Vanessa Carlton - White Houses

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0 Crashed on the floor when I moved in
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2 This little bungalow with some strange new friends
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3 -Stay- up too late, and I'm too thin
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5 We promise each other it's 'til the end
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6 -Now we're- spinning empty bottles, it's the five of us
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8 With pretty eyed-boys girls die to trust
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9 -I- can't resist the day--no, I can't resist the day...
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11Verse:
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12 Jenny screams out and it's no pose
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14 'Cause when she dances she goes and goes
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15 Beer through the nose on an inside joke
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17 I'm so excited, I haven't spoken
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18 -And- she's so pretty, and she's so sure
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20 Maybe I'm more clever than a girl like her
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21 Summer's all in bloom
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23 Summer's ending soon...
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25Chorus:
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26 -It's all-right, and it's nice not to be so alone
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27 But I hold on to your secrets in
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28 White hou-ses
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30Verse:
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31 Maybe I'm a little bit over my head
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33 I come undone at the things he said
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34 -And- he's so funny in his bright red shirt
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36 We were all in love, and we all got hurt
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37 -I- sneak into his car's cracked leather seat
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39 The smell of gasoline in the summer heat,
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40 -Boy, we're- going way too fast
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42 It's all too sweet to last...
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44Chorus:
             F24          Am25    G26
45 -It's all-right, and I put myself in his hands
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46 But I hold on to his secrets in
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47 White hou-ses
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48 Love, or something ignites in my veins
F37      Am38       G39      F40
49 And I pray it never fades, in
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50 White hou-ses
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52Bridge:
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53 My  first   time,  hard to explain
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54 Rush of blood, oh,   and a little bit of pain
F52        C53        Am54           G55
55 On a cloudy day,   it's more common than you think
F56     C57   Am58      G59           C60
56 He's  my   first  mistake...
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Interlude: C61  C62  Am63  G64
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59Verse:
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60 Maybe you were all faster than me
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62 We gave each other up so easily
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63 -These- silly little wounds will never mend
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65 I feel so far from where I've been...
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67Chorus:
           F67       Am68          G69
68 -So I- go,  and I will not be back here again
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69 I'm gone as the day is fading, on
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70 White hou-ses
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71 -I- lied, wrote my injuries all the in dust
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72 In my heart it's the five of us, in
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73 White hou-ses
       F87          Am88       G89
74 -And- you, maybe you'll remember me
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75 What I gave is yours to keep, in
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76 White hou-ses,     in
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77 White hou-ses,     in
 C104     Am105  G106     C107
78 White hou-ses...
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