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The Sweetest Thing

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Capo 1st Fret
INTRO
 C|  Dm|  C|   F(x4)
VERSE
CI'm going on a Dmdate tonight
  CTo try to fall Fout of love with Cyou
I know, I know thDmis is a crime
  CBut I don't know Fwhat else to Cdo
 C|  Dm|  C| F  
My love, you're in a magazine
My love, you're doing fine, you're on TV
You pull my heart out and then you run away
From Chicago to Cleveland you leave me pain
  DmYou leave me CpainF  
CHORUS
CWhen you're lucid you're the Dmsweetest thing
  CI would trade my Fmother to hear you Csing
When you're lucid you're the Dmsweetest thing
  CI would trade my Fmother
VERSE 
On the bus radio, 
"Fifty ways to leave your lover alone"
I laughed at the irony
But life is stupid, the irony all lost on me
It got lost on me
(CHORUS)
INSTRUMENTAL
 C|  Dm|  C|   F(x2)
 G|  F|  G|  Am|  Dm  
VERSE 
You challenged me to write a love song
Here it is, I think I got it wrong
I focused on the negative
The pain was too much to write and sing
Oh, it was not a nice incentive
CHORUS
When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing   
I would trade my mother to hear you sing     (X3)
When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing
I would trade my mother
But Cshe don't Dmknow 
Just Chow far I'd Fgo
Would I Cwalk for a hundred Dmmiles 
for a Cglimpse of your northern Fsmile?
OUTRO
 C|  Dm|  C|   F(x4) 
 C|

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The Sweetest Thing

by Camera Obscura

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1st Fret

INTRO

C Dm C F

| | | (x4)

VERSE

C Dm

I'm going on a date tonight

C F C

To try to fall out of love with you

I know, I know this is a crime

C F C

But I don't know what else to do

C Dm C F

| | |

My love, you're in a magazine

My love, you're doing fine, you're on TV

You pull my heart out and then you run away

From Chicago to Cleveland you leave me pain

Dm C F

You leave me pain

CHORUS

C Dm

When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing

C F C

I would trade my mother to hear you sing

When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing

C F

I would trade my mother

VERSE

On the bus radio,

"Fifty ways to leave your lover alone"

I laughed at the irony

But life is stupid, the irony all lost on me

It got lost on me

(CHORUS)

INSTRUMENTAL

C Dm C F

| | | (x2)

G F G Am Dm

| | | |

VERSE

You challenged me to write a love song

Here it is, I think I got it wrong

I focused on the negative

The pain was too much to write and sing

Oh, it was not a nice incentive

CHORUS

When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing

I would trade my mother to hear you sing (X3)

When you're lucid you're the sweetest thing

I would trade my mother

C Dm

But she don't know

C F

Just how far I'd go

C Dm

Would I walk for a hundred miles

C F

for a glimpse of your northern smile?

OUTRO

C Dm C F

| | | (x4)

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