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Artist: Stuart A. Staples
Intro (0:00)
F#m
Verse (0:07)
F#mIt's not that I don't love you
Or are tired of your ways
I want you to kEnow
That's F#mI'm always thinking of you
You know I'd take you with me
Wherever I Ego
Verse (0:36)
But I cF#match myself in the mirror
And I remember I gotta do something about my lEife
For I'm as F#mempty as the clothes that I laid
Crumpled where they fell to the flEoor
Verse (1:04)
I'm as eF#mmpty as the ten green bottles
Hanging in my mind from the night beEfore
And an F#mashtray full of moments
Spent thinking about the things I should have Edone
Chorus (1:30)
I say goodbye to another oF#mld friend
Yeah they stayed through thick and Ethin
Through the laughter and the tF#mears
Through every state that I've Ebeen in
And I know they don't wanna F#mhurt me
But I can see it in their eEyes
That they're killing me sF#mo gently
How can I ever say goEodbye
Verse (2:26)
For as yF#moung me we clattered through these streets
And how we hit this town ruEnning
And F#mwe were so sure of being us
We flattened everything that stood in our paEth
Now I F#mwake up and I have to find myself
Through all the shit that once told me who I Ewas
Chorus (3:04)
I say goodbye to so many F#mold friends
Here I left them to the wiEnd
And there ain't much point in cF#mhasing
The things you can never get back aEgain
But there's still some life in F#mthis one
Give me a match and I'll remiEnisce
Of a time when we were yoF#munger
And we were stealing our first crEack
Verse (3:58)
And our thoughts had turned to F#mdying
And we were unaware at the tEime
That this ride it could ever fF#mall...
Could ever slow down to this Etime...
Verse (4:24)
For I've been drunk and stoned and fF#meeling mellow
And that's how I've been getting Ethrough
Looking at the blurry shapes arF#mound me
Thinking I knew more than I Eknew
Verse (4:52)
And it's not that I don't lF#move you
Or are tired of your Eways
If I could only take you F#mwith me
If I could only ease this Epain
Outro (5:20)
F#m F#m E E
F#m F#m E E
F#m F#m E E
F#m F#m E E

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Old Friends

by Stuart A. Staples

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F#m

Artist: Stuart A. Staples

Intro (0:00)

F#m

Verse (0:07)

F#m

It's not that I don't love you

Or are tired of your ways

I want you to know

F#m

That's I'm always thinking of you

You know I'd take you with me

Wherever I go

Verse (0:36)

F#m

But I catch myself in the mirror

And I remember I gotta do something about my life

F#m

For I'm as empty as the clothes that I laid

Crumpled where they fell to the floor

Verse (1:04)

F#m

I'm as empty as the ten green bottles

Hanging in my mind from the night before

F#m

And an ashtray full of moments

Spent thinking about the things I should have done

Chorus (1:30)

F#m

I say goodbye to another old friend

Yeah they stayed through thick and thin

F#m

Through the laughter and the tears

Through every state that I've been in

F#m

And I know they don't wanna hurt me

But I can see it in their eyes

F#m

That they're killing me so gently

How can I ever say goodbye

Verse (2:26)

F#m

For as young me we clattered through these streets

And how we hit this town running

F#m

And we were so sure of being us

We flattened everything that stood in our path

F#m

Now I wake up and I have to find myself

Through all the shit that once told me who I was

Chorus (3:04)

F#m

I say goodbye to so many old friends

Here I left them to the wind

F#m

And there ain't much point in chasing

The things you can never get back again

F#m

But there's still some life in this one

Give me a match and I'll reminisce

F#m

Of a time when we were younger

And we were stealing our first crack

Verse (3:58)

F#m

And our thoughts had turned to dying

And we were unaware at the time

F#m

That this ride it could ever fall...

Could ever slow down to this time...

Verse (4:24)

F#m

For I've been drunk and stoned and feeling mellow

And that's how I've been getting through

F#m

Looking at the blurry shapes around me

Thinking I knew more than I knew

Verse (4:52)

F#m

And it's not that I don't love you

Or are tired of your ways

F#m

If I could only take you with me

If I could only ease this pain

Outro (5:20)

F#m F#m E E

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