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| intro |
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| D# | |
| Hel | lo |
| Do you remember me |
| Cm | |
| I am your | long lost pen pal |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb | |
| It | must have been ten | years ago we last | wrote |
| D# | |
| I | don't really know what happened |
| Cm | |
| I guess | life came in the way |
| Ab | Bb | |
| Let me | know if you're still al | ive |
| Ab | Bb | D# | |
| Let me | know if you ever | used that knife or | not |
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| D# | Bb/D | Cm | Ab | Bb |
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| D# | |
| Hel | lo |
| Yes I remember you |
| Cm | |
| I've got a | husband and two children now |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb | |
| I | work as an accountant and | make fairly good mon | ey |
| D# | Cm | |
| I still have your letters, you used a | pink pen to write them |
| Ab | Bb | |
| And | you would comfort | me |
| Ab | Bb | |
| when my | tears would stain the | ink |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb | |
| And | I would send you | mix tapes with Kate | Bush on |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb/D | |
| I have to ad | mit I sometimes | lied in those | letters |
| Cm | Ab | Bb | Ab | |
| Tried to make | life | better than it | was |
| Bb | |
| I still wasn't | kissed at sixteen |
| D# | |
| And I still need a | friend |
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| D# | Bb/D | Cm | Bb | Ab | Bb |
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| D# | |
| There was this letter |
| Cm | |
| I never | told you this back then |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb | |
| But | it would be fair to | say it saved my | life |
| D# | |
| I sat in the window |
| Cm | |
| The only one | left out from a party again |
| Ab | Bb | |
| Pretty | sure I didn't have a si | ngle friend |
| D# | Bb | |
| Then I checked the | mailbox |
| D# | |
| Dear long lost penpal |
| Cm | |
| I was | lying the whole time |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb | |
| I'm | really a 4 | 6 years old man named | Luke |
| D# | |
| I have three children |
| Cm | |
| and a | wife, she doesn't care |
| Ab | Bb | |
| And I | hope you don't res | ent me |
| Ab | Bb | |
| And I | hope you do not | hate me |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb | |
| For | trying to find my way | back to what it's like to be | young |
| Ab | Bb | D# | Bb/D | |
| I have to ad | mit I sometimes | lied in those | letters |
| Cm | Ab | Bb | Ab | |
| Tried to make | life | better than it | was |
| Bb | |
| I still wasn't | kissed at sixteen |
| D# | |
| And I still need a | friend |
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