Rate for accuracy
🎸
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: A2 F#m11 Dmaj9 Bm11 Bm11/E Verse 1: A2 My best friend had a little situation F#m11 At the end of our senior year Dmaj9 And like a shot, Bm11 Bmin7/E she and Mitchell got married that summer A2 Carolann getting bigger every minute F#m11 Thinking, "What am I doing here?" Dmaj9 While Mitchell's out every night A2 Being a heavy-metal drummer F#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#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# It wasn't like that at all A2/E F#m11 Bm11 D6/9 Made Carolann a cute baby sweater D/E A2 Thinking "I can do better than that"
Interlude: F#m11 Dmaj9 Bm11 Bm11/E Verse 2: A2 In a year or so, I moved to the city F#m11 Thinking "What have I got to lose?" Dmaj9 Got a room, got a cat, Bm11 Bm11/E and got twenty pounds thinner A2 F#m11 Met a guy in a class I was taking F#m11 who you might say with some very well placed tatoos Dmaj9 He wouldn't leave me alone A2 'less I went with him to dinner F#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#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# Focus on his "career" A2/E F#m11 Bm11 D6/9 He blew me off with a heartfelt letter D/E A2 I thought "I can do better than that" Bridge: D6/9 You don't have to get a haircut Bm11 You don't have to change your shoes D6/9 D6/9/E You don't have to like Duran Duran Asus4 Just love me A D6/9 You don't have to put the seat down Bm11 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#m E/F# F#m You don't have to change a thing F#m11 B7sus4 B7 B7sus4 B7 Just stay with me A/B D6/9 I want you and you and nothing but you Bm11 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 E7sus4 E9 No substitution will do G2 C7#11 Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure G/A D/G D6/F# Top of the line Bm9/E D/E E/D A/C# Bm11 Bm7/E and totally mine! Verse 3: A2 I don't need any lifetime commitments F#m11 I don't need to get hitched tonight Dmaj9 Bm11 I don't want to throw up your walls and defenses A2 I don't mean to put on any pressure F#m But I know what a thing is right Dmaj9 And I spend every day A2 reconfiguring my senses F#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# Esus4 Never look back anymore F#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# Say you'll move in with me A2/E F#m11 Think of what's great about me and you A2/E F#m11 Think of the bullsh*t we've both been through A2/E Think of what's past F#m11 G6/9 because we can do better! Bm7/E We can do better! D/E A2/D We can do better than that! A/C# Bm9 A/C# D6/9 D/E A We can do better than that!
Song History
Last Updated: