The Alcott (feat. The National)

	  		Intro Dm  C  G 
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Verse 1:

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I get myself twisted in threads to meet you at The Alcott 
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I go to the corner in the back where you'd always be 
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And there you are sittin' as usual with your golden notebook 
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Writin' something about someone who used to be me 



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And the last thing you wanted 
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Is the first thing I do 
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I tell you my problems 
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You tell me the truth 

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It's the last thing you wanted 
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It's the first thing I do 
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I tell you that I think I'm fallin' 
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  Back in love with you 

Verse 2:
 

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I sit there silently waiting for you to look up (ah ah ah) 
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I see you smile when you see it's me 
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I had to do something to break into your golden thinking 
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How many times will I do this and you'll still believe? 



         C 
It's the last thing you wanted 

(Tell me which side are you on, dear?) 
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It's the first thing you do 

(Give me some tips to forget you) 
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You tell me your problems 

(Have I become one of your problems?) 
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And I tell you the truth 

(Could it be easy this once?) 

         C 
It's the last thing you wanted 

(Everything that's mine is a landmine) 
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It's the first thing I do 

(Did my love aid and abet you?) 
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I tell you that I think I'm fallin' 
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  Back in love with you 

Bridge:

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And I'll ruin it all over (ha ha) 
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I'll ruin it for you (ha ha) 
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I'll ruin it all over (ha) 
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And over like I always do 

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(Why don't you) 
I'll ruin it all over 
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(Rain on my parade?) 
I'll ruin it for you 
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(Shred my evening gown) 
I'll ruin it all over 
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(Read my sentence out loud) 

And over like I always do 

('cause I love this curse on our house) 



         C 
It's the last thing I wanted 

(Tell me which side are you on, dear?) 
         G 
It's the first thing I do 

(Give me some tips to forget you) 
  Am 
I tell you my problems 

(Have I become one of your problems?) 
        G 
And you tell me the truth 

(Could it be easy this once?) 

         C 
It's the last thing I wanted 

(Everything that's mine is a landmine) 
         G 
It's the first thing I do 

(Did my love aid and abet you?) 
  Am 
I tell you that I think I'm fallin' 
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  Back in love 

(Back in love) 
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Back in love with you 

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     Back in love with you 

Final F  C  G