Tom: G5
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INTRO
My girl
Came unto me
Just the other day,
Acting OK
I was
Reading alone
In my favourite room
The TV was on
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May I be excused?
C5 G5 D5
For not telling the truth?
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'Coz she's gone
G5
She said
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She's better off on her own
C5
She turned
G5
Her head
D5
Much better off on her own
A5
My girl knocked on the door
G5 A5 D5
To the place I usually refer to as home
A5
I dived, shoelace untied
G5
She looked in my eyes
A5
Small and suprised
D5 A5 E5
And God closed every gate
B5 F#5 E5
The moon fell into the lake
F#5 D5 A5
Boy, she's gone, adrift
E5 F#5
She's better off on her own
D5 A5
She closed, then she left
E5 B5
Much better off on her own
B5
Sitting naked
D5 F#5
By the window sil
E5
Watching cars upon the hill
B5
Am I sleeping?
D5
I was dreaming
F#5 E5
For just a moment time stood still
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F#5 D5
Now she's gone
A5
She said
E5 A5
She's better off on her own
D5 A5
She turned her head
E5 F#5
Much better off on her own
D5
She's gone
A5
She sighed
E5 F#5
She's better off on her own
D5 A5
The tears I have cried
E5
Much better off on her own
B5
My girl
A5 B5
Came unto me just the other day...