Key: Eb major
Intro 1
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb7
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb7
Eb
Verse 1
Ab
Gm
And you measure for wealth
Bb7
Eb
by the things you can hold
Ab
Gm
And you measure for love
Bb7
Eb
by the sweet things you're told
Eb
Ab
And you live in the past
Gm
Bb7
or a dream that you're in
Eb
Ab
Bb7
Eb
And your selfishness is your cardinal sin
Verse 2
Ab
Gm
And you want to be held
Bb7
Eb
with highest regard
Ab
Gm
Bb7
Eb
It delights you so much if he's trying so hard
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb7
And you try to conceal your ordinary ways
Eb
Ab
Bb7
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
Bb7
Eb
So why should you act so put out, for me
Ab
Gm
Bb7
Eb
Verse 3
Ab
Gm
'Cause emotionally,
Bb7
Eb
you're the same basic trip
Ab
Gm
And you know that I know
Bb7
Eb
of the times that you've slipped
Eb
Ab
So don't try to impress me
Gm
Bb7
You're just pins and paint
Eb
Ab
And don't try to charm me
Bb7
Eb
With things that you ain't
Verse 4
Ab
Gm
And don't try to enchant me
Bb7
Eb
with your manner of dress
Ab
Gm
'Cause a monkey in silk
Bb7
Eb
is a monkey no less
Eb
Ab
So measure for measure,
Gm
Bb7
reflect on my said
Eb
Ab
And when I won't see 'ya
Bb7
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
Bb7
So why should you act so put out,
Ab
Gm
Bb7
And sit there and wonder in doubt
Outro 1
Eb
Ab
Gm
Bb7
(for me)
[repeat and fade]
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