The Manuscript

Intro
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Verse 1
DNow And Then She Rereads TheA Manuscript
Of AThe Entire Torrid AffaGir
DThey Compared Their Licenses
He ASaid, "I'm Not A Donor But
I'd AGive You My Heart If YouG Needed It"
She DRolled Her Eyes And Said
"You're A AProfessional"
He Said, "ANo, Just A Good SGamaritan"
He DSaid That If The Sex Was Half AsA Good As The Conversation Was
ASoon They'd Be Pushin'G Strollers
But Soon ItD Was OverA  G​

Verse 2
Photo DAlbum On The Counter, YourA Cheeks Were Turning Red
You Used To Be A BmLittle Kid With Glasses In A TGwin-Sized Bed
And Your DMother's Telling Stories 'Bout You On TheA Tee-Ball Team
You BmTaught Me 'Bout Your Past, Thinking YourG Future Was Me
And You Were DTossing Me The Car Keys
"Fuck The PAatriarchy" Keychain On The GBmround
We Were Always Skipping GTown
And I Was DThinking On The Drive Down
Any TAime Now, He's Gonna Say It'sBm Love
You Never Called It What It GWas
'Til We Were DDead And Gone And Buried
Check The APulse And Come Back
Swearing It's The SBmame
After Three Months In The GGrave
And Then You DWondered Where It Went To
As I AReached For You
But All I Felt Was SBmhame
And You Held My LifelessG Frame

Pre-Chorus
And I DKnow It's Long Gone And
There Was ANothing Else I Could Do
And I ForBmget About You Long Enough
To ForAget Why I NeededG To   A       D  A​

Chorus
'Cause DHere We Are Again In TheA Middle Of The Night
We're BmDancing 'Round The Kitchen In The RGefrigerator Light
Down The StDairs, I Was There
I Remember AIt All Too BmWellG​

Verse 3
In The DAge Of Him, She Wished She WasA Thirty
And Made ACoffee Every Morning In AG Frеnch Press
DAfterwards She Only Atе Kids'A Cereal
And Couldn't ASleep Unless It Was In HerG Mother's Bed

Verse 4
They Say "DAll's Well That Ends Well"
But AI'm In A New Hell Every TBmime
You Double-GCross My Mind
You Said If DWe Had Been Closer InA Age
Maybe It Would Have Been BmFine
And That Made Me GWant To Die
The IDdea You Had Of Me, Who Was She?
A ANever-Needy, Ever Lovely BmJewel
Whose Shine Reflects On GYou
Not DWeeping In A Party Bathroom
Some AActress Asking Me What Happened
BmYou
That's What Happened: GYou
You, Who DCharmed My Dad With Self-EAffacing Jokes
BmSipping Coffee Like You Were On A GLate Night Show
But Then He DWatched Me Watch The Front Door
All Night, AWilling You To Come
And He Said, "BmIt's Supposed To Be Fun...
GTurning 21"

Bridge
And The AYears Passed
Like BmScenes Of AG Show
The ProAfessor Said ToBm Write What YoGu Know
Lookin' ABackwards
Might DBe The OnlyA Way To MovGe Forward
Then The AActors
Were BmHitting TheirG Marks
And The ASlow Dance
Was ABmlight With TheG Sparks
And The ATears Fell
In DSynchronicAity With ThGe Score
And At ALast
She Knew DWhat The AgAony Had BeeGn For

Verse 5
DTime Won't Fly, It's Like I'Am Paralyzed By It
I'd Like To BmBe My Old Self Again, But I'mG Still Trying To Find It
After DPlaid Shirt Days And Nights When YouA Made Me Your Own
Now You BmMail Back My Things And IG Walk Home Alone
But You DKeep My Old Scarf From ThatA Very First Week
'Cause It ReBmminds You Of Innocence And ItG Smells Like Me
You Can't Get DRid Of It
'Cause You RememAber It All TBmoo WellG, Yeah

Chorus
'Cause DThere We Are Again When IA Loved You So
BmBack Before You Lost The One RealG Thing You've Ever Known
It Was RaDre, I Was There
I RememAber It All TBmoo WGell

Post-Chorus
Wind In My HDair, You Were There
You RememAber It All
Down The StBmairs, You Were There
You ReGmember It All
It Was RaDre, I Was There
I RememAber It All TBmoo WelGl

Verse 6
And I Was Never Good At DTelling Jokes
         Bm
But the punchline goes :
"I'll Get OGlder, But Your Lovers SAtay My Age"
From When Your DBrooklyn Broke My BmSkin And Bones
I'm A SGoldier Who's Returning AHalf Her Weight
And Did The DTwin Flame Bruise PaintBm You Blue?
Just BeGtween Us, Did The Love Affair MAaim You Too?
Cause In This GCity's Barren Cold
I Still Remember The FiArst Fall Of Snow
And How It Glistened As It GFell
I ReGmember It All TDoo WellBm​

Just BeGtween Us Did The Love Affair MAaim You
All ToDo WeBmll
Just BeGtween Us, Do You RemeAmber It
All ToDo WeBmll
Just BeGtween Us, I RemeAmber It All DToo WelAl Bm   G​

Verse 3
The DOnly Thing That's Left Is TheA Manuscript
One Last ASouvenir From My Trip To YouGr Shores
DNow And Then IA Reread The Manuscript
But The AStory Isn't MinGe Anymore