The Brightest Bulb Has Burned Out chords by Less Than Jake, Billy Bragg

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Verse 1
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You told me that your 20 years
have gone by much too fast
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And you've been hoping this
year will be better than the last
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You said you've been waging a war
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against the loneliest of nights
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With the strongest tricks
and longest lines
It's not that big a surprise
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That you're feeling more
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dead than alive
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You're feelin' more dead than alive
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So I'll let you know
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If you need somewhere to go
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I'll be listenin' when you call
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And I'll be there if you fall off
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If you need someone to believe in you
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I'll let you know I will
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You said the hole in your head
has gotten bigger
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Than the hole that's in your chest
And you're stuck between the past
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and present tense
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You said you've been waging a war
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Against so many years of lies
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With stronger drinks and longer lines
It's not that big a surprise
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That you're feeling more
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dead than alive
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You're feeling more dead than alive
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So I'll let you know
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If you need somewhere to go
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I'll be listening when you call
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And I'll be there if you fall off
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If you need someone to believe in you
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I'll let you know I will
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I'll let you know I will,
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I'll let you know I will
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But sometimes,
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you gotta let it go
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Gotta let it go
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So this pin is starting to become
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I'll pipe on many songs
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an d  turn to anthems again
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To everything that's changed
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and to everything that's gone away
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An  d my condolences to
the future I never met
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It's gone and never coming back,
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it's not coming back
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So don't hold on to your past
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You gotta let it go
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Gotta let it go
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Cause friends leave as time fades away
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The people and the places
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along the way
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Without a  doubt
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As screws fall and as screws
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they fall out
Tomorrow's gonna be smoke
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And I wanna win, I'm alone
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Where'd my convictions go?
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So to everyone that's gone away,
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or fades away, or stays the same,
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here's my apologies
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To the person that I used to be,
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before I burned down every bridge an
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d every inch of everything I  used to know
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I  gotta let it go
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Gotta let it go
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Cause friends believe as
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time fades away
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The people an d the places along the way
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Live out of doubt
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As screws fall and as screws
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they fall out
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Friends believe as time fades away
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The people and the places along the way
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So don't hold on to your past
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No, it's never coming back
You gotta let it go
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tired dreams are half days away
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The people an d places along the way
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Let it go
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Without a  doubt
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Yes, you're a spoiled and truthful elf
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Friends we best have things the way
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The people in the places
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along the way
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Without a  doubt
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Yes, you're a spoiled and truthful elf
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Without a  doubt
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Askew's falling
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Askew's fallout
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Without a  doubt
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Askew's falling
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Askew's fallout
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Without a doubt
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Askew's falling
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Askew's fallout
Without a doubt
Askew's falling
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Askew's day fallout