INTRO: C Cadd9-C F (3x) C Cadd9-C

Oh, I am a girl, the forgettable face
And no matter my colour, no matter my name
At work there is a boy and he treats me well[Csus4-F]
My old friends from high school, I see them around

Well, August is here, I can’t believe how fast
Soon there will be winter and snow on the ground
Maybe by then I could get my own place
Closer to the city, if that’s okay

CHORUS:
But Mama, can you hear me?
As I dragged on my day’s last cigarette
He pulled me so hard
Off my very own back door steps
And he laid me in his garden
All the years I’ve watched him tend
And he took me, Mama
So I could never tell you about it

INTERLUDE: Am G F C

And inside of this moment there are things I wish I could know
Like your ring size and my ring size and the hour I was born
And my dad’s middle name and your favourite song
Was your darkest day as dark as this one?

CHORUS:
Mama, can you hear me?
As I dragged on my day’s last cigarette
He pulled me so hard
Off my very own back door steps
And he laid me in his garden
All the years I’ve watched him tend
And then he took me, Mama
So I could never tell you about it
Now I’m a girl who’s face they’ll never forget

INTERLUDE:
Oh ooh oh ohhh
Oh ooh oh ohhh
Oh ooh oh ohhh

OUTRO: C Cadd9-C F (3x) C

INTRO: G C G C

It’s complicated, technically I’m certified
A walking declaration, of everything I couldn’t get right
Time is just an anchor, but seven years I think I am right
Now you’ve changed your number, it’s like a noose around my life

PRE-CHORUS:
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every penny I put away

CHORUS:
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don’t tell me you are too tired
Ten years I’ve been working nights

My life is like a picture left out too long in the sun
Now I’m trying to remember all the faces of the names I’ve loved
And all that’s left of me now is a cigarette burning bright
And a fading memory of all the things I tried to get right

PRE-CHORUS:
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every plan I tried to make

CHORUS:
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don’t tell me you are too tired
Ten years I’ve been working nights

INSTRUMENTAL: C G C Em C Am C

PRE-CHORUS:
Every pill I took in vain
Every meal for you I made
Every pill, I let it pain
Every card I signed my name
Every time I poured my heart out
Every threat you made to move out
Every cruel word you let just slip out
Every cruel word you let just slip out____

INSTRUMENTAL: Em C Am C D

CHORUS:
Asking for flowers
Is like asking you to be nice
Don’t tell me you are too tired
Ten years I’ve been working nights
Don’t tell me you are too tired
Ten years I’ve been working nights

INTRO: Am C F C G

The summer months left me alone
But the fall rolled in on the back of a storm
In my night you and I drove
Have you ever seen gliding snow?

All these weeks without a note
It’s like a ticking clock every time that you ‘phone
And I’ve run aground, truth be told
And when it comes to me, I’ll let you know

CHORUS:
Don’t be like that
Don’t be like that

Just my luck, an Irish rose
In a drinking hole, I’d played a thousand one shows
And what you need is to just go home
And when it comes to you, don’t leave it alone

CHORUS:
Don’t be like that
Don’t be like that

INSTRUMENTAL: F G Am G C G F Am G Fmaj7 Am G Am G C

And up ahead the roads were closed
And the Gennies ran most of Buffalo
The customs man at border patrol
Said, “Yes you can go, but you won’t make it home”

CHORUS:
Don’t be like that
Don’t be like that

CHORUS:
Don’t be like that
Don’t be like that

OUTRO: (## repeat 5x – fade to end ##)