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[Verse 1]
DBaltimore's quiet and cold, there's no Dship in the bay
To take me back home in Gtime for the holiday
Oh DeAcember never ends
If Dyou'd come here instead, I've got gifts and food and friends
Plenty of Groom in my bed
Only Ayou can help me mend
[Refrain]
So Bmhere's to being Galone, to anyone Don that road, D/C#if anyone's listening
Will Bmthink of me when I'm Ggone, it's not gonna Dhurt for long
So D/C#you can just forGget
And I can't Alive without regret
[Verse 2]
DBaltimore's quiet and cold, so I walk dDown to the bay
Where everyone's gone inGside for the holiday
Oh DeAcember never ends
So Dwill you make up your mind, over time I've found a piece of me
Somewhere Gon these empty streets
That AI could never bring myself to leave
[Refrain]
So Bmhere's to being Galone, to anyone Don that road, D/C#if anyone's listening
Will Bmthink of me when I'm Ggone, it's not gonna Dhurt for long
So D/C#you can just forGget
[Bridge]
GWhen I return to you at last
BmSurprise me in red and black
AOh no, you never Dever give in, never give in
GIn your smile, there's a certain lack
BmA muscle strain from front to back
ASo I'll do anything to get me right back home
[Refrain]
So Bmhere's to being Galone, to anyone Don that road, D/C#if anyone's listening
Will Bmthink of me when I'm Ggone, it's not gonna Dhurt for long
So Bmhere's to being Galone, to anyone Don that road, D/C#if anyone's listening
Will Bmthink of me when I'm Ggone, it's not gonna Dhurt for long
So D/C#you can just forGget
And I can't Alive without regret

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City That Reads

by The Graduate

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D/C#

[Verse 1]

D D

Baltimore's quiet and cold, there's no ship in the bay

To take me back home in time for the holiday

Oh December never ends

If you'd come here instead, I've got gifts and food and friends

Plenty of room in my bed

Only you can help me mend

[Refrain]

Bm G D D/C#

So here's to being alone, to anyone on that road, if anyone's listening

Bm G D

Will think of me when I'm gone, it's not gonna hurt for long

D/C# G

So you can just forget

And I can't live without regret

[Verse 2]

D D

Baltimore's quiet and cold, so I walk down to the bay

Where everyone's gone inside for the holiday

Oh December never ends

So will you make up your mind, over time I've found a piece of me

Somewhere on these empty streets

That I could never bring myself to leave

[Refrain]

Bm G D D/C#

So here's to being alone, to anyone on that road, if anyone's listening

Bm G D

Will think of me when I'm gone, it's not gonna hurt for long

D/C# G

So you can just forget

[Bridge]

When I return to you at last

Surprise me in red and black

A D

Oh no, you never ever give in, never give in

In your smile, there's a certain lack

A muscle strain from front to back

So I'll do anything to get me right back home

[Refrain]

Bm G D D/C#

So here's to being alone, to anyone on that road, if anyone's listening

Bm G D

Will think of me when I'm gone, it's not gonna hurt for long

Bm G D D/C#

So here's to being alone, to anyone on that road, if anyone's listening

Bm G D

Will think of me when I'm gone, it's not gonna hurt for long

D/C# G

So you can just forget

And I can't live without regret

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