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Coffee Spoon

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Written By Dom Wise
YouTube: MrDomWise
Twitter: DomOfTheYear
Verse 1:
I can arCgue with the mime
I can argue with the mime
he is reading me the riot act
every lineEm  Am  Em  
( Em - C - D )
every lCawyer in his prime
every lawyer in his prime
gets nostalgic for the bar's
naivete to cEmrimeAm  Em  
Chorus:
Am
    Gascetics wring their hAmands
    Gthis decadent miAmsuse
    Ginside my china Amroom
    Gyou are my coffee spoon
  C    Em    Am    Em(  Em-  C-  D)
C  Em  Am  Em
Verse 2:
my indCulgence is a joke
and while everybody laughs
I'm clipping coupons
saving my brEmeath
I was ceClebrating Lent
with a candle in a tent
when you came and snatched me up
out of retireEmment
now I'm bCuying finer clothes
in department store windows
throwing credit cards down
I never raised my voiEmce
I never raised my voice
Chorus:
Am
    Gascetics wring their hanAmds
    Gthis decadent misusAme
    Ginside my china rooAmm
    Gyou are my coffee spoon
  C    Em    Am    Em(  Em-  C-  D)
C  Em  Am  Em

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Coffee Spoon

by Cold War Kids

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Written By Dom Wise

YouTube: MrDomWise

Twitter: DomOfTheYear

Verse 1:

I can argue with the mime

he is reading me the riot act

Em Am Em

every line

( Em - C - D )

every lawyer in his prime

gets nostalgic for the bar's

Em Am Em

naivete to crime

Chorus:

G Am

ascetics wring their hands

G Am

this decadent misuse

G Am

inside my china room

you are my coffee spoon

C Em Am Em Em C D

( - - )

C Em Am Em

Verse 2:

my indulgence is a joke

and while everybody laughs

I'm clipping coupons

saving my breath

I was celebrating Lent

with a candle in a tent

when you came and snatched me up

out of retirement

now I'm buying finer clothes

in department store windows

throwing credit cards down

I never raised my voice

Chorus:

G Am

ascetics wring their hands

G Am

this decadent misuse

G Am

inside my china room

you are my coffee spoon

C Em Am Em Em C D

( - - )

C Em Am Em

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