The White Stripes - Hand Springs: chords

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I took my girl to go bowling
downtown at the Red Door
After an argument I started
because I thought she didn't like me anymore
I can't help it, sometimes I feel pitiful
And of course, she's so young and beautiful

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I bought us two glasses of Coke
That's her favorite, and
I wanted to make up for earlier
But I dropped her glass and it broke
So I just gave my glass to her

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She laughed and so did I in our lane
Then she went to the vending
machine to buy a candy cane
But right next to that was a boy
I knew with a spring in his hand
Playing a country pinball machine called
"Stand By Your Man"
I saw him talk to her, but
I stayed in my lane and played my game steady
And was thinking of the day when
i'd be too old to throw a ball this heavy

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But I guess I'm young now,
so it's easy to knock 'em all down
Then I looked and saw her say to him,
"you're really hitting that ball around"
And he's looking at her the way
I did when i first met her
I could see in his face white
flowers and cups of coffee and love letters

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I was sorry to interrupt that game
But I went and did it anyway
I dropped my red bowling ball
through the glass of the machine
And said, "Are you quick enough
to hit this ball, Mr. Clean?"
I was scared to lose her, so
I couldn't help being mean

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And that ended both of our games
I said I was sorry,
but my girl left with him just the same
I thought how much
I hate when love makes me act this way
I was bent over a broken pinball machine
in a bowling alley and I threw it all away

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Well, isn't it all just a big game?