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F G A AGF G A AGF
A blackened wick is what remains - the flame was blown out just recently
F G C CCBA
Although the candle hadn't burned down to the stick
A G F G A
It won't be lit again, the day won't be quite as bright
F G B A
We don't know what she may have been, all we know is what she left behind
F G C G A
An apartment cluttered with children's toys and photos of good times
F G
In the bedroom there's sheets on the windows
B A
There's a four poster bed for a reason
F G
On the floor there's a box full of secrets, it won't be opened
F G A AGF G A AGF
Here older boys and girls would play, all inhibitions were left behind
G C CBA
And as the door would close her face began to shine
A G F
This was her finest hour, this was her finest time
G A C D F G A
She's gone and it's not gonna be all right, not for me she's gone
C D
And it's not gonna be all right
F G F G A AGF
Not for me she's gone but not forgotten she's still here
F G A AGF
In all those years she touched so many lives
F G C CCBA
Who's gonna watch that little girl she left behind?
A F C G A F
C G
Carol Ann stands alone in the schoolyard, all the other children have gone
A F C G A F G A
After waiting for hours she can't understand why her mother left her
Solo (this is probably really messed up but hey, NOFX have two guitars)
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e---17-15-12-17-15-12-17-15-12-17-----
F G C A
In the darkness she sees definition, in the silence she hears someone calling
F G
After nightmares she lies in bed screaming but there's no reaction
A F G A
There's no one listening, there's no one now she's gone
A C D F G A
And it's not gonna be all right, not for me she's gone (repeat multiple x)
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