Mix Tapes Cellmate

Intro: G


 G                                 Am
I am a prisoner in the sunlight / you are my cellmate in the darkness /
   C                                  D                    G
there's a box full of mix tapes with titles you came up with /
  G
they can show us where we came from but not how to get back there /
 Am                                                              C
listening to the songs can't heal my broken fingers it's just weight for the
 D                       G
anchor to keep your ship here


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Harmonica Solo
G Am C D G


 G                                     Am
goldfish crackers in a zip-lock bag / in a gas station garbage can /
 C                                 D                G
I'm filling up this evening so I won't have to at 6am /
 G
on my way into work but that could have been me /
 Am
working behind that counter on the curb there smoking /
 C                                     D                      G
we're really not that different just a few steps from exploding

 G                Am              C
now I'm serving time / till I've earned the right /
 C                                D          G
to go back to the place where we started from /
 G                Am             C
now I'm serving time / till I've earned the right /
 C                          D                  G
baby I swear one day we'll get the money straight