Say Nice Things About Detroit chords by They Might Be Giants

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I always was  (B major) the one to leave  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (F sharp minor) I     had no  (B major) re (F sharp minor) hersal
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For this role reversal  (B major) 
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 (E minor) Say nice  (G major) things about  (A major)  (C major) Detroit
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 (E minor) The way you  (G major) left you were
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a  (A major) big big  (C major) jerk  (F sharp minor) 
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There I  (G major) was: anticip (A major)  (C major) ating
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Some  (G major) kind of love
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 (B major) I'm still waiting
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 (E minor) It's like it  (G major) was  (A major) just last  (C major) week
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 (E minor) I tell my (G major) self,  (A major) but it was (C major) n't
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 (F sharp major) Dress (F sharp minor)  (G major) ing up and  (A major) making  (C major) plans
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 (G major) I'm so bad at staying  (B major) friends
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 (A major) Say something nice
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 (G major) Say it again
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 (A major) Say something nice
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Say  (C major) it again  (B major)  (E minor) 
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I've never known  (B major) a liber (G major) ty
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (F sharp minor) But   you sure were  (A major) thirsty  (B major) 
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 (F sharp minor) Then  it gets all murky  (B major) 
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 (E minor) Say nice  (G major) things about  (A major)  (A minor) De  troit
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 (C major)  (E minor) Remember standing  (G major)  (A major) in the door (C major) way
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 (F sharp major)  (F sharp minor) Private  (G major) words and  (A major) holding  (C major) hands
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 (G major) Can't you pretend to  (B major) pretend
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 (E minor) Say nice  (G major) things about  (A major)  (A minor) Detroit
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 (C major)  (E minor) The way you  (G major) left you
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were a  (A major) big big  (C major) jerk  (F sharp major) 
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 (F sharp minor) There I  (G major) was: anticip (A major)  (C major) ating
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Some  (G major) kind of love
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 (B major) I'm still waiting
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 (A major) Say something nice
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 (G major) Say it again
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 (A major) Say something nice
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 (C major) Say it again
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