Otis Redding Everclear
Words By Art P. Alexakis
Music By Everclear With Portland Symphony
Songs From An American Movie Volume 1: Learning How To Smile
[G]
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[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were hungry
[C] [D] [Eb]
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Do you remember when we were cold
[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were happy
[A] [C]
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Do you remember, do you remember
[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were lucky
[C] [D] [Eb]
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We were living the life almost every night
[G] [B]
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I would wrap you in my thin white arms
[A]
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Sit and watch the stars die
[G]
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Aye aye aye aye aye
[G] [B]
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Yeah do you remember when we were the losers
[C] [D] [Eb]
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Do you remember when we were the lame
[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were the lovers
[A] [C]
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Do you remember, do you remember
[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were strung out
[C] [D] [Eb]
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Eating top ramen and macaroni and cheese
[G] [B]
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We would get so lost in that basement room
[A] [C]
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Let Otis Redding sing us to sleep
[A] [C]
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I wish that I had one more life
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
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I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to be blind
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted, I don't want to be blind
I don't want to be wasted, I don't want to be blind
I don't want to be wasted, I don't want to be blind
[G]
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I wish I could be like all my heroes
[C] [D] [Eb]
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I wish I could be like all yours too
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I wish I could sing like Otis Redding
[A] [C]
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pm..............
I wish I could play this guitar in tune
[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were hungry
[C] [D] [Eb]
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Do you remember when we were cold
[G] [B]
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Do you remember when we were happy
[C] [D] [Eb]
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in a way no one outside could ever know
[A] [C]
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I wish that I had one more life
How I wish that I had one more life to live
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
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| |
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I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to be blind
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
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I don't want to be wasted I don't want to be
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
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| |
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I don't want to be wasted I don't want to be
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
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I don't want to be wasted I don't want to be blind
[G] [Eb] [Bb] [C]
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| |
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Oh I don't want to be blind
No I don't want to be blind
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