Chords with lyrics
Intro: 
A minorAm Riff (x4)
Riff
E MajorE|-----|
BB|-----|
G+G|-----|
D MajorD|-----|
A augmentedA|---2-|
E MajorE|-3---|
DmDm G+G 
C majorC 
C/BC/B
The first time that I met her I was throwing up in the ladies' room stall
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
She asked me if I needed anything, I said, "I think I spilled my drink"
G+G
And that's how it started
A minorAm
Or so I'd like to believe
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B
She took me to her mother's house outside of town where the stars hang down
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
She said she'd never seen someone so lost I said I'd never felt so found
G+G
And then I kissed her on the cheek
D9D9
And so she kissed me on the mouth Oh, oh, oh
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B
Spring was popping daisies up 'round rusted trucks and busted lawn chairs
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
We moved into a studio in Council Bluffs to save a couple bucks
G+G
Where the mice came out at night
A minorAm
Neighbors were screaming all the time
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B
We'd make love in the afternoons to Chelsea Girls and Bachelor Number 2
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
I played for her some songs I wrote she's joke and say I'm shooting through the roof
G+G
I'd say, "they're all for you, dear
A minorAm
I'll write the album of the year"
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm
And I know she loved me then
G+G
I swear to god she did
C majorC C/BC/B
It's the way she'd bite my lower lip
A minorAm
And push her hips against my hips
DmDm G+G
And dig her nails so deep into my skin
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm)
A minorAm
The first time that I met her I was convinced I had finally found the one
(A minorAm G+G 
E minor 7Em7)
(A minorAm G+G E minor 7Em7)
A minorAm A minorAm
She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romantics
G+G
I was reading Fante at the time, I had Bukowski on my mind
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B
She got a job at Jacob's, serving cocktails to the local drunks
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Against her will, I fit the bill, I perched down at the end of the bar
G+G
She said, "space is not just a place for stars
A minorAm
I gave you an inch, you want a house with a yard"
DmDm G+G
And I know she loved me once, but those days are done
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
She used to call me every day from a payphone on her break for lunch
DmDm G+G C majorC
Just to say she can't wait to come home
A minorAm
Oh, to come home
FF C majorC G+G
Oh, to come home
A minorAm
To come home
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B
The last time that I saw her, she was picking through which records were hers
(A minorAm Riff)
(A minorAm Riff)
DmDm G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Clothes were packed in boxes, with some pots and pans, and books, and a toaster
G+G N.C.
Just then a mouse scurried across the floor
C majorC G+G
We started laughing 'till it didn't hurt
A minorAm FF
Started laughing 'till it didn't hurt
C majorC G+G
Started laughing 'till it didn't hurt
A minorAm FF
Started laughing 'till it didn't hurt, alright
(C majorC G+G A minorAm FF)
(C majorC G+G A minorAm FF)
