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Breadcrumbs
From the albumBreadcrumbs(2009)

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Lyrics

I never thought I'd see the day
I thought that I had finally moved along
And I had let you go so long ago, so long
This is not, this is not where I belong

So I wait for this shallow itch to pass
And I wait, yeah I wait

    Hey hey, I'm ok
    I don't need this anyway, I'm fine
    What's yours and mine
    Oh oh, I don't know
    What I was ever hoping I would find
    But it's time for me to leave this all behind

I don't regret a single thing
I couldn't say it didn't feel alright
But I don't want to stay and I don't want to fight
All alone, with my foolish appetite

So I wait for this shallow itch to pass
And I wait, yeah I wait

    Hey hey, I'm ok
    I don't need this anyway, I'm fine
    What's yours and mine
    Oh oh, I don't know
    What I was ever hoping I would find
    But it's time for me to leave this all behind

I don't have the heart to give away to you again
I don't have the stomach for it, no one ever wins
We had our fun but I have sung this song to you before
Here's my last refrain

    [Chorus x 2]

Tablature & Chords

Tuning on the CD: GGDGBD, capo somewhere

Tuning live: Standard, capo 1

Intro:
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-0---1-0----------0---1-0-----1--
-0-------2-0-2/4--0-------2-0-0--
-0----------------0-----------2--
-2----------------0-----------x--
-3----------------3-----------3--

Verse (G  D/F#  Em):
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--0---1-0------0---1-3-1-0-1-------0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-0--
--0-------2-0--0-------------2---2-------------------0--
--0------------0-------------0-----------------------2--
--0------------0-------------0-----------------------2--
--3------------3-------------2-----------------------0--

Then:  C  G  D/F#
Pre-chorus: Am  C  G,  Am  C  D   

Chorus: 
Em  C   G  Gmaj7  
Em  C   D  G

Bridge:
079987  x6987x  x5777x  577555          (Em, B/Eb, D, Am)
079987  x6987x  x02210  x32010  x54030  (Em, B/Eb, Am, C, D)

End:
G  Am  C

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