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My Career As A Homewrecker by Jonathan Richman


      My Career As A Homewrecker


Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret

Capo on the first fret to match the record.
 
[Verse]
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Well I had just met the girl and her boyfriend
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She was ready for leaving him
                  Am
And I was the way, I was the key
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I was her way to say 'I'm free'
 
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And he would never talk about it, which made me sad
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I didn't see what we done that was so bad
 
 
[Chorus]
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We were all about 21
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My career as a homewrecker
        Dm
Had just begun
 
 
[Verse]
Dm
I was thinking about the Boston rock scene one fine day
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And found it too conservative, you might say
  Dm
I knew her well, I knew him terrific
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What's wrong if we wanted something specific?
 
 
[Chorus]
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He never talk about it, which hurted me
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I never saw what that sorrow had to be
 
 
[Chorus]
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I was now about 24,
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And I was called homewrecker
    Dm
Once more
 
 
[Verse]
Dm
If someone's mad at me, why can't they tell me so?
Gm
Why do they just avoid me?
Dm
If someone's mad at me, why can't they tell me so?
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Because I would want to know
 
 
[Verse]
Dm
Meanwhile out on the west coast
 
I started wrecking homes
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Tryin to convince girlfriends to leave and roam
Dm
Now I didn't touch them, cause I didn't want them
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But I wanted to effect them, I wanted to haunt them
 
 
[Chorus]
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And this was the following year
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My career as a homewrecker was in third gear
 
 
[Verse]
Dm
Another case of homewreckin I have did
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Was the girl who loved me, no matter what she said
Dm
She tried to hide it, as long as she could
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To save her boyfriend pain:   but it did no good
 
 
[Verse]
Dm
You see I have certain traits and certain wants
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Sometimes I'll try a certain thing, to provoke a response
Dm
Sometimes I'll break a rule, just to see who looks
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Sometimes I'll knock on a door,  just to see what cooks
 
 
[Verse]
Dm
My career as a homewrecker is not yet through
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There's all these homewrecking things to do
 
Sometimes I'll break a rule just to see who cares
               Am                      Dm
Sometimes I'll knock just to see who's there





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