[Intro(4x)]
C Dm G Am G
C (x32010@1)                                  Dmthe (xx0231@1)clasp broke at the disco Mom I'm sorry
      G& (320003@1)the older men who hit on Becky
Am (x02210@1)                        G (320003@1)       Cnearly (x32010@1)broke their necks on scattered pearls
     Dm& (xx0231@1)we searched the best we could
    G (320003@1)                         Amfor (x02210@1)two entire songs we knelt & felt along
                G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)     DmAm
the place where we had stood

                  G (320003@1)                       CDm GAm Gbut (320003@1)we only found 7 of Grandmother's pearls

C (x32010@1)                                 Dm& (xx0231@1)as we rode the bus home I thought surely
G (320003@1)                          AmI'd (x02210@1)wake up tomorrow just to find
                      G (320003@1)  Cthat (x32010@1)I had dreamed up everything
              Dmthere'd (xx0231@1)still be pearls on a string
  GI (320003@1)wouldn't smell like smoke & I'd still
Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)     Dmhave (xx0231@1)the cash that I had spent on drinks
Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)                        C (x32010@1)    DmG
oh I feel as scattered as Grandmother's pearls
Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1) DmG
Mom don't cry
Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)     DmG AmG
they're only pearls

[Solo(4x)]

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