The Graduates

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E F C
E F C
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[Verse 1]
            E            F       C
We were the French club dropouts
        E           F           C
But we never got excused from class
     E         F             C
The secretary must have been high
                E           F     
To turn a blind eye on us sneaking
      C
 out back
             E               F    
And we were pregnant on the 
   C
balcony
         E               F     C
And you caught me with a cigarette
   E             F           C
I never put the thing on my lips
                      E            
Just crushed it and spit on where I
  F             C
 laid it to rest

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[Chorus]
B         C         G
I was the best at being second place
     D                D#     A#
But now I'm just the runner-up
    G#        F#    E             
At being the second one you think 
F         A
of every day
           A#         F
Before you go back to one


[Verse 2]
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E F C
             E          F       C
We were the law school rejects
        E                F      C
So we quarrelled at the bar instead
 E                F        C
Shot out in four words or less
                             E   
You want a jail, you want a mess, 
               F              C
you have the right to drink less
               E            F     C
Then we were floating on a balcony
       E            F      C
And I fell into a trampoline
   E               F            C
I never should've looked for a hand
                     E         
From an invisible pushmi-pullyu 
  F           C
pushin' on me

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[Chorus]
B          C         G
I was the best at being second place
     D                D#      
But now I'm just the silver you 
   A#
dread
     G#       F#            E
And only in the shape of a bullet
     F         A                 
Am I ever the shape you see when 
A#            F
you wake up dead

[Bridge]
B G
D              C                 
  So will you cauterize the 
        A#
bleeding or bastardize the meaning?
Am
I'm the one worth seeing
D               C           
  As a waif, a friend, I guess 
                 A#
that's the extent
                            Am 
More than assisted when you cut 
             F
inside the paper
       B                G         
To project it from the lighthouse 
    D                      B    C G
and eject it out into the void

D D# A#
B C G
D D# A#

[Otro]
B          C       G
I was the best at being second place

D D# A#

    B          C        G
Oh, I was the best at being second 
place

D D# A#

B          C        G
I was the best at being second place

D D# A#

    B          C        G
Oh, I was the best at being second 
place

D D# A#

B          C        G
I was the best at being second place
    D                 D#     A#
But now I'm just the runner-up
    G#        F#    E            
And only the second one you think
    F     A   A# F
 of every day