What Sarah Said Chords & Tabs
great song. listen to it a couple times and you'll get the timing.
Intro
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Verse
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And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny glance of father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU that reeked of piss and 409
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*play intro again with second guitar starting here*
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And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself that I'd already taken to much today
As each descending peak of the LCD took you a little farther away from me
Amongst the vending machines and year old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It's done like a violent limp that out memories depend on a faulty camera in our minds
And I knew that you were truth I would rather loved than to never lain in the sun at all
Then I looked around at all the eyes on the ground as the TV entertained it's self
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Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
just nervous paces bracing for bad news
Then the nurse comes round and everyone lifts their head
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And I'm thinking of what Sarah said but love is watching someone die
thats all i got so far.