Kevin Devine – Like Cursing Kids (Ukulele)

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Verse 1:

             C                             Fm
I saw your freckles on the shoulders of a stranger today

        G               C
And my heart leapt, my heart leapt 

           C                              Fm
I saw the sickle of your dimple slice the side of her face 

        G               C
And my heart leapt, my heart leapt 

              C                                  Fm
But then she faced me while we wrestled for our place on the train

        F                            G
Kabuki makeup, a labret ring I kept out of her way

                 C                               Fm
You're not that actress playing dress-up on the subway today

       G                  C
So my heart keeps leapin' on

Verse 2: I tried to catch you in a couplet on my 4-track today But my tongue tied, my tongue tied I couldn't figure how to fit you on the spin of the tape So my tongue tied, my tongue tied The words are small and insignificant,confused and cliche I saw my promise and potential through my guilt and my shame I couldn't catch that in a couplet on my best goddamn day My tied tongue tumbles on Chorus:

Fm         C
Shake and shiver 

     Fm         C       G
And laugh like cursing kids 

             Fm      C
And all our fitful failures 

     Fm   C       G
Fit everytime we kiss

                C                
So cross your fingers, place your bets 

               Fm
And hold that glow in your face

       G                C    
Let my big mouth ramble on

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