Benjamin Gibbard

Couches In Alleys

Benjamin Gibbard


Tom: Em

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[Verse 1]
Em
Hey, Jack it's me,
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I don't mean to bother you but something's been on my mind.
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At the end of this road that climbs the horizon will be reached in a matter 
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of miles.
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And when the wheels cease to spin the walls and the fences will grow taller 
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than redwood trees.
      Em 
And I know your demise.
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And I fear what will happen when the road fails to flow under me.
           Em 
Flow under me

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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 Oh, Jack you see, I felt like your mirror with the wind whipping through my 
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hair.
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When the wheels ceased to spin and I cased my surroundings, I realized I 
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hadn't gone anywhere.
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When the problems I'd left with couches in alleys, where no one would ever 
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claim.
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And the hardest part was sifting through the pieces of the rain soaked and 
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rotten remains 

[Interlude]
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when I got home.
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when I got home.        when I got-

[Chorus]
Em
Hey, Jack it's me 
    C                           G                      D
I don't mean to bother you but something's been on my mind
Em
Hey, Jack it's me 
    C                           G                      D
I don't mean to bother you but something's been on my mind 
Em
Hey, Jack it's me 
    C                           G                      D
I don't mean to bother you but something's been on my mind 

[Outro]
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