Intro: Don't you dare say that You'll braid my hair, babe If you don't really care [Fm]You wanted me sadder [Eb]You wanted me sadder [Bb]Fishtail, what's the matter? [Ab]Ah-ah-ah [Fm]Skipping rope in the bayou, bayou [Ab]Slip softly in terrain [Bb]Not that smart, but I've got [Ab]things to say [Fm]Palm trees in black and white [Eb]I like to watch them sway [Bb]You're so funny I wish [Ab]I could skinny dip inside your mind [Fm]Lately, I've been [Eb] thinking about how things used to [Bb]be Swinging in a [Ab]nightgown underneath the old oak [Fm]tree Almost Victo[Eb]rian with you, you can talk to [Bb]me But lately I can [Ab]see You wanted me sadder [Fm](baby) [Eb]You wanted me sadder Can't you [Bb]see? [Ab] For [Fm]me, you are the one and if I'm [Eb]not the one for you Don't you [Bb]say it [Ab] [Fm]I was on the stairs, Ella Fitzgerald in the [Eb]air Feeling hella rare Baby, if you [Bb]care Baby, don't you dare say [Ab]You'll braid my hair, babe [Fm]Don't you dare say [Eb]that you'll braid my hair, babe If [Bb]you don't really care [Ab]You wanted me sadder [Fm]Dancing there in the hot, hot Sun [Eb]I know that we've got problems [Bb]I plan to address them [Ab]another day [Fm]Palm trees in black and white [Eb]I see in technicolor [Bb]Maybe I'll take my glasses [Ab]off So I stop painting red flags [Fm]Green Lately, I've been [Eb]sunning in the LA river [Bb]bed Wearing nothing [Ab]but the summer bruises on my [Fm]knees I like how you talk, [Eb]how you speak, how you look at [Bb]me But lately I can [Ab]see You wanted me sadder [Fm](baby) [Eb]You wanted me sadder You wanted me sadder Can't you [Bb]see? [Ab] For [Fm]me, you are the one and if I'm [Eb]not the one for you Don't you [Bb]say it [Ab] [Fm]I was on the stairs, Ella Fitzgerald in the [Eb]air Feeling hella rare Baby, if you [Bb]care Baby, don't you dare say [Ab]You'll braid my hair, babe [Fm]Baby, if you care, then (Don't you dare say that You'll braid my hair, see) [Eb]Baby, don't you dare say that [Bb]you really care [Ab] [Eb]Don't you dare say [Eb]that you'll braid my hair When [Bb]you get home tonight if [Ab]you don't really care [Fm]Yeah, don't you dare say [Eb]that You'll braid my hair, babe If [Bb]you don't really care, see, [Ab]don't you braid my hair If you're not [Fm]coming home to [Eb]me, [Bb]mmm [Ab]You want someone sadder [Fm]Skipping rope in the bayou, bayou [Ab]Slip softly in terrain [Bb]Not that smart, [Ab]but I've got things to say