Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Leaves grow on the trees each spring
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
And in winter fall to the ground again
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
If I were a leaf, I'd grow on a tree
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
If you were a leaf then you would dump me.
Chorus 1:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
There's nothing wrong with me; you just broke my heart
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Now hold me close so I don't fall apart
Verse 2:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
There's a perfect metaphor for what you did to me:
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
You are the changing seasons; I'm a guy in shorts heading for the sea
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
You are a thunder cloud and I'm an outdoor wedding with a nonrefundable fee
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
You are Godzilla, baby... and I'm Japanese
Chorus 2:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
There's nothing wrong with me; you just broke my heart
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Now hold me close so I don't fall apart
Bridge:
D MajorD E MajorE
You took my heart to Goodwill and you left it outside
A augmentedA D MajorD
You put my love in a farm upstate
D MajorD E MajorE
You took my heart to the park and you told it to hide
A augmentedA D MajorD
With no plans to seek it; that's great
E MajorE
And now I'm ready
D MajorD
Ready to destroy you
Chorus 3:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
There's nothing wrong with me; you just broke my heart
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Now hold me close so I don't punch your face
(This is the Dimetrodon version. Some aspects of the album arrangement are hard to convey with a guitar
or ukulele... FWIW, I like to add a DmDm after the bridge. For the final burst of suspenseful dissonance,