Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
A
G
D
Neurotic intellectual
Em
Emotionally unavailable
D
A
You're everything you think
G
you should be
D
But the truth is unavoidable
Em
And every choice intentional
D
A
G
Darling, I don't mean to be mean
D
But you're see- through
A
G
as see- through can be
Em
And when the party ends,
G
A
you're sweating in sheets
D
The city
Verse 2
Gm
D
has left you alone
G
You cycle on fast- forward through
A
The strangers in your phone
D
F#m
D
And you re- record your voice mail
F#m
F#
Bbdim
Find that perfect hol
F#m
Bm
low tone:
D
"Hey, you've reached me,
G
but what does that mean?
I don't know."
D
Verse 3
A
G
D
So run your risk and play your part
Em
Hide away your hardened heart
D
A
G
And tuck yourself back into your shell
D
But is all that detached irony
Em
That finely tuned delivery
D
A
Hurting more than it's ever
G
helped?
D
A
Are you fooling anyone but yourself?
G
Em
Well, you're the only
G
one who can tell
A
Verse 4
D
Gm
D
Because the city has left you alone
G
In a Chelsea bar at closing time
A
Too wired to go home
D
When a street shark with
F#m
a songbird rap
F#
A
F#m
Bm
And a rep er tory brogue
D
G
Slurs, c'mon love. There ain't
Bm
D
E
no secret code.
D
G
Are you thinking what I'm thinkin',
Bm
D
E
yes or no?
D
G
Leave the mourning for the mornin',
D
love. Let's go.
Interlude 1
D
G
A
Bm
D
A
Verse 5
G
A
You're acting out the dead
Bm
D
A
end of a theme
G
A
A cliche in a roundabout
Bm
D
A
Another person's dream
G
A
It makes romantic copy but
Bm
D
A
Bm
it's not a life to lead
A
So
Verse 6
D
A
roll your eyes and suck
D
G
on your teeth
D
No, you don't need to
A
G
prove nothin' to me
Em
But you're the only one who
F#m
G
knows what you need
Verse 7
A
D
Gm
D
The city has left you alone
G
Squinting at an address
A
With a car service on hold
D
You keep waiting on redemption,
F#m
But isn't waiting getting old?
Bm
Em
You shut your eyes
G
A
A
The city clears its throat
D
"On with the show."
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A G Em Gm...
D
A
G
Em
Gm
F#m
F#
Bbdim
Bm
E
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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