In A Lake

Intro: 
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A                    E 
I'd never live in a small town 
F#m                   D 
I've made too many mistakes 
          E                         A 
For where you gotta write your book early 
      Bm                       C#7 
Or it gets written up in your place 
          A                        E 
Where you never get away from your first love 
          F#m                         D 
It's like one brand of soap's sold in town 
       E                   A 
'Cause anyone you can get close to 
   D             E           A 
Smells like your first time around 
 

 
A                                     D 
 But in a lake, you can backstroke forever 
     E     A             F#m         E 
The sky before you, the dark right behind 
A                                 D   E A E A 
 And in a big city, you can start over 
 

 
    A                            E 
And everywhere you go makes your heart ache 
       F#m                       D 
When you've done enough walks of shame 
E                          A 
Some days, you just go the long way 
     Bm                C#7 
To stay off of memory lane 
   A                    E 
So I'd never live in a small town 
   F#m                     D 
I'm slow to learn all the rules 
       E                   A 
I've tried very hard to be good 
              D                 E         A 
But when they think you're bad, people act worse 
 

 
A                           D 
 But in a lake, you can backstroke forever 
      G                     D 
The sky before you and the dark behind you 
   A     E          F#m          D 
And in a big city, you can start over 
    E           A              F#m              E 
The lights all around you, the dark safe in the sight 
A                             D    E A E A 
 In a big city, you can start over