My Oldest Friend

Am                  G            
I remember watching my dad lose a
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 part of himself and break
Am                     G   
Then, I watched, as my mother 
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carried on with the back-up plan
Am                    G          
So, I followed, and I mistook an 
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important lesson for a
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soul mate; and then I did it 
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again and again

[Chorus]
Am          F                  C
Oh, I was a fool; got fooled 
               C
again. Are you ashamed of this fool 
man?
Am            F                 
No! I'm not a fool? Why feel 
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ashamed when I stood back up on weak
 legs legs?
F               G               
Consequences of my own choices: 
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oh, my ol - dest
F                   F            
friend; we'll try again, but 
           G      G
let's not rush in my oldest friend

[Break]
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              F
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[Verse 2]
Am                  G            
I remember thinking that I got it
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 right this time and that
Am                   G           
and, again, I had to tear down 
       C                         Dm
the walls that they helped me build
Am                        G      
and I believed that these old 
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boards wouldn’t hold up when you 
said, “I’ll
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help you. Let’s build them 
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together again.”

[Bridge]
Em      F                    C    Dm
Is love always doomed to fail?
Em       Dm                
Is there poison in my blood? 
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No-oo-oh-oh
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My soul's got cavities, but I 
                  F
see you’ve got them too; so let’s
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line them up and see if the 
         C
light shines through

[Chorus]
Am             F               C
Oh, look at us fools falling 
              C
again; trying to climb when we can’t
 stand
Am             F                  
No! We are not fools. It’s not the
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 same when we both started this 
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lame.
F               G                 
Consequences of hopeless romance: 
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here we  are a-
F                      F    
-gain. Now take a deep breath; 
                       G       G
there's no time for rest my oldest 
friend

[Break]
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[Bridge]
Em       F               C      Dm
No, I’ve never failed at lo-ove
Em                Dm              
I've only learned more about whats
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 in - side
C/G               Am             
And what gives me purpose now is 
C                  F
not by happenstance
F                           G    
It's your laugh; your smile; now 
               C      C
can I have this dance

[Chorus]
Am             F              C 
No, we are not fools; never 
                   C
again. We've both just been futher 
down this
Am                F              
road, and falling down is part of
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 the game and getting back up’s 
     E
how we play
F               G              C 
Consequences of my own choices: 
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my old ne - me -
F                      F         
-sis. Well now you can rest, but 
            G     G
I won't forget my oldest friend

[Break]
C               C              F
              F
C               C              G

              E7

[Chorus]
F               G               
Consequences of my own choices: 
C   G/B Am7 Gsus2
oh, my  ol- dest
F      F              G     G
friend. I'll never forget
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