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Dm                          C
   I guess you could call it text 
book
      Gm
I was looking for the father
         Dm
I wanted back
Dm                            C
   And I thought I found it in 
Brentwood
          Gm                    
It seemed only appropriate you'd 
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easily had my back
Dm                        F
   And then there was the issue of 
her
              C                    
I didn't even like myself, or love 
           Gm
the life I had
                        Dm
And there you were with shinin' 
stars
                    F
Standin' clear with open arms
                C                  
You touched the detriment, most of 
                           Gm
the friends I knew already had


[Chorus]
Bb                          F
   You've got a Thunderbird, my 
daddy had one too
C                         Dm
   Let's rewrite his story, I'll do 
this dance with you
Bb
   You know I'm not that girl
F
   You know I'll never be
C                         
   Maybe just the way we're 
  Dm
different could set me free
Bb                            
   And there we were, screamin' 
               F                   
"Black Lives Matter" in a crowd by 
              C
the Old Man River
                        Dm
And I saw you saw who I am
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Bb                           F   
   God, I wish I was with my 
                               C
father, he could see us in all our 
splendor
All the things I couldn't want for 
Dm
him
               Bb        F
I screamed for them, oh, oh, oh
                C      Dm
And screamed for them, ah


[Verse 2]
Dm                 C
   Could we do this dance again?
       Gm                      
Do you think if I go blonde, we 
                        Dm
could get our old love back?
Dm                       C
   I guess this is really the end
    Gm                          
I never felt jealous before this 
                       A7
year, but I'm jealous now
Dm                  F
   People say we're too much alive
                   C
But maybe if I lay dead that would 
make right in the end
                       Gm
Of all these sleepless nights
            Dm
Other men I met felt right
                       F
Would smile at you and stick a knife
        C
In your back
Finally, I met you so I'm not 
          Gm
wonderin' why


[Chorus]
Bb                          F
   You've got a Thunderbird, my 
daddy had one too
C                         Dm
   Let's rewrite his story, I'll do 
this dance with you
Bb
   You know I'm not that girl
F
   You know I'll never be
C                         
   Maybe just the way we're 
  Dm
different could set me free
Bb                            
   And there we were, screamin' 
               F                   
"Black Lives Matter" in a crowd by 
              C
the Old Man River
                        Dm
And I saw you saw who I am
Bb                           F   
   God, I wish I was with my 
                               C
father, he could see us in all our 
splendor
All the things I couldn't want for 
Dm
him
               Bb        F
I screamed for them, oh, oh, oh
                C      Dm
And screamed for them, ah


[Other]
                    Bb       F
Old Man River keeps rollin'
               C
With or without him
Dm               Bb
   Old Man River keeps rollin'
F                            C
  Without him, oh my old man
Dm                  Bb  F         C
Old Man River keeps rollin', oh