Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A2 
F#m11F#m11
DMaj9Dmaj9 
Bm11Bm11 Bm11/E
Verse 1:
A2
My best friend had a little situation
F#m11F#m11
At the end of our senior year
DMaj9Dmaj9
And like a shot,
Bm11Bm11 Bmin7/E
she and Mitchell got married that summer
A2
Carolann getting bigger every minute
F#m11F#m11
Thinking, "What am I doing here?"
DMaj9Dmaj9
While Mitchell's out every night
A2
Being a heavy-metal drummer
F#m11F#m11
They got a little cute house
A2/E
on a little cute street
D6/9
With a crucifix on the door
A2/C# D6/9
Mitchell got a job at the record store
A2/D# Bm11/E
in the mall
F#m11F#m11 A2/E
Just the typical facts of a typical
D6/9
life in a town on the Eastern Shore
A2/C# A2/D
I thought about what I wanted
A2/C# 
F#m/D#F#m/D#
It wasn't like that at all
A2/E F#m11F#m11 Bm11Bm11 D6/9
Made Carolann a cute baby sweater
D/ED/E A2
Thinking "I can do better than that"
Interlude:
F#m11F#m11 DMaj9Dmaj9
Bm11Bm11 Bm11/E
Verse 2:
A2
In a year or so, I moved to the city
F#m11F#m11
Thinking "What have I got to lose?"
DMaj9Dmaj9
Got a room, got a cat,
Bm11Bm11 Bm11/E
and got twenty pounds thinner
A2 F#m11F#m11
Met a guy in a class I was taking
F#m11F#m11
who you might say with some very well placed tatoos
DMaj9Dmaj9
He wouldn't leave me alone
A2
'less I went with him to dinner
F#m11F#m11
And I guess he was cute
A2/E
And I guess he was sweet
D6/9
ANd I guess he was good in bed
A2/C# D6/9 A2/D# Bm11/E
I gave up my life for a better part of a year
F#m11F#m11 A2/E
And so I'm starting to think that this maybe might work
D6/9
And the second it entered my head
A2/C# A2/D
He needed to take some time off
A2/C# F#m/D#F#m/D#
Focus on his "career"
A2/E F#m11F#m11 Bm11Bm11 D6/9
He blew me off with a heartfelt letter
D/ED/E A2
I thought "I can do better than that"
Bridge:
D6/9
You don't have to get a haircut
Bm11Bm11
You don't have to change your shoes
D6/9 D6/9/E
You don't have to like Duran Duran
Asus4Asus4
Just love me
A augmentedA D6/9
You don't have to put the seat down
Bm11Bm11
You don't have to watch the news
D6/9 B7/D#
You dont' have to learn to tango
A6/E C#7/E#
You don't have to eat prosciutto
F# minorF#m 
E/F#E/F# F# minorF#m
You don't have to change a thing
F#m11F#m11 
B7sus4B7sus4 
B7B7 B7sus4B7sus4 B7B7
Just stay with me
A/BA/B D6/9
I want you and you and nothing but you
Bm11Bm11
Miles and piles of you
G6/9 C7#11
Finally I'll have something worthwhile
D2
To think about each morning
G2
You and you and nothing but you
E7sus4E7sus4 
E9E9
No substitution will do
G2 C7#11
Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure
G/AG/A D/G D6/F#
Top of the line
Bm9/E D/ED/E E/D 
A/C#A/C# Bm11Bm11 Bm7/E
and totally mine!
Verse 3:
A2
I don't need any lifetime commitments
F#m11F#m11
I don't need to get hitched tonight
DMaj9Dmaj9 Bm11Bm11
I don't want to throw up your walls and defenses
A2
I don't mean to put on any pressure
F# minorF#m
But I know what a thing is right
DMaj9Dmaj9
And I spend every day
A2
reconfiguring my senses
F#m11F#m11
When we get to my house,
Fm11/E
take a look at that town
F#m11/D
Take a look at how far I've gone
A2/C#
I will never go back
A2/D A2/D# 
Esus4Esus4
Never look back anymore
F#m11F#m11 Fm11/E
And it feels like my life led right to your side
F#m11/D
And will keep me there from now on
A2/C# A2/D
Think about what you wanted
A2/C# A2/D
Think about what could be
A2/C# A2/D
Think about how I love you
A2/C# F#m/D#F#m/D#
Say you'll move in with me
A2/E F#m11F#m11
Think of what's great about me and you
A2/E F#m11F#m11
Think of the bullsh*t we've both been through
A2/E
Think of what's past
F#m11F#m11 G6/9
because we can do better!
Bm7/E
We can do better!
D/ED/E A2/D
We can do better than that!
A/C#A/C# 
Bm9Bm9 A/C#A/C# D6/9
D/ED/E A augmentedA
We can do better than that!
