Population Minus One Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A]

[Verse 1]
What the hell was I [A]thinkin'
Comin' and livin' in
[G]this concrete [D]canyon
Tryin' to swim [G]upstream in a river
[A]of vacant eyed people
Where they going so fast?
What could be that important?
[G][D]

[Verse 2]
[G][A]
And I miss Mama
I wonder what she's doing
She's probably looking
out that kitchen window
[G]That gre[D]en grass and clear sky[G]
[A]Daddy's probably sneakin' up behind

[Verse 3]
[A]
her
Putting his arms around her waist
Restin' that head on her shoulder
[G]Telling her how [D]much
he loves her
[G]That's what I ought to
[A]be doing with you right now

[Verse 4]
I find it hard [D]breathe
Without you next to me
[G]Gonna leave [D]this phone hangin',
[A]I'm gone
Before the sun goes [D]down
Gonna ditch this [G]town
[D]Population [A]minus one
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
[A]Oh, yeah, I know what I was thinkin',
I wasn't
I [G]came [D]this close to making the biggest
mistake of my [G]life[A]
Is that a train I hear in
the background?
You're on the porch aren't you?

[Verse 6]
Got your head resting [G]on
that pillow [D]on the swing
Your bare [G]feet propped up
on those [A]chain links
Toenails painted cotton candy pink,
oh, man
Let's [G]see, smog [D]or the smell
of summer [G]in [A]your hair
I'm outta here

[Verse 7]
I find it hard [D]breathe
Without you next to me
[G]Gonna leave [D]this phone hangin',
[A]I'm gone
Before the sun goes [D]down
Gonna ditch this [G]town
Popula[D]tion [G]minus [A]one
[G][D][Bm][A][D][G][A]

[Verse 8]
[A]
Baby, I can't tell you how good it felt
To roll back into this little [G]map dot
[D]Seeing those sugar maples
[G]shading [A]main street

[Verse 9]
And I never noticed it before but [A]I
smiled when I saw
All those post game celeb[G]ration,
beer [D]bottle dents
In that deer crossing [G]sign
[A]You know some of those were ours
Kiss me, kiss me again

[Verse 10]
It feels so good [D]to breathe
With you here next [G]to me
[D]In your arms it feels [A]like home
Gonna watch the sun go down
[D]I need you more than I need
that [G]town
[D]Population [A]minus one
[D][G][D]

[Verse 11]
[A]
[G]Just loo[A]k at you and me
Right where we [D]need to be,

[Outro 1]
yeah
[G][D][A][A][A]