Our Word (from 36 Questions)

Verse:
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                      When I was a little girl
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                      Like really little, like 8 or
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so                    I was playing in my father's study
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                      a place in the house I wasn't supposed to go
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                      My father fancied himself a sailor
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                      His study was filled with nautical dec-
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or                    He kept a boat in a bottle on the top of a shelf
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                      And it shattered on the ground when I slammed the door

Pre-chorus:

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    I told my mother everything
Ebm                         Ebm  
    I told her I was so, so sorry
Ebm                          Ebm 
    She told me, "don't cry, when he comes home tonight
Ebm                        Ebm  
    We can make everything okay
Ebm                        Ebm  
    This is all we have to say"

Chorus:
Ab                    B        Db
"We don't remember a boat in a bottle
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It must've fallen off its shelf alone
Ab                            B         Db
We know you loved it, we're so sad it's broken

Ab                         B
But neither one of us was even home"
Db                 Eb                    Ab (downbeat of Verse)
And it's our word, yes our word, against his

Verse:

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                      So I hid screw-ups from my father
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                      Made up school awards to please my mom
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                      Whatever made the steak taste better
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                      Whatever kept the waters calm
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                      I was told to keep their secrets
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                      And in turn they'd keep mine
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                      As I got older, I got dumber
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                      I couldn't help but cross the line

Pre-chorus:

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   Three times I nearly wrecked my life
Ebm                            Ebm  
   Three times I nearly came to ruin
Ebm                        Ebm 
   Three times went crying to my parents
Ebm                            Ebm  
   Who said they'd make it go away
Ebm                         Ebm  
   Yes, this is all we had to say

Chorus:
Ab                   B          Db
  "We never rented a house in Sedona
Ab                          B       Db
  We didn't see Camille the day she died
Ab                       B            Db
  We haven't been on our boat in some years now
Ab                         B
So we don't care what you found inside"
Dbm                Eb
And it's our word, yes our word
Dbm            Eb
It's our word, yes our word
            Eb
Against theirs

Bridge: Eb Gb

           Eb                    Gb
Somebody was paid to make it go away
           Ab                              Gb
Everyone was paid to make the problems go away
               Ab
Doesn't matter who gets screwed, or who is blamed
            Bbm
Or what you need to do to clear your name
   Ab                               Gb
An inconvenient truth can be easily erased

Verse: (first four lines just roots)


Ab Gb E
          When I was 26
Ab Gb E
          I was living in New York
Ab Gb E
          I developed some fun habits
Ab Gb E
          Put my white blood cells to work
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                     I remember it so clearly
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                     I was home alone on a Tuesday night
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                     To level out, I'd popped some downers
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                     But couldn't seem to get my mind right
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                     I drew a bath and slipped into it
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                     And suddenly became aware
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                     I couldn't keep my head above water
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                     I took a final gasp of air

Chorus:
Ebm                    Ebm  
   And as I laid there helplessly
Ebm                             Ebm  
   a million different thoughts came to me
Ebm                 Ebm 
   I saw my parents hearing the news
Ebm                           Ebm  
   "Your only daughter drowned today"
Ebm                          Ebm  
   I thought about what they might say

Chorus:
Ab
"Our daughter, Judith?
   B           Db
No, she moved to Austin
Ab                          B    Db
She's very happy there, or so we hear
Ab                   B             Db
She's always been so xxxxxxxxx independent
Ab                         B      Db
The years go by and now we barely see her"
Ab                         B      Db
"Our daughter, Judith? You must be mistaken
Ab                              B     Db
You mean the girl we raised as if our own?
Ab                        B            Db
We loved her so much she felt like our child
Ab                        B       E
But eventually we had to send her home"

Outro:
        Dbm
It'd be their word
     Eb
Only their word
        Dbm
It'd be their word
     Eb
Only their word
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