Hand Me Downs
Lisa Loeb - The Way It Really Is (2004)

Capo 3rd Fret.

Thanks to Lou Grassi (loubo13@netscape.net) for this tab!


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I know we're in September, this is my house and this is my town 
but my clothes are in the case, and I am leaving 
don't tell me what you spent it on, you always lie, you always lie 

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And it's a decision       I am leaving


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we used to say for fun, lets say you lived, and then you did 
you were the leader of us all, the perfect fall 
you speak to the weak and old picture of me, everybody says they wanna be free 


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And it's a decision      so I am leaving


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The powder's in the kitchen, the spoon is on the floor

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Your sister says it's different now, I don't believe her anymore 


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and I don't want your hand me downs,they're old, they're all worn out

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I don't wanna hang around, I don't want your hand me downs 



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so now I'm in this hotel room, I'm free and droning on 
but the music's way too loud, I wanna skip to the next song 

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The glass is on the counter, the sheets are on the floor 


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your sister says it's not the same, I don't believe her anymore 


CHORUS


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so you lie yourself to sleep tonight, but you won't think of me 
cause your world revolves around you, or so it seems, or so it seems


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and you can't get off, and I can't get on, yourself is all you see 

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and I don't wanna hang around, I don't want your hand me downs, anymore


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G|-----0---0---------0---------0-------0------
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E|---3-----------------------------1-------1h- 

you speak to the weak and old picture of me, everybody says they wanna be free 
and it's a decision, so I am leaving