Unemployed Boyfriend
Songs From An American Movie Volume 1: Learning How To Smile
"Hi, this is Peggy, leave a nice message or I'll kill ya"
"Hey Peggy it's me. You are never gonna believe what happened to me today"
!!!!NOTE!!!! - The third chord in the following riff (which is also used throughout
the tab) may well be wrong. There's about half a million suggestions for it down at
the bottom of the tab, with the most recent at the bottom, including the word from
Art himself, but anyway have a look and decide for yourself
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"I am sitting at the unemployment office, waiting on my
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loser of a caseworker in one of those nasty chairs"
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"And out from nowhere this total stranger walked right up to me
Sits down then leans over and says something like, "This is going to sound a
little obsessive""
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This is gonna sound a little obsessive, this is gonna sound a little bit strange
I have one thing to say before I turn and I walk away
This is gonna sound a little impulsive, this is gonna sound a little insane
I know you don't know me yet, but you and I, we will be together someday
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Someday, I know
I know that I sound like I'm on drugs, listen to me when I say
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Ever since when I first saw you, sitting on your car outside
You asked for a cigarette, I couldn't stop staring at your eyes
Ever since when I first saw you, looking bored in that plastic chair
With the lights in the office around you
Those blond streaks they look so pretty in your black hair
A
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You look cool and alternative with that disaffected stare
Yeah you want people to think that you just don't care
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Yeah you can be with me `cause I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you're perfect Who will always make you come
Yeah you can be with me Yes I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
G C9 Bm C9
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"Can you believe he said that to me. To me, of all people
I can't even remember the last time a guy took me out on a date
and actually paid for it"
G C9 Bm C9 G/B G/A
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This is gonna sound a little bit out there
This is gonna sound a litle insane
G C9 G
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But I keep having the same dream
You will be the mother of my children someday
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I heard you sleep with that obnoxious guy
I know he was in that famous band
You look so sad when you are with him
Yes I never see him reach to hold your hand
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Yeah you can be with me, Yes I will treat you like a queen
I will go to all those chick-flick movies that I really don't want to
see
Yeah you can be with me, No I will never let you down
I will never make out with your girlfriend
When I know you're not around
Yes you can be with me Yeah I just might be the one
Who will treat you like your special I will always make you come
G Em D C D
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You can be with me Yes I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
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"Can you believe this? I mean can this be for real?"
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"Then he take my hand, writes down his number, and just walks away.
I mean.....wow. But you know, the weird thing is, he actually is kinda cute"
G C9 Bm C9
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"in a real intense way....kinda like Perry Farrell, you know intense
but sensitive. Anyway, I told my bitchy sister about it and she just
laughed at me. I told her I was really excited about this, that I have a
really good feeling about this guy.....I told her that this could be the guy"
