Former Owner

	  		

Intro: 
A - Bm7      2x   

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So      who was first  
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   Obviously not       me 
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   She's locked up in -        side herself 
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And I     can't get anything       free 
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So     won't somebody        tell me please 
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Why the     former owner al -       ways keeps the     keys 

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There's no       bubbles to burst 
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No     bursting out crying nor       dying of thirst 
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She's     utterly tied to       somebody else 
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And it     seems he got there      first 

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And     no, I'm not un -      tying 
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The     reins around her neck that she       feels 
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And I won't     try to prise out of her the       truth anymore 
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When she     lies about the things that      she sees 
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Because the     former owner al -       ways keeps the      keys 

Break: 
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There's     no        calling 
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Come     here, you're necessary to         me 
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There's no ex -     citement in her face when I im -        plore 
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Cor -     rupt me and confess to me        some more 

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And when  we     hear trees falling 
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Or see       people disappearing 
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Her e -     motions won't be reached or re -       leased 
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Because the     former owner is  
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     (keeping the     keys) 
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                       keeping the keys  

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Like a     ticket inspector  
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      running for a bus 
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     Irony's revenge sur -       rounds us 
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And it's i -     ronic that he promised you  
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he'd       never let you go 
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When he's    left you used-up and dis -       turbed 

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And I said     Just as the early bird      catches the worm 
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The     early cat catches the       bird 
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But that     former owner is       keeping his     word  
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     keeping his     word  

Bm7 - A      REP & FADE