Key: A major
Intro 1
G
C
Dsus4
G
C
Dsus4
G
C
Dsus4
G
Verse 1
Dsus4
Over your shoulder,
D
Dsus4
C
Dsus4
G
please don't mind me
D
Dsus4
If my eyes have fallen on
C
G
to your magazine
Dsus4
For I've been watch ing
C
and wondering
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
Why your face is chan
C
G
ging with every line you read
Verse 2
Am
Dsus4
All those lines and circles,
D
G
to me, a mystery
Em
Am
D
Eve pull down the apple
G
Em
Am
and give taste to me
D
G
If she would be wonderful,
D
Dsus4
C
Dsus4
but my pride is in the way
G
D
I cannot read to save my life,
Dsus4
C
I'm so ashamed to say
G
Verse 3
Dsus4
I live in silence,
C
Dsus4
D
afraid to speak
G
D
Of my life of darkness
Dsus4
C
G
because I cannot read
Verse 4
Am
D
For all those lines and circles,
G
to me, a mystery
Em
Am
D
Eve pull down the ap ple
G
Em
Am
and give taste to me
D
G
If she could it would be wonderful
Then I wouldn't need someone else's eyes
C
Dsus4
G
C
to see what's in front of me
Dsus4
G
Dsus4
D
No one guiding me
Dsus4
C
Interlude 1
Dsus4
D
G
Dsus4
D
C
G
Verse 5
Dsus4
C
Dsus4
It makes me humble to be so green
D
G
Dsus4
D
At what every kid can do
Dsus4
C
G
when he learns a to z
Verse 6
Am
Dsus4
But all those lines and circles
D
G
Em
just frighten me
Am
D
G
And I fear that I'll be trampled if you
Em
Am
don't reach for me
D
G
D
G
Before I run I'll have to take a fall
And then pick myself up,
C
Dsus4
so slowly I'll devour every
G
One of those books in the tower
C
Dsus4
D
of know ledge
G
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