Capo 4th fret

[Intro] (single strums)

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[Verse]

            
Come on skinny

             
 love, just la

              
st the year. 
            
Pour a little 

             
salt, we were 

              
never here.
(start strumming pattern)
            
My my my, my m

            
y my, my my my

      
.
              
Staring at the

             
 sink of blood

              
 and crushed v

        
eneer.
           
I tell my love

              
 to wreck it a

          
ll, cut out al

             
l the ropes an

               
d let me fall.
            
My my my, my m

            
y my, my my my

     
.
              
Right in the m

             
oment, this or

           
ders tall.


[Chorus]

             
And I told you

              
 to be patient

            
, and I told y

          
ou to be fine.
             
And I told you

              
 to be balance

            
d, and I told 

           
you to be kind

.
             
And in the mor

              
ning I'll be w

              
ith you, but i

            
t will be a di

         
fferent kind.
             
Cuz i'll be ho

              
lding all the 

              
tickets, and y

            
ou'll be ownin

           
g all the fine

s.


[Verse]

            
Come on skinny

             
 love, what ha

              
ppened here?
            
Suckle on the 

             
hope in light 

            
brassiere.
            
My my my, my m

            
y my, my my my

     
.
             
Sullen load is

              
 full so slow 

             
on the split.


[Chorus]

              
And I told you

             
 to be patient

            
, and I told y

         
ou to be fine.
              
And I told you

             
 to be balance

            
d, and I told 

          
you to be kind

.
             
And now all yo

              
ur love's been

              
 wasted, well 

            
then who the h

        
ell was I?
             
Cuz now I'm br

              
eaking at the 

              
britches, and 

            
at the end of 

          
all your lines


[Bridge](one strum for the bridge)

       
   Who will lo

ve you?
          
   Who will fi

ght?
             
   And who wil

            
l fall far beh

         
ind?

           
Come on skinny

      
 love.
            
My my my, my m

            
y my, my my my

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[Outro] 

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