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[Verse 1]
AI wish I was your comfort
DI'd build you a Anest, you'd be my bluebird
DI'd shut out the F#mworld that don't deserve you
AAnd I'd make you a home
[Verse 2]
AIf I was your journal
DYou could tell me Aeverything you yearn for
DI'd be the fragile F#mpages that you turn to
DWhen you feel alAone
[Chorus]
DOh, AI Eonly saw you once
In a F#mChinese Erestaurant
DYou had your hoodie up
ABeer in a Styrofoam cup
EI didn't have the guts to talk you up
DOh, AI onEly saw you once
EIn a Chinese restaurant
[Verse 3]
AI could be your boyfriend
DYour confidant, your loAver and your best friend
DThe hole in the F#mfence at the dead end
DSomebody you could gAet into debt with
ACome here
[Chorus]
DOh, AI Eonly saw you once
In a F#mChinese Erestaurant
DYou had your hoodie up
ABeer in a Styrofoam cup
EI didn't have the guts to talk you up
DOh, AI onEly saw you once
EIn a Chinese restaurant
DI swear that we locked eyes
AUnder the fluorescent lights
EI didn't have the guts to talk you up
[Bridge]:
DI only saw you onceA, somehow I know I'm right for you
EI only saw you once sF#mo tell me why I'd Edie for you
DAnd all these other girls I see thAem 'round but they won't do
ETell me where are you now, where are you now, oh, oh
[Chorus]
DOh, AI Eonly saw you once
In a F#mChinese Erestaurant
DYou had your hoodie up
ABeer in a Styrofoam cup
EI didn't have the guts to talk you up
DOh, AI onEly saw you once
EIn a Chinese restaurant
DI swear that we locked eyes
AUnder the fluorescent lights
EI didn't have the guts to talk you up
[Outro]
AWish I was your comfort
DI'd build you a Anest, you'd be my bluebird
DI'd shut out the F#mworld that don't deserve you
DAnd I'd make you Aa home

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Chinese Restaurant

by Scott Helman

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F#m

[Verse 1]

I wish I was your comfort

D A

I'd build you a nest, you'd be my bluebird

D F#m

I'd shut out the world that don't deserve you

And I'd make you a home

[Verse 2]

If I was your journal

D A

You could tell me everything you yearn for

D F#m

I'd be the fragile pages that you turn to

D A

When you feel alone

[Chorus]

D A E

Oh, I only saw you once

F#m E

In a Chinese restaurant

You had your hoodie up

Beer in a Styrofoam cup

I didn't have the guts to talk you up

D A E

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

[Verse 3]

I could be your boyfriend

D A

Your confidant, your lover and your best friend

D F#m

The hole in the fence at the dead end

D A

Somebody you could get into debt with

Come here

[Chorus]

D A E

Oh, I only saw you once

F#m E

In a Chinese restaurant

You had your hoodie up

Beer in a Styrofoam cup

I didn't have the guts to talk you up

D A E

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

I swear that we locked eyes

Under the fluorescent lights

I didn't have the guts to talk you up

[Bridge]:

D A

I only saw you once, somehow I know I'm right for you

E F#m E

I only saw you once so tell me why I'd die for you

D A

And all these other girls I see them 'round but they won't do

Tell me where are you now, where are you now, oh, oh

[Chorus]

D A E

Oh, I only saw you once

F#m E

In a Chinese restaurant

You had your hoodie up

Beer in a Styrofoam cup

I didn't have the guts to talk you up

D A E

Oh, I only saw you once

In a Chinese restaurant

I swear that we locked eyes

Under the fluorescent lights

I didn't have the guts to talk you up

[Outro]

Wish I was your comfort

D A

I'd build you a nest, you'd be my bluebird

D F#m

I'd shut out the world that don't deserve you

D A

And I'd make you a home

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