Answerphone chords by Duncan Parsons

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Verse 1
Dm 
Am 
Dm 
Am 
I
C 
don't know
F 
why you gave such a sigh,
Am 
Dm 
must've been something I said
C 
F 
If you tell me what it is that you see,
Am 
then I'll know what's
Bb 
F 
going on in your head
C 
F 
You sit uncomfortably when we've company
Am 
Dm 
I don't know how to let this pass
C 
You clearly don't want to stay
F 
Your nervous laugh gives you away
Am 
Bb 
F 
Let me  just top up your glass
Dm 
Am 
But when I try to talk to you alone
Dm 
I don't know why
Am 
So I'm talking to an answer phone
C 
You think I'm in denial
F 
When I try to make you smile
Am 
Dm 
This is gonna take some time
C 
If I  search for dignity
F 
I'll be here for eternity
Am 
Your ridicule is so sublime
Bb 
F 
Dm 
Am 
But when I try I don't talk to you alone,
Dm 
I don't know why cause I'm
Am 
talking to an answer phone.
G 
I'd love to know your grand design,
D 
but I've no way to read your mind,
E 
and I think you'll find you
Em 
can't read mine.
Am 
I've never been so starry -eyed
D 
to miss  the things you try to hide,
E 
do you think that
Holding on to pride,
F# 
D 
C#m 
G#m 
C#m 
G#m 
they'll help you to decide
Dm 
Am 
But when I try to talk to you alone,
Dm 
I don't know why
Am 
It's like talking to an answer phone,
Em 
it makes me cry
Bm 
To think of all those years,
Em 
don't say goodbye
Bm 
Is it all going to end in tears?
F#m 
I can't comply
C#m 
With all   the demands you
F#m 
make and you deny
D 
Dm 
Am 
And it's all been a big mistake