Verse 

G                   
Salutations!  
B 
To whom it may concern 
Em 
The litter box has overflowed 
C                   D             
The frozen dinner burned 
G 
Oh we're running low on wine, my man 
B 
Could you please swing by the store 
Em                          
My TV's just reality,  
C                     D 
and I can't watch no more 
G 
There's a shining diamond somewhere 
B 
Where a kid is striking out 
Em 
His dad is in the dugout 
C                     D 
He's foaming at the mouth 
G 
A stomach's turning sour inside 
B 
Of a disappointed scout 
Em 
Yeah he thought he'd found the real deal 
C                       D 
But now he's got his doubts 


[Refrão]

Am                      B 
So it's over before it began 
Em 
But I could nurse you in the triage 
C                           D 
I could stick you with some pins 
Am                                     B 
But it's hopeless, these rules make no sense 
Em                D          A 
First they say we can't be lovers 
C                              D 
And now they say we can't be friends 

Solo 
G Am G Am B C D 

Verse 
G 
Ruminations 
B 
This medicine don't work 
Em 
Had that same thought ten thousand times 
C                    D 
It's only getting worse 
G 
Swore off temptation 
B 
But what if it's what I really wanna do 
Em 
But how could I apologize 
C                     D 
For telling you the truth 
G 
There's a burnt out light bulb above my head 
B 
It's stolen my ideas 
Em 
There's a yearbook on the book shelf 
C                        D 
That can't explain the years 
G 
Well I never should have signed it 
B 
But you know summer's coming soon 
Em 
When I almost drowned you gave me mouth to mouth 
C                       D 
Beside your neighbor's pool 


[Refrão]
 
Am                      B 
It was over before it began 
Em  
You could've left me in the water 
C                      D 
But you made me live again 
Am                              B 
And I'm sorry, I can't pay you back 
Em                D                A 
I wanna hold you 'til the world dissolves 
C                         D 
But we just can't get attached 

Outro 
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