Intro: Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Verse 1: G G/F# Exhibit A Em We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat Em C We have one filthy pillow to share G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C And your lips are in my hair G G/F# Someone upstairs Em Has a rat that we laughed at Em And people are drinking C And singing Van Halen and Slayer G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C On a ukulele tear
Instrumental: Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Verse 2: G G/F# Exhibit B Em Well, we found an apartment Em It’s not much to look at C A futon on a floor G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C Torn-off desktop for a door G G/F# Em All the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape Em And if we have sex C They can hear us through the floor G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C But we don’t do that anymore Chorus: Em G/D C And I lay there wondering, what is the matter? Em G/D C Is this a matter of worse or of better? Em G/D C You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet Em G/D C But I would have held you if you'd only... N.C. ...let me Instrumental: Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Verse 3: G G/F# Exhibit C Em Look how quaint Em And how quiet and private C Our paychecks have bought us a condo in town G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C It's the nicest flat around G G/F# Em You picked a mattress and had it delivered Em And I walked upstairs C And the sight of it made my heart pound G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C And I wrapped my arms around me Chorus 1: Em G/D C And I stood there wondering, what is the matter? Em G/D C Is this a matter of worse or of better? Em G/D C You walked right past me and straightened the covers Em G/D C But I would still love you if you wanted a lover Bridge: C And you said C Em All the money in the world D G E Am B C Won't buy a bed so big and wide C Em D G E Am B To guarantee that you won't accidentally touch me B7 C In the night Instrumental: Em D G E Am F#mb5 Verse 4: G G/F# Exhibit D Em Now we're both mostly paralyzed C Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C Too afraid to even feel G G/F# Em I find my glasses and you turn the light out Em Roll off on your side C Like you've rolled away for years G C Holding back those king-size tears Chorus 2: Em G/D C And I still don't ask you, what is the matter? Em G/D C Is this a matter of worse or of better? Em G/D You take the heart failure C I'll take the cancer Em G/D C I've long stopped wondering why you don't answer Instrumental: Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Verse 5: G G/F# Exhibit E Em You can certainly see how fulfilling a life C From the cost and size of stone G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C Of our final resting home G G/F# Em We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree C You and me lying the only way we know G C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C Side by side and still and cold Chorus 3: Em G/D C And I finally ask you, what was the matter? Em G/D C Was it a matter of worse or of better? Em G/D C You stretch your arms out and finally face me Em G/D You say I would have told you C Cadd9 C If you'd only asked me Cadd9 C Cadd9 C If you'd only asked me C Cadd9 C If you'd only asked me Outro: Em G/D C C Em G/D C C Em G/D C C
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