C Am C Dm x2
[C]I'm Creedence Clearwater Wright
[Am]best friend of Elodie Eye
[C]we've been tight since Percy Elementary
[Dm]class of 1985[G]
[C]we moved together out to Philly after college
[Am]took a two bedroom at South & 9th
[C]I sold my violin so we could have it easy
[Dm]El got her grandmother's[G] money when she died
[C]we laughed like we were queens
[C]& split our ballgowns at the seams
[Am]& every single time I'd dream
[Am]it was only El & me
[C]but then she slipped away from me
[C]she met a boy from New Jersey
[Dm]& they fell fast in love of course
[G]I swear it felt like a divorce
[C]this September I'll be 26 years old
[Am]& El's the only one besides my dad
[C]who's ever said I love you Creedence
[Am]
[C] [Am] [C] [Am]
[C]took got a job downtown
[C]it's an hour on the bus each way
[Am]typing letters for a lawyer in a bad toupee
[C]it's dumb I know but it pays oka[Dm]y[G]
[C]& did I mention I moved out
[C]I got my own place off of South
[Am]& I've been living hand to mouth
[Am]for going on a year by now
[C]& yes I still see El around
[C]it's different but I can't say how
[Dm]she cut her hair it's back to brown
[G]she's living with her boyfriend now
[C]& since September I've been 26 years old
[Am]she's still the only one besides my dad
[C]who's ever said I love you Creedence
[Am]
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[C]I'm Creedence Clearwater Wright
[Am]best friend of Elodie Eye
[C]we've been tight since Percy Elementary
[Dm]class of 1985[G]
[C]we moved together out to Philly after college
[Am]took a two bedroom at South & 9th
[C]I sold my violin so we could have it easy
[Dm]El got her grandmother's[G] money when she died
[C]we laughed like we were queens
[C]& split our ballgowns at the seams
[Am]& every single time I'd dream
[Am]it was only El & me
[C]but then she slipped away from me
[C]she met a boy from New Jersey
[Dm]& they fell fast in love of course
[G]I swear it felt like a divorce
[C]this September I'll be 26 years old
[Am]& El's the only one besides my dad
[C]who's ever said I love you Creedence
[Am]
[C] [Am] [C] [Am]
[C]took got a job downtown
[C]it's an hour on the bus each way
[Am]typing letters for a lawyer in a bad toupee
[C]it's dumb I know but it pays oka[Dm]y[G]
[C]& did I mention I moved out
[C]I got my own place off of South
[Am]& I've been living hand to mouth
[Am]for going on a year by now
[C]& yes I still see El around
[C]it's different but I can't say how
[Dm]she cut her hair it's back to brown
[G]she's living with her boyfriend now
[C]& since September I've been 26 years old
[Am]she's still the only one besides my dad
[C]who's ever said I love you Creedence
[Am]
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