The Airborne Toxic Event

One Time Thing

The Airborne Toxic Event


Tom: E

            E                                  C#m
When I woke up today, I got your message on my phone.
                     B                         E
You said, "Hey I had fun. Did you ever make it home?"
E                           C#m                       B
I tried to read between the lines, "Oh yeah I'm doing fine. 
                              A             B
Feels like my head is made of moonshine and cheep-ass wine." 
   C#m                          B                       A
My best friend told me I should just stop looking for a sign.
B
Yeah.


-Chorus-

   E                               C#m
So okay, you told me it was just a one time thing,
           B                       E
a spark on gasoline. So what could I say?
                        C#m               B
If you tell me it don't mean a thing, yeah,
                          E     E    C#m     B
somebody told me you were mean.


-Verse-

          E                                        C#m
Then in a couple of days, I get this photograph of you.
                              B                                   E
The message says, "You lonely too? Do you want to tell me what to do?"
                         C#m                               B
I thought maybe it was a line, when we spoke that one last time...
                                    A                       B
"Sounds like your breath is full of moonshine and cheap-ass wine."
   C#m                          B                       A
My best friend told me I should just stop looking for a sign.
B
Yeah.


-Chorus-

   E                               C#m
So okay. You told me it was just a one time thing,
           B                       E
a spark on gasoline. So what could I say?
                        C#m               B
If you tell me it don't mean a thing, yeah,
                          A                  B
somebody told me you were like a machine and so damn mean.
   C#m                         B                             A         B
My mind's torn to pieces every time I try to jump up on this trampoline.
                               E
Why don't you tell me what you mean?

-Bridge-

E C#m B
                               E
Why don't you tell me what you mean?

E C#m B

                            A          
Why don't you tell me I was just your mistake?
    B
How long can this take?
    C#m                            B                           A
How many sleepless nights can I go over every second while I'm lying awake?
B
Yeah.


-Chorus-

   E                              C#m
So okay. If this is really just a one time thing, 
             B                             E
I think I've lost something. What else can I say?
                        C#m               B
I don't blame you for a single thing. Yeah,
                          E
somebody told me I should stay away.
                            C#m
But I can't help it, I want one more thing. 
           B                      E
Silence is deafening. I can't put you away. 
                            C#m
And I don't blame you for a single thing.
     B
Yeah, 
NC
somebody told me you were mean.

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