[Intro] C G x4 [Verse] C G I wish I was a painter D G Charcoal and buffalo C G Or a presidential motorcade D Where the cops just come and go C G Return me to the station D G A box and empty bag C G Fall asleep watching the twister [Chorus] G D C In some broken down hotel in Birmingham C G x2 {Verse] C G Cause I wish I was a calendar D G Numbers and good names C G Variating slightly D But only the pictures ever change C G Mark me 'return to sender' D G I'm like a letter without a stamp C G I wasn't written to be read C G And I am sleepless in this bed
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[Chorus] G D C In some broken down hotel in Birmingham C G x4 [Verse] C G Held her hand in Old Savannah D G Marigold print on her dress C G Her hair was combed and parted D Like a beautiful princess C G I didn't see you at the altar D G Way back then you were so drunk C G You were washed up on some hooker's bed D Behind a shitty restaurants C Bought her pretty G clothes and diamonds D G The guy was born to be her man C G We were more than commentary D For a cheap headline grab C So when the wind blows G in your window D G 'Cause the storm don't give a damn C Pray the window don't break G D Across the wrist of your writing hand C G On a stationary wept with tears D G Of the peoples backs you stab C G When you're hiding like a robber D With no one's purse to grab C G Remember me standing there D holding out my hand
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[Chorus] G D C In a broken down hotel in Birmingham [Outro] C G x3 D C G x3 D G
