Long Lost Penpal chords by
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Key: Eb major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
Hello
Do you remember me
Bm Bm 
 
I am your long lost pen pal
G G 
 
A A 
 
It must have been ten years
D D 
 
A A 
 
ago we last wrote
D D 
 
I don't really know what happened
Bm Bm 
 
I guess life came in the way
G G 
 
A A 
 
Let me know if you're still alive
G G 
 
A A 
 
Let me know if you ever used that

Interlude 1

knife or not

Verse 2
D D 
 
Hello
Yes I remember you
Bm Bm 
 
I've got a husband and two children now
G G 
 
I work as an accountant and make
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
fairly good money
D D 
 
I  still have your letters,
Bm Bm 
 
you used a pink pen to write them
G G 
 
A A 
 
And you would comfort me
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
When my tears would stain the ink
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
And I  would send you mix tapes
D D 
 
with Kate Bush on
A A 
 

Verse 3
G G 
 
A A 
 
I have to admit I sometimes
D D 
 
A A 
 
lied in those letters
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Tried to make life better than it was
A A 
 
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen
D D 
 
And I still need a friend
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 

Interlude 2

Verse 4
D D 
 
There was this letter
Bm Bm 
 
I never told you this back then
G G 
 
But it would be fair to say
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
it saved my life
D D 
 
I  sat in the window
Bm Bm 
 
The only one left out
from a party again
G G 
 
Pretty sure I didn't have
A A 
 
a single friend
D D 
 
A A 
 
Then I checked the mailbox

Verse 5
D D 
 
Dear long lost penpal
Bm Bm 
 
I was lying the whole time
G G 
 
A A 
 
I'm really a  46 years
D D 
 
A A 
 
old man named Luke
D D 
 
I  have three children
Bm Bm 
 
And a wife, she doesn't care
G G 
 
A A 
 
And I hope you don't resent me
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
And I  hope you do not hate me
G G 
 
A A 
 
For trying to find my way back to what
it's like to be young
D D 
 
A A 
 

Verse 6
G G 
 
A A 
 
I have to admit I sometimes
D D 
 
A A 
 
lied in those letters
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Tried to make life better than it was
A A 
 
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen

Outro 1

And I still need a friend

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