Forever (Is a Long Time)

[Intro]

D          G         A
 I spent a long time watering
    D                 Bm
A plant made out of plastic
        E                    A    
 And I curse the ground for 
       D
growing green
D         G          A           
I spent a long time substituting 
F#              Bm
honest with sarcastic
        E                   A  
 And I curse my tongue for being 
       D
mean

[First Part]

     Em                    
 And weightless, breathless 
 Bm
restitute
 Em               Bm
 Motionless and absolute
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    Em           Bm                
 He cut me open, sucked the poison 
E             F#
from an aging wound
     Em             Bm
 Now fifty thousand war cadets
       Em            Bm
 Would cower at this small brunette
    Em               Bm
 To my surprise, not six feet high
       F#
 Would reach and grab the moon if I
        Bm          F#
 Should ask or just imply
                          B
 That I wanted a bit more light
            G
 So I could look inside his eyes
             Gm
 And get the colors just right
 D                 G         D  
 Just right, just right, just
Bb  Gm


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       Gm                    
 Build love, build God, build 
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provinces
       Dm
 Build calluses, break promises
        Gm             A7         
 'Cause I could never hold a 
        Dm
perfect thing and not demolish it
           Gm                      
 What am I thinking? What does this
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 mean?
               Dm         F
 How could somebody ever love me?
  G                                
 Talk to your man, tell him he's 
   A
got bad news comin'