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Most Unoriginal Sin

John Hiatt
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D-DU-UDU
What  there was left  of us
 Was all covered in dust and thick skin
 A half  eaten apple
 Or the whole Sistine Chapel
 Painted on the head of a pin
 A life  long love's worth
 Gone up in a smurk
 And you didn't even see her waltz in
 Now this love  is a ghost
 Having played host
 To the most unoriginal sin
 At the wedding  we smiled
 While some devil played wild violin
Soon  after the chapel
 She offered me that apple
 One bite and I was gone with the wind
 And you needed no  proof
 Cause the whole naked truth
 Was wearing only an infidel's grin
 And a proud schoolboy's  boast
 Of having left his post
 For the most unoriginal sin
 INSTRUMENTAL ////  x2
 Now the jukebox  is humming
 All the venial shortcomings of men
 Lord I found  me this drink
 That can finally sink
 All the skills that I've been wallowing in
 Buddy once you  get started
 Once true love's departed
 You do it over and over again
 So tonight  I will toast
 Just whoever comes close
 To the most unoriginal sin.

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Readable chord sheet for Most Unoriginal Sin by John Hiatt

[D]What there was lef[A]t of us
Was all covered in dust and thick skin            [D]
A hal[A]f eaten apple

Or the whole Sistine Chapel
Painted on the head of a pin         [D]
A li[G]fe long love's worth

Gone up in a smurk
And you didn't even see her waltz in             [D]
Now this love[G] is a ghost

Having played host
To the most unoriginal sin         [D]

At the wedd[A]ing we smiled
While some devil played wild violin            [D]
[A]Soon after the chapel

She offered me that apple
One bite and I was gone with the wind               [D]
And you needed [G]no proof

Cause the whole naked truth
Was wearing only an infidel's grin           [D]
And a proud [A]schoolboy's boast

Of having left his post
For the most unoriginal sin        [D]

INSTRUMENTAL  [D]/[G]/[D]/[A]/[D] x2

Now the jukebox[A] is humming
All the venial shortcomings of men            [D]
Lord I fou[A]nd me this drink

That can finally sink
All the skills that I've been wallowing in             [D]
Buddy once y[G]ou get started

Once true love's departed
You do it over and over again        [D]
So tonigh[A]t I will toast

Just whoever comes close
To the most unoriginal sin.       [D]

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