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                   C
Let me tell you a story
                   F
About a boy and a girl
                        C
It's kinda short kinda boring
                  F
But the end is a whirl
      Am
They were just 16
          G
When the people were mean
         F
So they didn't love themselves
            C
Now they're gone
                F
Headstones on a lawn

           C
When I was younger
                   F
I knew a boy and a boy
                       C
Best friends with each other
                            F
But always wished they were more
           Am
Cause they loved one another
    G                      F
But never discovered cause they were too afraid
          C
Of what they'd say
                   F
Moved to different states

        Em7                                F             
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works
          C                                 G
It ain't funny, it ain't pretty, it ain't sweet
        Em7                                F
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works
      C                                    G
But I think that it could work for you and me
               C     F
Just wait and see
                        C      F
It's not the end of the story

                    C
Now it's on to the sequel
                 F
About me and my friend
                      C
Both our parents were evil
                  F
So we both made a bet
         Am
If we worked and we saved
           G        
We could both run away
           F
And we'd have a better life
         C
And I was right
                  F
I wonder if she's alright

        Em7                                F
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works
          C                                G
It ain't funny, it ain't pretty, it ain't sweet
        Em7                                F
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works
      C                                    G
But I think that it could work for you and me
               C   F
Just wait and see
                        C     F
It's not the end of the story

    F                               C
And the movies always running in my head
         F                              C
All the people, all the lovers, all my friends
       F                                 C
And I hope that they all get their happy end
       F
In the end
 
        Em7                                F
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works
          C                                G
It ain't funny, it ain't pretty, it ain't sweet
        Em7                                F
Oh, and I'm afraid that's just the way the world works
       C                                   G
But I think that it could work for you and me
               C     F
Just wait and see
                        C      F   C
It's not the end of the story