The Manuscript

Intro
A E  D
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Verse 1
ANow And Then She Rereads TheE Manuscript
Of EThe Entire Torrid AffaDir
AThey Compared Their Licenses
He ESaid, "I'm Not A Donor But
I'd EGive You My Heart If YouD Needed It"
She ARolled Her Eyes And Said
"You're A EProfessional"
He Said, "ENo, Just A Good SDamaritan"
He ASaid That If The Sex Was Half AsE Good As The Conversation Was
ESoon They'd Be Pushin'D Strollers
But Soon ItA Was OverE  D​

Verse 2
Photo AAlbum On The Counter, YourE Cheeks Were Turning Red
You Used To Be A F#mLittle Kid With Glasses In A TwDin-Sized Bed
And Your AMother's Telling Stories 'Bout You On TheE Tee-Ball Team
You F#mTaught Me 'Bout Your Past, Thinking Your DFuture Was Me
And You Were ATossing Me The Car Keys
"Fuck The PEatriarchy" Keychain On The GF#mround
We Were Always Skipping DTown
And I Was AThinking On The Drive Down
Any TEime Now, He's Gonna Say It'sF#m Love
You Never Called It What It DWas
'Til We Were ADead And Gone And Buried
Check The EPulse And Come Back
Swearing It's The SF#mame
After Three Months In The GDrave
And Then You AWondered Where It Went To
As I EReached For You
But All I Felt Was SF#mhame
And You Held My LifelessD Frame

Pre-Chorus
And I AKnow It's Long Gone And
There Was ENothing Else I Could Do
And I ForF#mget About You Long Enough
To ForEget Why I NeededD To   E       A  E​

Chorus
'Cause AHere We Are Again In TheE Middle Of The Night
We're F#mDancing 'Round The Kitchen In The ReDfrigerator Light
Down The StAairs, I Was There
I Remember EIt All Too F#mWell D​

Verse 3
In The AAge Of Him, She Wished She WasE Thirty
And Made ECoffee Every Morning In AD Frеnch Press
AAfterwards She Only Atе Kids'E Cereal
And Couldn't ESleep Unless It Was In HerD Mother's Bed

Verse 4
They Say "AAll's Well That Ends Well"
But EI'm In A New Hell Every TF#mime
You Double-DCross My Mind
You Said If AWe Had Been Closer InE Age
Maybe It Would Have Been F#mFine
And That Made Me DWant To Die
The IAdea You Had Of Me, Who Was She?
A ENever-Needy, Ever Lovely F#mJewel
Whose Shine Reflects On DYou
Not AWeeping In A Party Bathroom
Some EActress Asking Me What Happened
F#mYou
That's What Happened: DYou
You, Who ACharmed My Dad With Self-EEffacing Jokes
F#mSipping Coffee Like You Were On A LDate Night Show
But Then He AWatched Me Watch The Front Door
All Night, EWilling You To Come
And He Said, "F#mIt's Supposed To Be Fun...
DTurning 21"

Bridge
And The EYears Passed
Like F#mScenes Of A DShow
The ProEfessor Said ToF#m Write What YouD Know
Lookin' EBackwards
Might ABe The OnlyE Way To MovDe Forward
Then The EActors
Were F#mHitting Their DMarks
And The ESlow Dance
Was AF#mlight With The DSparks
And The ETears Fell
In ASynchronicEity With ThDe Score
And At ELast
She Knew AWhat The AgEony Had BeeDn For

Verse 5
ATime Won't Fly, It's Like I'Em Paralyzed By It
I'd Like To F#mBe My Old Self Again, But I'm DStill Trying To Find It
After APlaid Shirt Days And Nights When YouE Made Me Your Own
Now You F#mMail Back My Things And I DWalk Home Alone
But You AKeep My Old Scarf From ThatE Very First Week
'Cause It ReF#mminds You Of Innocence And It DSmells Like Me
You Can't Get ARid Of It
'Cause You RememEber It All TF#moo Well,D Yeah

Chorus
'Cause AThere We Are Again When IE Loved You So
F#mBack Before You Lost The One Real DThing You've Ever Known
It Was RaAre, I Was There
I RememEber It All TF#moo WeDll

Post-Chorus
Wind In My HAair, You Were There
You RememEber It All
Down The StF#mairs, You Were There
You ReDmember It All
It Was RaAre, I Was There
I RememEber It All TF#moo WellD​

Verse 6
And I Was Never Good At ATelling Jokes
         F#m
But the punchline goes :
"I'll Get ODlder, But Your Lovers SEtay My Age"
From When Your ABrooklyn Broke My F#mSkin And Bones
I'm A SDoldier Who's Returning EHalf Her Weight
And Did The ATwin Flame Bruise PaintF#m You Blue?
Just BeDtween Us, Did The Love Affair MEaim You Too?
Cause In This DCity's Barren Cold
I Still Remember The FiErst Fall Of Snow
And How It Glistened As It DFell
I ReDmember It All TAoo WellF#m​

Just BeDtween Us Did The Love Affair MEaim You
All ToAo WeF#mll
Just BeDtween Us, Do You RemeEmber It
All ToAo WeF#mll
Just BeDtween Us, I RemeEmber It All AToo WelEl F#m    D​

Verse 3
The AOnly Thing That's Left Is TheE Manuscript
One Last ESouvenir From My Trip To YouDr Shores
ANow And Then IE Reread The Manuscript
But The EStory Isn't MinDe Anymore