Key: D minor
Verse 1
Eb
Cm
You don't know why it's there
heading
Verse 2
Eb
Cm
It just happens that we are
Gm
D
We just shrug our shoulders and be
Gm
Verse 3
Eb
D
No- one thought of, no- one planned
Eb
D
Then we could have been a man
Verse 4
Eb
D
We could be ex- husband
D
Eb
But no- one looks at the menu
D
Eb
D
in a greasy spoon life
Verse 5
Gm
Eb
Cm
Alone, alone
Gm
D
One day is several months
Gm
Eb
Alone, alone
Gm
D
A year can be a decade spent
Alone
Gm
Verse 6
He knows "hello" in eighteen languages
Eb
Cm
"I love you" in only one
his phrase- book
Gm
D
The chance is usually gone
Verse 7
Eb
Cm
But quite prepared for what
Eb
D
We always took the lead
Gm
D
Before we actually knew the plot
Gm
Verse 8
we've been shopping
D
Eb
D
By the bags beneath our eyes
Eb
D
Make- up shoulders burden
Eb
D
But the smile never lies
Verse 9
Eb
D
We could be ex- husband
Eb
D
We could be ex- wife
D
Eb
D
in a greasy spoon life
Verse 10
Gm
Eb
Cm
Alone, alone
Gm
D
One day is several months
Gm
Eb
Cm
Alone, alone
Gm
D
A year can be a decade spent
Alone
Gm
Verse 11
So empty at the airport
Eb
Cm
You don't set off the doors
Gm
D
And now we feel like whores
Verse 12
Eb
Cm
Words built like dams
Eb
D
Thoughts built like juggernauts
Gm
D
Our actions built like prams
Gm
Verse 13
Eb
D
And when the wind blows into our face
Eb
D
We should be warmer and not colder
D
Eb
D
On this car go that we shoulder
Verse 14
Eb
D
We could be ex- husband
D
Eb
But no- one looks at the menu
D
Eb
D
in a greasy spoon life
Verse 15
Gm
Eb
Cm
Alone, alone
Gm
D
One day is several months
Gm
Eb
Cm
Alone, alone
Gm
D
A year can be a decade spent
Alone
Gm
Verse 16
And we only smoke when bored
Gm
D
Gm
Between bored and lonely anyway
Outro 1
Gm
Eb
Cm
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
Cm
Eb
D
Gm
D
Gm
D
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ChordsGm Eb Cm D
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