Key: Eb major
Intro 1
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb
Eb
Verse 1
Ab
Gm
And you measure for wealth
Bb
Eb
by the things you can hold
Ab
Gm
And you measure for love
Bb
Eb
by the sweet things you're told
Eb
Ab
And you live in the past
Gm
Bb
or a dream that you're in
Eb
Ab
Bb
Eb
And your selfishness is your cardinal sin
Verse 2
Ab
Gm
And you want to be held
Bb
Eb
with highest regard
Ab
Gm
Bb
Eb
It delights you so much if he's trying so hard
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb
And you try to conceal your ordinary ways
Eb
Ab
Bb
Eb
With a smile or a shrug or some stolen cliché
Chorus 1
Ab
Bb
Eb
But don't you understand
Ab
Bb
Eb
And don't you look about
Ab
Bb
Eb
I'm trying to take nothing from you
Ab
Gm
Bb
Eb
So why should you act so put out, for me
Ab
Gm
Bb
Eb
Verse 3
Ab
Gm
'Cause emotionally,
Bb
Eb
you're the same basic trip
Ab
Gm
And you know that I know
Bb
Eb
of the times that you've slipped
Eb
Ab
So don't try to impress me
Gm
Bb
You're just pins and paint
Eb
Ab
And don't try to charm me
Bb
Eb
With things that you ain't
Verse 4
Ab
Gm
And don't try to enchant me
Bb
Eb
with your manner of dress
Ab
Gm
'Cause a monkey in silk
Bb
Eb
is a monkey no less
Eb
Ab
So measure for measure,
Gm
Bb
reflect on my said
Eb
Ab
And when I won't see 'ya
Bb
Eb
then measure it dead
Chorus 2
Ab
Bb
Eb
'Cause don't you understand
Ab
Bb
Eb
And don't you look about
Ab
Bb
Eb
I'm trying to take nothing from you
Ab
Gm
Bb
So why should you act so put out,
Ab
Gm
Bb
And sit there and wonder in doubt
Outro 1
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb
(for me)
[repeat and fade]
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