The Cardboard Swords - Flannel

      [Intro]
Gm Dm Bb (2x)


[Verse 1]
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    You said that I should get a clue
Bb
    Well I did, I did, I did, I did
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    And it was to rid my heart of you
Bb
    So I did, I did, I did, I did
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    Exactly what you said I should do

    I played the sleuth and I found a clue
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    And I still can't stop thinking about you


[Verse 2]
    That standard procedure
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    You know, you know, you know me

    So fuck with my heart at your leisure
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    That's how it goes, it's been going lately
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    Said I was the best simultaneously the worst
                  Bb
    And best case scenario, I should be cursed
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    For the rest of my life, for the rest of my life
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    Well, I feel like I am cause I will never have you by my side

[Verse 3]
            Gm           Dm
    So stay warm in that flannel
         Bb
    That I left on your bed
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    There was no way in hell I could put it on after that
                Bb
    Cause we were both soaking wet
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    And I apologize if from time to time
         Bb
    This makes you think of me
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    Just imagine seeing that stupid shirt
          Bb
    Every time you fucking breathe
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    That's how it feels to be me

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Bb
    (Spoken)
N.C.
    You have proven to be more of a maze
    Than construction season in the Heritage Hill one-ways
    For someone who's not from Grand Rapids on their very first days
    But me, I paid attention on my late night skates
N.C.
    And when I was driving around in my van and how my best friend,
    Who lived here his whole life,
    Told me I know the city better than him
    He said "Ty, it's like the back of your hand."
N.C.
    I said "Alec, I'd trade it in a heartbeat for the backbone of a man."
    I had to change my way home from work cause I couldn't even stand to
    Drive by her, and see her on her front lawn, with her bikini on getting a tan
    Cause, here's the thing
N.C.
    I don't need Fountain or Union Street
    For anything except Martha's Vineyard and the bakery so
    I'll just take the back of Michigan Hill down
    East, turn around and follow Lion all the way there cause this is what I found
N.C.
    Life, may or may not be about finding true love
    But, it's certainly not about begging for it from someone so
    I'll keep doing the things that I do
    Late nights, fat blunts, pizza pies with my crew
N.C.
    Driving home from whatever bar's half-off after two
    While I'm blasting my favorite tunes and
    Seeing my favorite local bands at whatever venues
    While you keep doing the things that you do, shifting blame, and twisting truth
N.C.
    And making absolutely positively sure that everybody in the room is certain
    That the victim just had to be you, well


[Outro]
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    I'll keep doing the things that I do
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    And I'll find someone who wants me like I wanted you
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    So sing along at a show this weekend
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    Act a fool, get drunk with these friends, that you love
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    Someone somewhere said all good things end
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    So what in my mind made me think this time would be different