The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground 
Tab by Matt Frear matt@smashing-pumpkins.com 
 
INTRO (repeat) 
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VERSE 
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dead leaves and the dirty ground when I know you're not around 
shiny tops and soda pops when i hear you lips make a sound 
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when i hear you lips make a sound 
 
thirty notes in the mailbox will tell you that i'm coming home 
and i think i'm gonna stick around for a while so you're not alone 
 
if you can hear a piano fall you can hear me coming down the hall 
if i could just hear your pretty voice i don't think i'd neeed to see at all 
 
soft hair and a velvet tongue i want to give you what yo give to me 
and every breath that is in your lungs is a tiny little gift to me 
 
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i didn't feel so bad til the sun went down 
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then i come home 
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no one to wrap my arms around 
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wrap my arms around 
 
well any man with a microphone can tell you what loves the most 
and you know why you love at all if you've thinking of the holy ghost