Album Of The Year

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        Am7*  Intro (x4)      before the D minor play this instead
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[Dm]The first time tha[G]t I met her I was [C]throwing up in t[G/B]he ladies room st[Am7]all

[Dm]She asked me if I need[G]ed anythi[C]ng  I said I thin[G/B]k I spilled my drin[Am7]k

And that's how it[G] started or so I'd like to beli[Am7]eve

[Dm]She took me to her mo[G]ther's house outsi[C]de of town where th[G/B]e stars hang down[Am7]

[Dm]She said she'd nev[G]er seen someone s[C]o lost, I said [G/B]I'd never felt so fo[Am7]und

and then I kissed[G] her on the cheek and so she[D] kissed me on the mouth whoa whoa w[Am7]hoa

[Dm]The spring was popping[G] daises up round r[C]usted trunks and [G/B]busted lawn chairs[Am7]

[Dm]We moved into a[G] studio in Cou[C]ncil Bluffs to s[G/B]ave a couple buc[Am7]ks

Where the[G] mice came out at night, neighbors were screaming all[Am7] the time

[Dm]We'd make love in the aft[G]ernoons to C[C]helsea Girls and[G/B] Bachelor N[Am7]umber 2

[Dm]I'd play for her some son[G]gs I wrote, she'd[C] joke and say I'm s[G/B]hooting through the r[Am7]oof

I'd say th[G]ey're all for you dear  I'll write the Album [Am7]of the Year.

[Dm]And I know she loved me then, I[G] swear to God she did

[C]It was the way she'd bite my [G/B]lower lip and push her h[Am7]ips against my hips

and dig[Dm] her nails so [G/B]deep into my ski[Am7]n.

(Mute Strings) Fast Strum
The first time that I met her I was convinced I had finally found th[Am7]e one

(Mute Strings) Fast Strum
She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romant[Am7]ics

I was readin[G]g Fante at the time  I had Bukows[Am7]ki on the mind

[Dm]She got a job at[G] Jacobs serving [C]cocktails to th[G/B]e local drunk[Am7]s

[Dm]Against her will [G]I fit the bill I pe[C]rched down at t[G/B]he end of the ba[Am7]r

She said,  Space [G]is not just a place for stars  I gave you an inc[Am]h

you want a house with a yard

Bu[Dm]t I know she loved me once, but those da[G]ys are done

[C]She used to call me ev[G/B]eryday from a pay phone [Am7]on her break for lunch

j[Dm]ust to say she can't[G] wait to come hom[C]e

Ohh[G/B]hh Ohhhh        To come [Am7]home       Ohh[F]hh Ohhhhh

to come [C]hooooooooome[G/B]              come[Am7] home

[Dm]The last time that[G] I saw her she was[C] picking through wh[G/B]ich records were h[Am7]ers

[Dm]Her clothes were packed in boxe[G]s, with some[C] pots and pans and[G/B] books and a toaster[Am7]

Just then a [G]mouse scurried across the floor

we [C]just started laughing til it didn't hur[G]t

ju[Am7]st started laughing til it didn't [F]hurt

ju[C]st started laughing til it didn't hurt[G]

  [Am7]                               [F]     end on  [C]
just started laughing 'til it didn't hurt