Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C majorC
Verse 1:
FF
Well Mama might have said you were one of a kind but she don't leave home and she ain't done time
C majorC
Looking at the birds like I do, they all spread their wings just like you
FF
The red carpet comes out when you arrive, the crowd goes wild and you roll your eyes
C majorC
Life's hard being a lush, you never know when you're taking too much
Bridge:
C majorC G+G C majorC
You laugh it off when you lose control, no one's born with a trashbag soul
FF C majorC
But girl you make you wonder how long I've been under you?
C majorC G+G C majorC
You with your party dress you can't keep clean, you with your scepter and your Singapore sling
FF G+G
Retreat to happy mountains to run them up and down with the blues
Chorus:
G+G C majorC FF
And you won't catch fiiire for me
C majorC FF
And you don't like my shitty poetry
C majorC E MajorE A minorAm C majorC
You swear that love's a myth, a sailor's tale, it's make believe
FF C majorC
But Lily Riptii-iide
Verse 2:
FF
Now Mama might have said you're the beauty's dream with your ivy league talk you're unfair to me
C majorC
Then your mountains, your keys and your clothes and the way that you look down your nose
FF
But who's gonna give you the time of day when you're broke in the gutter, don't know your name
C majorC
'Cuz good love wears off, it's true, and it might just wear off on you
Bridge:
G+G C majorC
You laugh it off when you get called out, your real life is slapped into the ground
FF C majorC
Now who's got to wonder, what's that flying under you?
G+G C majorC
It ain't the carpet or the concrete, girl, but once you thought it was the whole world
FF C majorC
Once I was a boy passing through
Interlude:
FF C majorC E7E7 Am7Am7
FF C majorC E7E7 Am7Am7
Chorus:
C majorC FF
And you still won't catch fiiire for me
C majorC FF
And you don't like my shitty poetry
C majorC E MajorE A minorAm C majorC
You swear that love's a myth, a fairy tale, it's make believe
FF C majorC
But Lily Riptii-iide
Outro:
FF C majorC
She's Lily Riptii-iide
FF C majorC
She's Lily Riptii-iide
FF C majorC
She's Lily Riptii-iide
FF C majorC