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Chords and lyrics for Alternative Girlfriend by Barenaked Ladies
E
You’re in an all-girl band
E
Your futon’s second hand
E
Your parents understand but you don’t care
D
E
E
I have a job in a shop
E
I’m an undercover cop
E
I make sure the customers aren’t thieves
B
Old at bein
F#m
g
young
B
Young at be
F#m
ing
old
B
Everything’s on hold
F#m
within our evolution
E
You’re
G
my
al
F#m
ternative
gi
B
rlfriend
E
I love
G
you,
F#m
now you cannot p
B
retend
C#m
There’s nothing left that won’t cros
A
s
over
E
Last night we slept on the lawn
E
You woke up and I was gone
E
Back to the dream I dream to leave
E
D
E
E
My life with her is a bore
E
A worn-out metaphor
E
No more surprises up it’s sleeve
B
We’re old at being
F#m
young
B
Young at being
F#m
old
B
Everything’s
been
F#m
sold to other’s revolutions
E
You’re
G
my
al
F#m
ternative
gi
B
rlfriend
E
I love
G
you,
F#m
now you cannot p
B
retend
C#m
There’s nothing left that won’t cros
A
s
over
E
You live above your dad’s four-
A
car
garage
With your
E
vinyl and imaginary
A
entourage
If I
E
pull up in a u-haul,
A
pack up quick
So we
E
can get out of this town ’cause it
A
makes me sick
E
You’re
G
my
al
F#m
ternative
gi
B
rlfriend
E
I love
G
you,
F#m
now you cannot p
B
retend
C#m
There’s nothing left that won’t cros
A
s
over