Former Owner

Intro:
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So      who was first
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   Obviously not       me
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   She's locked up in -        side 
herself
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And I     can't get anything       
free
    A                  Bm7
So     won't somebody        tell me
 please
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Why the     former owner al -     
                  A
  ways keeps the     keys

            Bm7
There's no       bubbles to burst
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No     bursting out crying nor      
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 dying of thirst
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She's     utterly tied to       
somebody else
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And it     seems he got there      
first

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And     no, I'm not un -      tying
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The     reins around her neck that 
      Bm7
she       feels
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And I won't     try to prise out of
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 her the       truth anymore
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When she     lies about the things 
      Bm7
that      she sees
Continues after the ad
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Because the     former owner al -  
Bm7                 Bm6
     ways keeps the      keys

Break:
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E7

         A       Dmaj7
There's     no        calling
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Come     here, you're necessary to 
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        me
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There's no ex -     citement in her
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 face when I im -        plore
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Cor -     rupt me and confess to me
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        some more

            A
And when  we     hear trees falling
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Or see       people disappearing
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Her e -     motions won't be 
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reached or re -       leased
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Because the     former owner is
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     (keeping the     keys)
                       keeping the 
       Bm7
keys

        A
Like a     ticket inspector
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      running for a bus
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     Irony's revenge sur -       
rounds us
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And it's i -     ronic that he 
promised you
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he'd       never let you go
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When he's    left you used-up and 
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dis -       turbed

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And I said     Just as the early 
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bird      catches the worm
     A                         Bm7
The     early cat catches the       
bird
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But that     former owner is      
              A        Bm7 -
 keeping his     word
E -
Bm7                A
     keeping his     word

Bm7 - A      D P & FDE




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