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Dunce

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G        (dead strum)
G      D      C     G
G      D      C     Cm
GKaitlyn's in her bDedroom, she's watching Cmovies and packing Gup for UCLA.
GI'm just glad I Dgot to be waking up next Cto you, you'll make a Cmrich man really happy someday.
G D C Cm
Cause I've got weird Gvalues, and radical thoughts about Dbreakthrough, if I told you it'd just Cscare you,
so I gotta act like IG'm caught up in the same undertow.
GCause I could buy off Dyour stress, and make bank off Cnonsense,
well there's days I Cmwish i really could sink that low.
GOver the phone its hard to Dtell you all the shit I've Cbeen through, 
just know our petty Glives won't break while they're bending.
And my manic patterns show that I'll Dprobably end up all alone, 
Cthinking I could make a happy drone but I was Cmstupid young with dreams too far to Dfall 
on, add it to my proCblems, and punch the dry wall.
G G D C
Oh its all getting so riGdiculous.

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Dunce

by Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra

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G (dead strum)

G D C G

G D C Cm

G D C G

Kaitlyn's in her bedroom, she's watching movies and packing up for UCLA.

G D C Cm

I'm just glad I got to be waking up next to you, you'll make a rich man really happy someday.

G D C Cm

G D C

Cause I've got weird values, and radical thoughts about breakthrough, if I told you it'd just scare you,

so I gotta act like I'm caught up in the same undertow.

G D C

Cause I could buy off your stress, and make bank off nonsense,

well there's days I wish i really could sink that low.

G D C

Over the phone its hard to tell you all the shit I've been through,

just know our petty lives won't break while they're bending.

And my manic patterns show that I'll probably end up all alone,

C Cm D

thinking I could make a happy drone but I was stupid young with dreams too far to fall

on, add it to my problems, and punch the dry wall.

G G D C

Oh its all getting so ridiculous.

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