Mismatch chords by
Harry Chapin
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Intro 1
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Bm Bm 
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G G 
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D D 
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Verse 1
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At first you seemed just like my dream
Of a finer better life
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Much more than I could ask for
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In a lover or a wife
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Though I work with my body
And my work makes my hands rough
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There are gentle things inside me
That are anything but tough

Verse 2
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There are lessons you could teach me
Things I do not know
Things I've never done, girl
And places we could go
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But you only wear your tailored suits
For me to rip and tear
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Ah, can't I hold you quietly
And smell your perfumed hair?

Verse 3
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I saw you as the answer
That I never dared to dream
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I saw you as the window
Into a world I'd never seen
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I saw you as the vision
Come to raise me from the mud
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But you came to use my sweat to cool
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The fever in your blood

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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I'm not Marlon Brando
On his motorcycle bike
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When you call me your animal
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It's a name I do not like
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Please do not tear my back
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Yes, of course I bleed
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The violence you thirst for
Is not what I need

Verse 5
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Your silken skin is armor
That begs for brutal hands
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But why can't I be gentle
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And tell you of my plans?
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I  know that you're using me
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Not I just using you
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And you're not so scared
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Of losing me as I losing you
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Verse 6

At first you seemed...

Outro 1
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