C E C Em

C
i watched you pull the chain on your belt while you
E
lied to me
C
i listened to you tell your friends about
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when you were seventeen
C
you reminded me of your
E
father, a coward and a shame
C
i wanted to hold you but i knew
E
i should restrain
D#
i tried to fill the silences
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by forgetting about the past
Cm
and as we got high i
D
tried to make you laugh
Cm
i hope you felt some sort of
D
fire in your chest
Cm
i wonder if you felt anything
D
when i left

but it doesn’t
C
matter, it doesn’t
E
matter if you don’t care, i’ll still
C
love you with everything i’ve
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got. it don’t
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matter, it don’t
E
matter if you don’t love me
Cm
‘cause you’re the first to ever
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try

otto, i miss
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you

otto, i miss
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you

otto, do you
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ever think of me?

otto, you’re
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always on my mind

i was going to tell you on the way to the
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airport

no matter how much my teeth or
E                 C
tongue hurt

no matter how my throat burned or my
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gums bled

but my jaw locked and i stayed
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silent
D#
and on the plane ride home i
D
ate myself alive
C
in front of the strangers sleeping
D
next to me, i cried
Cm
i read your letter
D
again when i got home
Cm
i put it in a drawer, and
D
drowned myself in the bathtub

but it doesn’t
C
matter. it doesn’t
E
matter if you don’t care

i’ll find
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people like you and love you through them
C
it don’t matter, it don’t matter if
E
you don’t think of me anymore
C
i’ll kiss my lori’s lips through
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someone who reminds me of you

x2:
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otto, i miss you
         E       C
otto, i miss you
              E                C
otto, do you ever think of me?
          Em     E     C
otto, i miss you
             E       C
and otto, i love you
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my otto, i love you, still