How Can I Tell Him chords by Jens Lekman

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Verse 1
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 (E minor) It's the morning after  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) And we're on a  (D major) train zigzagging
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'cross  (E minor) the countryside
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 (A major)  (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) On  our way home
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from  (E minor) a   party  (A major)  (D major) 
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That  (A major) turned  (D major) insane

Interlude 1

He dozes off on my shoulder

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Verse 2

Wakes up suddenly,

apologizes

Looks the oth er way

Verse 3

So tell me how

Tell me how I can tell him I love him

So tell me how

Verse 4
Em 
The neighbor came  (E minor) a-knocking
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Said  (A major)  (D major) Said she'd call the cops
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He said,  (F sharp minor) "I'll turn down the stereo"  (E minor) 
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 (A major) Pretended to ad (Bsus4) just
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the volume  (B minor) knob

Verse 5
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He's my be (E minor) st  friend  (A major) 
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And we can  (D major) talk about anything  (E minor) 
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As long it's about noth (A major) ing
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As long  (D major) as it  (A major) don't cut  (B minor) 
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deeper  (A major) than the skin

Verse 6
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 (E minor) Tell me how  (A major) 
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Tell  (D major) me how  (A major) I can tell  (F sharp minor) him I love  (D major) him
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So  (E minor) tell me  (A major) how
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Tell  (F sharp minor) me  (A major) how I  (F sharp minor) can   tell him  (B minor) I   love  (F sharp minor) him,
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 (E minor) so   (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (A major) 
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Tell  (E minor) me  (A major) how

Verse 7
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I mean I guess he  (D major) knows  (G major) 
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Just like I know  (A major)  (D major) when he says  (A major) something  (D major) 
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funny and I laugh from my belly  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) Or  (D major) when Sandra left  (G major) him and
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I held him when he  (A major) cried
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For a moment  (F sharp minor) he    left his  (A major) guard  (B minor) 
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down  (Bsus4) and  (B minor) so  did  (G major) I
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 (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor) 

Verse 8
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But it's so deep with (E minor) in me,
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 (A major)  (D major) the way a man should be  (B minor) 
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Passed on through gen (E minor) erations
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 (A major)  (Bsus4) of men  (B minor) before me
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A line drawn in the sand  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (D major) to keep us apart  (B minor) 
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A rusty, old padlock  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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hanging  (A major) on our  (B minor) hearts  (A major) 

Verse 9

So tell me how

Interlude 2

Verse 10
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 (A major) We part ways at the sta (E minor) tion  (A major)  (D major) 
He's got his bike and he rides
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in (A major) to the gap  (E minor)  (A major) 
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'Tween day an (B minor) d night
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Before  (G major) he's  (E minor) gone  (A major)  (D major) he shouts,
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 (A major) "Later (D major) ,  dude"
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 (A major) I  think,  (E minor) "Yeah  (A major) 
I love you too"