You Could Have Both
The Long Blondes
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Album: Someone to Drive You Home Tabber: Woodshed INTROAe|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|---2/------5-----------5-------- D|-------------4-----------3------ A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|---------------------------------- B|-------------3h5p3---------------- G|--5------------------------------- D|-----5---------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|---------------------------------- e|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|---2------/5---------5---------- D|----------------4---------3----- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|---------------------------------- B|-------------3/5-3/5-------------- G|5-----------------------2--------- D|------5--------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|----------------------------------VERSE 1 I retire to bed early most nights You follow me in or you don't And either way, it's alrighte|-------------------------------- B|----------6-5----------6-5------ G|---------------7-------------5-- D|---7---------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|----------5----------------------- B|----6-5--------------------------- G|---------------------------------- D|---------------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|----------------------------------You've been going with her now for seventeen weeks But that doesn't make a blind bit of difference to mee|-------------------------------- B|----------6-5----------6-5------ G|---------------7-------------5-- D|---7---------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|---------------------------------- B|----6-5--------------------------- G|---------------------------------- D|---------------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|----------------------------------CHORUSA Just when you're ready to take onAm the worldA Some other girl had to get thereD C B firstA And it's obvious that you're a manAm that's after her own heartA But you know where I amD C B And you know that you could haveA both VERSE 2e|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|-------------------------------- D|-------------------------------- A|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7- E|-------------------------------- e|---------------------------------- B|---------------------------------- G|---------------------------------- D|---------------------------------- A|7-7------------------------------- E|----------------------------------She's away and you get bye|------------------------------- B|------------------------------- G|------------------------------- D|------------------------------- A|-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2- E|------------------------------- e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| 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G|------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------| A|2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------|Without her even better I don't kid myself about happy endingsContinues after the ade|-------------------------------- B|----------6-5----------6-5------ G|---------------7-------------5-- D|---7---------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|----------5----------------------- B|----6-5--------------------------- G|---------------------------------- D|---------------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|----------------------------------I'm too old for that now Out on my doorstep, your lip burst and bleedinge|-------------------------------- B|----------6-5----------6-5------ G|---------------7-------------5-- D|---7---------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- e|---------------------------------- B|----6-5\-------------------------- G|------------2--------------------- D|---------------------------------- A|---------------------------------- E|----------------------------------Well, that was a crash course for me You acted the film star while you were still spoken fore|------------------------------ B|------------------------------ G|--------2--------------------- D|------------------------------ A|------------------------------ E|------------------------------ e|-------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------| G|5\--2--------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------|It didn't look rosy for me but I've considered the alternativese|-------------------------------- B|-------------------------------- G|---------5/7------------7/9----- D|-------------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|--------------------------------A few degrees of separation can't be that bad CHORUSA Just when you're ready to take onAm the worldA Some other girl had to get thereD C B firstA And it's obvious that you're a manAm that's after her own heartA But you know where I amD C B And you know that you could haveA bothAm I wanted the worldA Some other girl had to get thereD C B firstA And it's obvious that you're a manAm that's after her own heartA D But you know where I am so stopA "I feel like C.C. Baxter in Wilder's 'Apartment', That particular arrangement just came out of the blue And who was it who sang 'I know that you love one So why can't you love two?' I was in full-time education when I got scared of the future And I've only got a job so I don't disappoint my mother It's like I've painted myself into a social corner Well, that's what happens when you listen toG Ab A Saint Scott WalkerG A On headphonesG Ab A On the bus. What about us? What about us? My friends come round and they ask me 'What about us?' My friends come round and they ask me 'What about us?' You know that I, I don't kid myself about happy endings I'm too old for all that now And you don't have to worry that much about the future And it's not as if you ever did beforeA Because you'll always have everything just as you want it And there'll always be a phone to ring at three in the morning And you'll always have someone who'll drive you home Yes, you'll always have someone,A someone to drive you home.A Someone to drive you home. CHORUSA Just when you're ready to take onAm the worldA Some other girl had to get thereD C B firstA And it's obvious that you're a manAm that's after her own heartA But you know where I amD C B A And you know what I wantA And I know I'll never have youAm completely aloneA So I'm trying to draw up aD C B contingency planA And it's obvious that you're a manAm that's after her own heartA But you know where I amD C B And you know that you could haveA bothC B A You could have bothC B A You could have both.