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[INTRO]
C#m B C#m B


[VERSE 1]
    C#m
The people and tables are set to the bone
    B
The ladies in waiting long to go home
C#m
Wallflowers drooping against pastel shades
B
Oh for a man with no lock on his gate
C#m
Waiting for nothing confuses the mind
B
Letting go pieces for no one to find
    C#m
The smell from the afternoon sits in the air
   B
Oh for a man with no back to his chair


[CHORUS]
C#m
I never wanted I never wanted
B
And I never got I never got
C#m
I never wanted I never once wanted
B
And I never got I never once got


[VERSE 2]
C#m
Sweeping the outskirts and keeping the jar
B
Something had been telling me you were not far
       C#m
From a jewel in a casket to a pearl in a shell
B
Oh for a man with no stories to tell


[CHORUS]
C#m
I never wanted I never wanted
B
And I never got I never got
C#m
I never wanted I never once wanted
B
And I never got I never once got


[INTERLUDE]
C#m B C#m B
C#m B C#m B


[VERSE 3]
    C#m
The people and tables are set to the bone
    B
The ladies in waiting long to go home
C#m
Wallflowers drooping against pastel shades
B
Oh for a man with no lock on his gate
C#m
Waiting for nothing confuses the mind
B
Letting go pieces for no one to find
C#m
The smell from the afternoon sits in the air
B
Oh for a man with no back to his chair


[CHORUS]
C#m
I never wanted I never wanted
B
And I never got I never got
C#m
I never wanted I never once wanted
B
And i never got I never once got
C#m
I never wanted I never wanted
B
And I never got I never got
C#m
I never wanted I never once wanted
B
And i never got I never once got