Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
Eb
Em
Eb
Db
Once,
C
Em
Db
we were all alone,
Eb
Db
C
Em
each of us, each of you, a little island,
C
Em
Dm
Em
Bangor, Fargo, Syracuse.
Dm
F
E
but we were told to stay away.
F
E
Am
We looked through the blur
Em
Dm
F
and wondered how to get
Eb
F
to where you were.
Eb
C
Who I am, boy in bowtie
Bb
F
bowing to the luncheon club,
Bb
C
Am
scout with my eye on an eagle.
Bb
Gm
When we're together
C
F
my day's at its peak.
Dm
Gm
I make his wrists go limp,
Csus4
F
he makes my knees go weak.
Bb
Gm
the sun is shining through.
C
F
This is no phase he's going through.
Dm
Eb
Bbm
C
I earned a merit badge
the day my Eagle Scout was
F
Just oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost
Dm
E
Gm
Csus4
C
Get used to it
F
Eb
Db
Ab
E
Soon someone dropped a hint
Gave a nod, gave a wink
Db
Fm
Db
An d we were waiting
Fm
Ebm
Gb
Ebm
Hi there, hi there
E#m
A#sus4
What's your name?
A#
Gb
Don't ask any questions
Ebm
Gb
F
Although you seem to be okay
Eb
Faug
Bbm
I can't be too nice
Ebm
Bbm
Gb
It might be dangerous if I
E
G#m
C#sus4
F#
Saw you twice
E
F#
While she swam I'm tugging
B
A#m
My eye on a guy in a Speedo
B
G#m
C#
He follows Nina like some little pup
F#
Abm
His eyes look up, then down
Db
Dbsus4
Db
Gb
My eyes look down, then up
Later changing clothes
G#m
C#
I'm not one of those
He would insist
Bbm
Ebm
Abdim
It's been a long, long time
Db
F#
E#
Since Mr. Speedo was se duced
G#m
C#sus4
F#
E
Get used to it
D
Em
Island, island
Dm
F
Dm
An d you knew we
A
Faug
were out there too
F#m
Eb
G#m
But it took a while
E
Em
It took a struggle
B
Em
B
Em
B
Em
A fight it took until to night
Em
A
D
For us to be together
Em
A
G
Nervous patient sitting in
Em
C
Csus4
What a sham
C
Asus4
The only thing I'm
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F#m
My shrink says I'm not like the homos.
Bm
Em
I don't hang out in the
A
F#m
park by the brook.
Bm
Em
And when my time is up,
A
D
I rush right down and look.
Em
A
I knew I'd found the link.
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F#m
Ride and thank my shrink.
Bm
Em
Edim
took a giant step
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Asus4
D
C#
when he traded Freud for Proust.
E
Em
Asus4
A
D
Get used to it.
F
G
There's no course to take, no prerequisite.
A
Em
There's no applica
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F#m
tion to submit.
Bm
Em
Edim
They'd introduced one small shove,
A
Asus4
and we, at love,
A
D
C#
were in troduced.
Em
Asus4
A
Bb
D
Dead used to it.
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