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Looking For Alaska

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 F#m   D   A   Ex2
    F#mI hope you're Dsomewhere warm and whiteA, like the Eflowers in your F#mcar
That you've escaped the Dlabrynth of suffer-Aing wherever you Eare
I got a F#mpiece of Dyou tucked aAway deep inside my Emind
Memories F#mof your poeDtry and Adrinking your cheap Ewine
  BmThomas Edison's F#mlast words were it's very Abeautiful over EthereBm  
I don't know where F#mthere is, but I Abelieve it's someEwhere
And I hope it's Fbeautiful, like Gyou
You're Fbeautiful, I never realGly knew you at AallF#m  
Your green eyes still Dshine with life   Ain my EmemoryF#m  
Your smell of Dgrass and vanilla and Asmoke are still Ealive in me
I found my F#mgreat perDhaps in Blue ACitrus and the smoking Ehole
Your end was F#mmy be-Dginning with the Akiss that I Estole
BmThomas Edison's F#mlast words were it's very Abeautiful over EthereBm  
I don't know where tF#mhere is, but I Abelieve it's somewhereE  
And I hope it's Fbeautiful, like Gyou
You're Fbeautiful, I never realGly knew you at AallF#m  
  You were the Dstorm that came and Awent like lEightningF#m  
You struck me by sur-Dprise with the Alife I thought you Emight bring
Someday F#mI'll forDget your boozey Abreath that I can Etaste still
We'll always F#mhave Crest and Dpranks and AStrawberry EHill
BmThomas Edison's F#mlast words were it's very Abeautiful over EthereBm  
I don't know where F#mthere is, but I Abelieve it's somewhereE  
And I hope it's Fbeautiful, like Gyou
You're Fbeautiful, and I'm still Glooking for you
AAlaska

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Looking For Alaska

by Hank Green

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F#m

F#m D A E

F#m D A E F#m

I hope you're somewhere warm and white, like the flowers in your car

D A E

That you've escaped the labrynth of suffer-ing wherever you are

F#m D A E

I got a piece of you tucked away deep inside my mind

F#m D A E

Memories of your poetry and drinking your cheap wine

Bm F#m A E Bm

Thomas Edison's last words were it's very beautiful over there

F#m A E

I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere

F G

And I hope it's beautiful, like you

F G A F#m

You're beautiful, I never really knew you at all

D A E F#m

Your green eyes still shine with life in my memory

D A E

Your smell of grass and vanilla and smoke are still alive in me

F#m D A E

I found my great perhaps in Blue Citrus and the smoking hole

F#m D A E

Your end was my be-ginning with the kiss that I stole

Bm F#m A E Bm

Thomas Edison's last words were it's very beautiful over there

F#m A E

I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere

F G

And I hope it's beautiful, like you

F G A F#m

You're beautiful, I never really knew you at all

D A E F#m

You were the storm that came and went like lightning

D A E

You struck me by sur-prise with the life I thought you might bring

F#m D A E

Someday I'll forget your boozey breath that I can taste still

F#m D A E

We'll always have Crest and pranks and Strawberry Hill

Bm F#m A E Bm

Thomas Edison's last words were it's very beautiful over there

F#m A E

I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere

F G

And I hope it's beautiful, like you

F G

You're beautiful, and I'm still looking for you

Alaska

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