German Cars chords by Matt Nathanson

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Verse 1
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i met you at  a party
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you were lookin for your car keys
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rich kids and bob marley
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yeah, they're never any fun
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so we drove out to the ocean
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just to finally feel some motion
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the waves sounded like explosions
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and we counted every one
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Bm 
and you kissed like the queen of californi
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a  and it felt like i hadn't been born
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i really miss you, west coast JV
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i know you had to get yourself free
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i know it gets hard just to breathe sometimes
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D 
i'm never gonna forget your name
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i'll never see the world quite the same
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i'll always keep a part of your dreams
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with mine with mine
you and me, we're different pages
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torn out of the same book
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my parents they just gave up
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and yours wore each other down
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we spent so long believin'
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we were less than what we needed
Bm 
20 years of screaming
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and we barely made a sound
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Bm 
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but you kissed like the queen of california
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Bm 
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and it felt like i hadn't been born
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i really miss you, west coast JV

Verse 2
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i know you had to get yourself free
Bm 
i know it gets hard just to breathe some
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times i'm never gonna forget your name
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i'll never see the world quite the same
Bm 
i'll always keep a part of your
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dreams with mine with mine
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and we hated the way
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everybody talked
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about their father's money and their summer
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Bm 
jobs princes and princesses trying to get lost
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in german cars that their parents bought
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in the fade and the glow of
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the summer light
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you asked me if i ever felt the pressure to get everything right to swim the mess,
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to stay the course
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to be someone that they adore
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i really miss you west coast JV
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i know you wore your heart on your sleeve
Bm 
and i know it gets hard just to
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breathe sometimes
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i'm always gonna call out your name
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i'll never see the world quite the same
Bm 
i'll always keep a part of your
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dreams with mine with mine