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We Gdrained everEmy dime
In the loGwer East SEmide
And you faiGled to catch the tEmrain back to QuGeensEm  
So you caGme to my roEmom
We did some thiGngs that we knew not to dEmo
In the gGlow of the nEmights golden hGue Em  
[Chorus]
You've got a tCattered line of sDtring
That you've tBmied 'round everGything
That you waCnt to call your oDwn
But it nBmever seems to hoGld
Verse II
When we wGoke we aEmgreed
That we Gwould not ever sEmpeak
Of this niGght to anEmyone that we both kGnewEm  
And you said, "EGvery time we kEmiss
I felt sGomething that could not Emexist"
And I conGfessed that I thoEmught that I felt it tGooEm  
[Chorus]
You've got a tatCtered line of stDring
That you've Bmtied 'round evGerything
That you want to Ccall your ownBm  
But it neDver seems to hoGld
[Break]
G Em
G Em
G Em
G Em
[Chorus]
You've got a taCttered line of strDing
That you've tiBmed 'round everGything
That you waCnt to call your oDwn
But it neBmver seems to hGold

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Tattered Line Of String

by The Postal Service

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G Em

We drained every dime

G Em

In the lower East Side

G Em G Em

And you failed to catch the train back to Queens

G Em

So you came to my room

G Em

We did some things that we knew not to do

G Em G Em

In the glow of the nights golden hue

[Chorus]

C D

You've got a tattered line of string

Bm G

That you've tied 'round everything

C D

That you want to call your own

Bm G

But it never seems to hold

Verse II

G Em

When we woke we agreed

G Em

That we would not ever speak

G Em G Em

Of this night to anyone that we both knew

G Em

And you said, "Every time we kiss

G Em

I felt something that could not exist"

G Em G Em

And I confessed that I thought that I felt it too

[Chorus]

C D

You've got a tattered line of string

Bm G

That you've tied 'round everything

C Bm

That you want to call your own

D G

But it never seems to hold

[Break]

G Em

[Chorus]

C D

You've got a tattered line of string

Bm G

That you've tied 'round everything

C D

That you want to call your own

Bm G

But it never seems to hold

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