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[Verse 1]
      C          G    F         Am
Your lips taste like American Spirit
    F          C         F      G    C
My hands look like it's been a long tour
              G          F         Am
Last night’s failure is 400 miles away
     F                  C        G                  C
But tonight could be alright, if only you'd let me stay

[Chorus]
         Am    F         C
Baby it don't take that long
         Dm          Am              G
And two rights don’t always make a wrong
             F         C         F              C
But darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
    G                     C
As tragic as it is in my songs

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
      C             G                       F              Am
This romance is embarrassing it puts your integrity on the line
        F          C       F    G          C
Kind of like a suicide note without the suicide
                 G          F                 Am
Ranging from the depths of what you choose to see
    F             C        G                  C
Who you choose to love and what you choose to be

[Chorus]
         Am    F         C
Baby it don't take that long
         Dm          Am              G
And two rights don’t always make a wrong
             F         C         F              C
But darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
    G                     C
As tragic as it is in my songs

[Bridge]
D7                          F                    C                  G
Just like the sassafras that always seems to pass a little bit too soon
D7                       F                C                          G
It always comes down to who you love and what you're put on earth to do

[Verse 3]
    C                  G         F               Am
The mighty kings of England, the mighty kings of Spain
        F          C             F     G          C
They've all kept there titles but they don't do a thing
                    G               F                 Am
Now leaving North Dakota you know I kissed the other side
       F                 C           G               C
I have traveled all this way just to look you in the eye

[Chorus]
         Am    F         C
Baby it don't take that long
         Dm          Am              G
And two rights don’t always make a wrong
             F         C         F              C
But darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
    G                     Am
As tragic as it is in my songs

[Outro]
      F                         C         F              C
Oh wo ho ... Darling, listen to me, life doesn't have to be
    G                     C
As tragic as it is in my songs

[Coda]
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