I Was Once a Loyal Lover chords by 
Death Cab For Cutie 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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Will I have learned so very little
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When these bones are old and brittle?
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I wait to talk when I should listen
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And cloud mistakes with false revisions
Verse 2
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All my friends are forward-thinking
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Getting Getting hitched
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and quitting drinking
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An d I can feel them pulling away
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As I'm resigned to stay the same
Verse 3
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And you can't even begin
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to know
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How many times I've told my
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self "I told you so"
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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I was once a loyal lover
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Whose lips did never seek another's
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But now each love's more like a match
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A blinding spark that burns out fast
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And they all
Verse 5
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conclude with the
same sentence:
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"I've never met someone
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more self-centered
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Who Who thinks that life with
a nice girl's like
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Waiting for a bus to work"
Verse 6
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An d you can't even
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begin to know
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How many times I've told my
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self "I told you so"
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And you can't even begin to believe
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There's so many bridges en gulfed in
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flames be hind me
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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If you deem it so
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Just cut the cord and go
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You'll be fine
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There's plenty of hills to climb
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Interlude 3
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Verse 8
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You can't even begin
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to know
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How many times I've told myself
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"I told you so"
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And you can't even
begin to believe
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There's so many bridges engulfed
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in flames behind me
Verse 9
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You can't even begin to know
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How many times I've told my
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self "I told you so"
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And you can't even begin to believe
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There's so many bridges
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en gulfed in flames behind me
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