
Not My Baby
Alvvays
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Tom : G
C Am Em
Now that you're not my baby, I'll go do whatever I want
F Am G
No need to turn around see what's behind me I don't care
C Am Em
And it's true I've been checking out lately and I go do whatever I want
F Am G
No need to turn around, see what's behind me I don't care
C Am Em
'Cause I'm really not there
F Am G
Really not there
C Am Em
Now that you're not my baby, I'll go do whatever I want
F Am G
No need to sit at home with the dial tone 'cause I don't care
C Am Em
And it's true I've been going out lately and I go do whatever I want
F C
You can write it down with a fountain pen
F C
Close your eyes and count to ten
F C G
You can tell your friends that I don't make sense and I don't care
F C G
'Cause I'm really not there
F C G
Really not there
C Am Em
Your light is like a faded radio
F Am G
The lake was frozen over long ago
( Dm7 G Cmaj7 F F/E )
Dm7 G Cmaj7 F F/E
Now that you're not my baby (Now you're not)
Dm7 G Cmaj7 F F/E
Now that you're not my baby (Now you're not)
C G F C
You sought an eye, so did I for an island
C G F C
You sought an eye, so did I for an eye
C G F C
Traded my rose-coloured shades for a wide lens
C G F C
Used to make noise now I much prefer silence
[Trecho 2x]
F C G
Now that you're not my baby (Now you're not)
F C G
Now that you're not my baby (Now you're not)
F C G
I feel alive for the first time since I don't know how long (Now you're not)
F C G
I see a light for the first time since I don't know how long
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