we both first learned forgiveness
by the moonlight in the forest,
where our lives spread out before us
so you wrote me in a letter
you can stay gone but don't stay bitter
it was always ever gonna end the same
til someone thought to push you 'neath the train
took vacation in new orleans
and I held you on the shore there
splurged your words, confused your thoughts
spoke in riddles noone got
so what was it that we wanted
and God forbid if we had got it
it was always gonna have to go too far
til someone turned the light out at the bar
accept no imitation, baby, catch a collapsing star
oh it's our limitations, 
it's our limitations,
oh it's our limitations,
that make us what we are

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Catch A Collapsing Star

by The Mendoza Line

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standard tuning

C F C

our margins and revisions, where we both first made our living

C F G

in an alcove filled with sawdust, there a new light fell upon us

hail the lepers, call the outcasts

F C

did we just not know to ask

Am F

I could see you blazing through the frost

Am F G

in amazing grace and a hacking cough

C F C

C F G

C F C

Am F

took dictation, wrote it shorthand,

noone's sorrier than I am

I was young, that's no excuse

for the harm and the abuse

so what was it that you wanted

what would you've done if you had got it?

it was always ever gonna go so far

til someone thought to push you from the car

Am F C G Am

accept no imitation, baby, catch a collapsing star

F G F G C

but it's your limitations that make you what you are

Our margins and revisions,

where we both first learned forgiveness

by the moonlight in the forest,

where our lives spread out before us

so you wrote me in a letter

you can stay gone but don't stay bitter

it was always ever gonna end the same

til someone thought to push you 'neath the train

took vacation in new orleans

and I held you on the shore there

splurged your words, confused your thoughts

spoke in riddles noone got

so what was it that we wanted

and God forbid if we had got it

it was always gonna have to go too far

til someone turned the light out at the bar

accept no imitation, baby, catch a collapsing star

oh it's our limitations,

it's our limitations,

oh it's our limitations,

that make us what we are

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