Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: E F#m G#m A E F#m G#m A E F#m G#m A Verse: E E/A If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me G#m7 E/A Cause she's never seen me before Emaj7 Don't call attention to the F#m7 Man outside of me G#m7 E/A Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not A
Supposed to be here, and I'm F#m Too young to die B7 F#m7 See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans B7 F#m7 Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes Chorus: A G#m7 I'm not surprised, this happens all the time E G#m7 My head lights a cigarette inside my mind F#m And she's never seen me before Verse: E E/A So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me G#m7 E/A Cause she's never seen me before Emaj7 Just let me hide behind the F#m7 Smoke and pleasantries G#m7 E/A Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek A Around the statues F#m Spitting art and foreign trade, and she looks B7 F#m7 A hole right through me to a shadow on the wall, 'till I'm sick B7 F#m7 Of my surroundings while I'm not here at all Chorus: A G#m7 I'm not surprised, this happens all the time E G#m7 My head lights a cigarette inside my mind F#m And she's never seen me before Bridge: E Cmaj7 B F#m E Cmaj7 Warhol, monotone B Robotic talk F#m We're all so smart, we're so perceptive E Cmaj7 But her mouth doesn't move B Except to smile F#m To be polite, to be receptive E Cmaj7 She burns me with a glance B I look away F#m F#sus4 I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive F#m F#sus4 I'd give my right arm for a different situation F#m F#sus4 I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me F#m F#sus4 F#m F#sus4 A I set myself up for this stupid situation Verse - Key changes to A: A A/D If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me C#m7 A/D Cause she's never seen me before Amaj7 Don't call attention to the Bm7 Man outside of me C#m7 A/D Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not D Supposed to be here, and I'm Bm Too young to die E7 Bm7 See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans E7 Bm7 Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes Chorus: D C#m7 I'm not surprised, this happens all the time A/D E My head lights a cigarette inside my mind Bm And she's never seen me before Outro - Key returns to E: E F#m G#m A E F#m G#m A
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