Intro:
A#maj7D#maj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running back home to you
A#maj7D#maj7
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
A#maj7
Fresh out the slammer
Verse:
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Another summer taking cover
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Rolling thunder, he donʼt understand me
A#maj7Gm7D#maj7A#
Splintered back in winter, silent dinner, bitter he was with her in dreams
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Grey and blue and fights in tunnnels
Gm7
Handcuffed to the spell I was under
D#maj7A#
For just one hour of sunshine
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Years of labor, locks, and ceilings
Gm7
In the shade of how he was feeling
D#maj7A#
Itʼs gonna be alright, I did my time
Chorus:
A#maj7D#maj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running back home to you
A#maj7D#maj7
Fresh out the slammer, I know who my first call will be to
A#maj7
Fresh out the slammer
Verse:
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Camera flashes, welcome bashes
Gm7D#maj7A#
Get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge
A#maj7Gm7
As I said in my letters now that I know better
D#maj7A#
I will never lose my baby again
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My friends tried but I wouldnʼt hear it
Gm7
Watched me daily disappearing
D#maj7A#
For just one glimpse of his smile
A#maj7
All those nights he kept me going
Gm7
Squirreled you into all of my poems
D#maj7A#
Now weʼre at the starting line, I did my time
Chorus:
A#maj7Gm7D#maj7
Now, pretty baby, Iʼm running to the house we still wait up in
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That porch light gleams
A#maj7Gm7
To the one who says Iʼm the girl of his American dreams
D#maj7
And no matter what Iʼve done, it wouldnʼt matter anyway
A#A#maj7
Ainʼt no way Iʼm gonna screw up now that I know whatʼs at stake
A#maj7Gm7D#maj7
Here at the park where we used to sit on childrenʼs swings
A#A#maj7Gm7
Wearing imaginary rings
D#maj7A#
But itʼs gonna be alright, I did my time