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The Freshman
Verve Pipe
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C F Am G F
verse 1:
C F
When I was young I knew everything
Am G F
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
C F
Now I'm guilt stricken sobbing with my head on the floor
Am G F
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice (no)
prechorus:
Am G F
I can't be held responsible
Am G F
'Cause she was touching her face
Am G F
I won't be held responsible
Am G F
She fell in love in the first place
chorus:
C F
For the life of me, I cannot remember
Am G F C
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
F
For the life of me, I cannot believe
Am G F
We'd ever die for these sins we were merely freshmen
C F Am G F
verse 2:
C F
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
Am G F
His girl took a week's worth of valium and slept
C F
And now he's guilt stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Am G F
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says...
prechorus
chorus
Em F C G (X4)
G
verse 3:
C F
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
Am G F
We never talk of our lacking relationships
C F
And how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
Am G F
We fell through the ice, when we tried not to slip, we'd say it...
prechorus
chorus
chorus
C F
We were merely freshmen
Am G F (C - single strum sounds nice IMO.)
We were merely freshmen