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My Stupid Mouth

John Mayer

Gm-4
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Gm A#/D D#Verse 1:
A# A#/AMy stupid mouth Has got me in
trouble
A#/D D#I said too much again
Gm A#/D D# To a date over dinner yesterday
Gm A#/DAnd I could see she was offended
D#She said "well anyway..."
Gm A#/D D#Just dying for a subject change
D# Dsus/F# D/F#Oh, a - nother social casualty
Bm7 . . . D7sus4 D7 G
Score one more for me
D# A#/D Cm7How could I forget? Mama said
A#/D"think before speaking"
D# A#/D C#2No filter in my head Oh, what's a
boy to do
D#2/G A#I guess he better find one soon
A#/A A#/D D# Gm A#/D D#Verse 2:
A# A#/AWe bit our lips she looked out the
A#/D D# window rolling tiny balls of napkin
paper
Gm A#/D I played a quick game of chess
D#with the salt and pepper shak - er
Gm A#/D And I could see clearly an
D# Gmindelible line was drawn
Gm A#/D D#Between what was good, what just
slipped out and what went wrong
D# Dsus/F# D/F#Oh, the way she feels about me has
changed
Bm7 . . . D7sus4 D7
Thanks for playing, try a
D# -gain.
D# A#/D Cm7How could I forget? Mama said
A#/D"think before speaking"
D# A#/D C#2No filter in my head Oh, what's a
boy to do
D#2/GI guess he better find one
A# A#/A A#/D D# Gm I'm never speaking up a - gain
A#/D D#It only hurts me
Gm A#/D D# GmI'd rather be a myste - ry
A#/D D#Than she de - sert me
Bb - - -
Oh I'm never speaking up again
A# A#/A A#/D D#Starting now
Bm D/F# Gm/Bb . . .
A# A#/A A#/DOne more thing why is it my fault?
D# GmSo maybe I try too hard
A#/D D#But it's all because of this desire
GmI just wanna be liked, I just
A#/D D#wanna be fun - ny
GmLooks like the jokes on me, so
A#/D D#call me captain backfire
D# Dsus/F# D/F#Oh, a - nother social casualty
Bm7 . . . D7sus4 D7 G
Score one more for me
D# A#/D Cm7How could I forget? Mama said
A#/D"think before speaking"
D# A#/D C#2No filter in my head Oh, what's a
boy to do
D#2/G A#I guess he better find one soon
A#/A A#/D D# Gm A#/D D#