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 C   Bm   Em   Dx2
[Verse 1]
CAnd I was surprised in a Cleveland car park
BmIn the corner, my new Texas sweetheart
EmThe perfect setting for an awkward first kiss
DYou were smiling, so my lips met your teeth
CYou pushed me back into my bed with your eyes
BmYou shift your hips to help your underpants pass your thighs
EmI couldn't see you through the dark, but I could hear your voice
DWhisper, "never let the distance catch us"
CYou told me that you've known a lot of assholes
BmHey, I'm an asshole but I'd never treat you wrong
EmNo more flying, no more whiskey or cocaine
DI can change if you promise to love me
[Chorus]
GI'd rather die on the plane flight home
CThan disappGoint you in the Cyears to come
EmLet me crash inGto the ocean
EmLet the Gwater Cfill my lungs
GI'd rather die on the plane flight home
CThan disapGpoint you in the Cyears to come
EmLet me crash iGnto the ocean
EmLet the Gwater Cfill my lungs
  C   Bm   Em   Dx2
[Verse 2]
CEverything changed when that boy got hit
BmHe fell and bashed his brains on the concrete
EmAnd I was thinking, "what the fuck's so wrong with me
DThat'd make you sit by his bed for four long days"
CAnd, oh, I know you said you were just friends
BmBut I guess I'm not as stupid as you think
EmI've been waiting for a late night accident
DBurning holes in my ceiling from my bed
CTell me - do you have a thing for the bad kid?
BmI heard he's packing heat, and sells prescription meds
EmI would've killed that motherfucker with my bare hands
DBut I changed for you, 'cause you promised
[Chrous]
GI'd rather die on the plane flight home
CThan disapGpoint you in the Cyears to come
EmLet me crash inGto the ocean
EmLet the Gwater Cfill my lungs
GI'd rather die on the plane flight home
CThan disapGpoint you in the yCears to come
EmLet me crash iGnto the ocean
EmLet the Gwater fCill my lungs
  Em   C   GX3
[Bridge]
IEmf the bad boys Gare what you want
EmI can show you Gbad, I can show you bad
EmIf the bad boys Gare what you want
I can show you Gbad, I can show you bad
EmYou want a Cboy that makes hGis mother cry
EmYou want a Cboy that drinks, Gso he can sleep at night
EmAnd all his Cfriends are at tGhe needle's edge
EmWith seatbelt tCourniquets Gin the passenger seat
EmA boy Caddicted to Ganother's sheets
EmWhen every Cgirl means no mGore than the last one did's end
REmead the sCtories Gon my hands
AEmnd my Cbroken Gbones
EmAnd the Cscars on Gmy legs
[Outro]
EmIf the Cbad boys are Gwhat you want
EmI can sChow you Gbad, I can show you bad
EmIf the Cbad boys are Gwhat you want
EmI can sChow you bad
EmI can Cshow you bad
EmI can Cshow you Gbad

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Cleveland Oh

by Little Brother

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Chords in this song · guitar

C Bm Em D

[Verse 1]

And I was surprised in a Cleveland car park

In the corner, my new Texas sweetheart

The perfect setting for an awkward first kiss

You were smiling, so my lips met your teeth

You pushed me back into my bed with your eyes

You shift your hips to help your underpants pass your thighs

I couldn't see you through the dark, but I could hear your voice

Whisper, "never let the distance catch us"

You told me that you've known a lot of assholes

Hey, I'm an asshole but I'd never treat you wrong

No more flying, no more whiskey or cocaine

I can change if you promise to love me

[Chorus]

I'd rather die on the plane flight home

C G C

Than disappoint you in the years to come

Em G

Let me crash into the ocean

Em G C

Let the water fill my lungs

I'd rather die on the plane flight home

C G C

Than disappoint you in the years to come

Em G

Let me crash into the ocean

Em G C

Let the water fill my lungs

C Bm Em D

[Verse 2]

Everything changed when that boy got hit

He fell and bashed his brains on the concrete

And I was thinking, "what the fuck's so wrong with me

That'd make you sit by his bed for four long days"

And, oh, I know you said you were just friends

But I guess I'm not as stupid as you think

I've been waiting for a late night accident

Burning holes in my ceiling from my bed

Tell me - do you have a thing for the bad kid?

I heard he's packing heat, and sells prescription meds

I would've killed that motherfucker with my bare hands

But I changed for you, 'cause you promised

[Chrous]

I'd rather die on the plane flight home

C G C

Than disappoint you in the years to come

Em G

Let me crash into the ocean

Em G C

Let the water fill my lungs

I'd rather die on the plane flight home

C G C

Than disappoint you in the years to come

Em G

Let me crash into the ocean

Em G C

Let the water fill my lungs

Em C G

[Bridge]

Em G

If the bad boys are what you want

Em G

I can show you bad, I can show you bad

Em G

If the bad boys are what you want

I can show you bad, I can show you bad

Em C G

You want a boy that makes his mother cry

Em C G

You want a boy that drinks, so he can sleep at night

Em C G

And all his friends are at the needle's edge

Em C G

With seatbelt tourniquets in the passenger seat

Em C G

A boy addicted to another's sheets

Em C G

When every girl means no more than the last one did's end

Em C G

Read the stories on my hands

Em C G

And my broken bones

Em C G

And the scars on my legs

[Outro]

Em C G

If the bad boys are what you want

Em C G

I can show you bad, I can show you bad

Em C G

If the bad boys are what you want

Em C

I can show you bad

Em C

I can show you bad

Em C G

I can show you bad

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