[Intro]
Don't you dare say that
you'll braid my hair, babe
If you don't really care
Em
You wanted me sadder,
you wanted me sadder
D
Fishtail, what's the
A G
matter? Ah-ah, ah, ah-ah
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[Verse 1]
Em
Skippin' rope in
the bayou, bayou
D
Slip softly in terrain
A
Not that smart,
G
but I've got things to say
Em
Palm trees in black and white
D
I like to watch them sway
A G
You're so funny, I wish I
Em
could skinny-dip inside your mind
[Pre-Chorus] D Lately, I've been thinkin' A about how things used to be G Swingin' in a nightgown Em underneath the old oak tree D Almost Victorian with you, A you can talk to me But, lately, I can see [Chorus] N.C. Em You wanted me sadder, you D wanted me sadder (Baby) G A Can't you see it? Em For me, you are the one D And if I'm not the one for you G F#m Don't you say it Em I was on the stairs D Ella Fitzgerald in the air Feelin' hella rare G Baby, if you care Baby, don't you dare say F#7 You'll braid my hair, babe Em D Don't you dare say that you'll braid my hair, babe G If you don't really care A You wanted me sadder
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[Verse 2]
Em
Dancin' there in the hot,
hot sun
D
I know that we've got problems
A Em
I plan to address them another day
Em
Palm trees in black and white
D
I see in technicolor
A Em
Maybe I'll take my glasses off
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so I stop painting
Em
red flags green
[Pre-Chorus]
Em D
Lately, I've been sunnin'
G
in the L.A. riverbed
A
Wearin' nothin' but the
Em
summer bruises on my knees
D
I like how you talk, how
you speak,
G
how you look at me
D
But, lately, I can see
[Chorus]
Em
You wanted me sadder (Baby)
D
You wanted me sadder
D
You wanted me sadder
G
Can't you see it?
Em
For me, you are the one
D
And if I'm not the one for you
G
Don't just say it
Em
I was on the stairs
D
Ella Fitzgerald in the air
Feelin' hella rare
G
Baby, if you care
Baby, don't you dare say
F#
You'll braid my hair, see
Em
Baby, if you care, then
(Don't you dare say that
you'll braid my hair, see)
D
Baby, don't you dare say
G D
That you really care
Em D
Don't you dare say that
you'll braid my hair
G
When you get home tonight
F#
And if you don't really care
Em D
Yeah, don't you dare say that
you'll braid my hair, babe
G
If you don't really care, see
F#
Don't you braid my hair
Em D G
If you're not coming home to me
[Outro]
D
You want someone sadder
Em
Skippin' rope in the bayou, bayou
D
Slip softly in terrain
G
I'm not that smart
D
But I've got things to say
