Key: A major
Intro 1
B
E
F#sus4
B
E
F#sus4
B
E
F#sus4
B
Verse 1
F#sus4
Over your shoulder,
F#
F#sus4
E
F#sus4
B
please don't mind me
F#
F#sus4
If my eyes have fallen on
E
B
to your magazine
F#sus4
For I've been watch ing
E
and wondering
F#sus4
B
F#sus4
Why your face is chan
E
B
ging with every line you read
Verse 2
C#m
F#sus4
All those lines and circles,
F#
B
to me, a mystery
G#m
C#m
F#
Eve pull down the apple
B
G#m
C#m
and give taste to me
F#
B
If she would be wonderful,
F#
F#sus4
E
F#sus4
but my pride is in the way
B
F#
I cannot read to save my life,
F#sus4
E
I'm so ashamed to say
B
Verse 3
F#sus4
I live in silence,
E
F#sus4
F#
afraid to speak
B
F#
Of my life of darkness
F#sus4
E
B
because I cannot read
Verse 4
C#m
F#
For all those lines and circles,
B
to me, a mystery
G#m
C#m
F#
Eve pull down the ap ple
B
G#m
C#m
and give taste to me
F#
B
If she could it would be wonderful
Then I wouldn't need someone else's eyes
E
F#sus4
B
E
to see what's in front of me
F#sus4
B
F#sus4
F#
No one guiding me
F#sus4
E
Interlude 1
F#sus4
F#
B
F#sus4
F#
E
B
Verse 5
F#sus4
E
F#sus4
It makes me humble to be so green
F#
B
F#sus4
F#
At what every kid can do
F#sus4
E
B
when he learns a to z
Verse 6
C#m
F#sus4
But all those lines and circles
F#
B
G#m
just frighten me
C#m
F#
B
And I fear that I'll be trampled if you
G#m
C#m
don't reach for me
F#
B
F#
B
Before I run I'll have to take a fall
And then pick myself up,
E
F#sus4
so slowly I'll devour every
B
One of those books in the tower
E
F#sus4
F#
of know ledge
B
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