Birthday card chords by
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Example

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Key: Db major
Verse 1
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C

Am
Am

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C

F
F

I was
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on my last
warning from Mrs Example,
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Am

Clean up my act stop being
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an asshole,
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C

Didn't help my debacle,
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Am

I'd just woken up from an all day,
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F

C
C

all night, filthy (barkle),
Something quite (bait) about
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F

today's date,
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Am

I'd was hard to locate I'd drunk
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C

too much Pernod,
Took another swipe with my
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F

Mach 3 Turbo,
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C
C

Then it hit me like a raging inferno.
Verse 2
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I don't believe it I,
Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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She wont be a happy gal,
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Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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Am
Am

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She's gonna scream and yell,
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Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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She'll leave me man, she might as well,
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Forgot her bloody birthday card.
Verse 3
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I try to keep things relative,
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G

Am
Am

Never give (?) to myself if I can,
But I can only think negative,
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F
F

Used to tell her shit like I'd lost my pen,
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Now there's a chance I'll
never see her face again,
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So I walk a fine line, but it's not the end,
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C

See I bought her a voucher for H and M,
She can get a new skirt
and she'll look the part,
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And if it don't work
pour out my heart,
Verse 4
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C

Look, yeah, I'm going to be
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Am

completely honest with you,
You know I love you, you know I respect you,
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At the end of the day, a birthday card,
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It's just a piece of paper isn't it?
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In an envelope.
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Yeah I know a voucher
is a piece of paper too,
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Yeah, but you can get a skirt with that,
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Well you can get shoes then.
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Wait,
Verse 5
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nah that's bullshit,
I can't do that,
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Cant sound like a wanker, (a girly chat),
So I gotta make a dash
for the petrol station,
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Am

Cause their cards are perfect
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for any occasion,
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I drop my razor and splash my (boat),
I grab some tracky- d's and
a random coat,
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Then I'm on it with a wallet,
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And I hit the pavement,
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I'm running down the street with my face half shaven,
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Verse 6
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I'm getting stronger and stronger
my legs are burning,
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There's still hope yet just a couple of turn- in's,
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See the longer I wander the more I scream,
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Am
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She gets here at 10 and it's quarter to.
Verse 7
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Am
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I don't believe it I,
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Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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C

Am
Am

C
C

She wont be a happy gal,
Am
Am

Forgot her bloody birthday card,
C
C

Am
Am

She's gonna scream and yell,
Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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C

She'll leave me man, she might as well,
Am
Am

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C

Forgot her bloody birthday card.
Verse 8
I get to the garage,
Panic scanning the rack,
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Am

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99 percent of the range is all crap,
Happy Birthday Dad, Worlds Best Mother,
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I Love You Sister,
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You're a Special Brother,
No other bloody card with
a cover for a lover,
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Plus I'm getting kinda stressed
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as I search for an other,
But this one struck me,
It's pink and funky,
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With a cartoon print of a drunken
monkey.
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Verse 9
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Am

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There's a chance I'll make
it I'm nearly done,
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Am
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I hand him the coins and it's time to run,
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Am
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Now it's 5 minutes too
and I'm nearly home,
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I feel a vibration and check my phone.
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The
Verse 10
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message reads,
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“Honey, I'll be there shortly”,
“I just got off the bus
and I've started walking”,
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So like Kelly Holmes I sprint the home straight,
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I rip my tracky- d's as I hurdle the gate,
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I crash through the door,
I fall up the stairs,
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Looking like I've been in intensive care,
The Biro's f**ked, the pencil's broken,
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I grab a Magic Marker
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and write a token,
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Of my appreciation for her,
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And the things that make her so per- fect,
S**t, there's the bell,
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Am
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I seal the envelope
it should all be swell,
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Look, here she is, my Kiera Knightly,
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She gives me a kiss and
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I hug her tightly,
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She asks why I've only shaved half my face,
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And sweating like I've just
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come first in some race,
Verse 11
I got up extra early,
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To exercise and stretch my thighs,
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So I could see my special girly,
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She looks in my eyes and sees my lies,
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With a dubious face she
accepts the card,
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She reads it,
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drops it and slaps me hard,
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I open it up and prepare for doom,
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The text in the card reads Get Well Soon.
Verse 12
I don't believe it I,
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Am

Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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C

She wont be a happy gal,
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Am

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F

Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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C

She's gonna scream and yell,
Am
Am

Forgot her bloody birthday card,
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C

She'll leave me man, she might as well,
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Am

F
F

Forgot her bloody birthday card.
Verse 13
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Ok, I admit, yeah,
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I messed up big time,
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Am
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But have I got a surprise for you?
Yep, nah man, wait for it,
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I booked us a table,
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At Nandos,
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No ser.. where you going?,
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Serious, where you going?,
It's only a card!

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