Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro Tab:
e|-8---10-8--------8---10-8--------8----10-8--------------------------------|
BB|----------11-10-----------11-10------------11-10--------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------10-----------10---------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------10-12----12------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-12-10-8-7--10-----12-10-8-7-------8-7-5-3-0---3-------------------- -----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------8--------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro Chords:
FF C majorC FF Bb majorBb G minorGm C majorC FF Bb majorBb
Verse 1:
FF C majorC
I'm a young man pleading in a foreign language
FF Bb majorBb
To a tall yellow building's small silver intercom
G minorGm C majorC
Someone answers back in either German or Spanish
FF Bb majorBb
Say I'm sorry I know the number, forgot what floor she lives on
FF C majorC
I'm filled with nostalgia by your elevator
FF Bb majorBb
I get deja vu just from looking at you
G minorGm C majorC
It's a rose coloured montage from a 1983
FF Bb majorBb
Heartwarming but obvious romantic comedy
Chorus:
C majorC FF
And I am struck dumb standing in the kitchen
Bb majorBb
Got it all figured out but in a way that's still approachable.
C majorC FF
The exact right amount of tension and friction
Bb majorBb
Bump around the room and the excitement is palpable.
Verse 2:
FF C majorC
Sunbaked all day in the backyard
FF Bb majorBb
We spent all night just staring at each other
G minorGm C majorC
Unkempt sitting in your friend's car
FF Bb majorBb
Windswept, underslept and supercharged
FF C majorC
Got that loving feeling back
FF Bb majorBb
Like a positive panic attack
G minorGm C majorC
Your friends all know who I am
FF Bb majorBb
But they seem to understand
Chorus:
C majorC FF
And I am struck dumb standing in the kitchen
Bb majorBb
Got it all figured out but in a way that's still approachable.
C majorC FF
The exact right amount of tension and friction
Bb majorBb
Bump around the room and the excitement is palpable.
Verse 3:
G minorGm C majorC
You make me laugh, you make laugh, you really make me laugh
FF
Snorts and chuckles from my belly
Bb majorBb
We smoke wet pot in the bath
G minorGm
My head's shaking with the trouble that
C majorC FF Bb majorBb
You and I could make if that's the step that we decide we will take tonight
G minorGm C majorC FF Bb majorBb
To live an extraordinary life or to die trying
G minorGm C majorC FF Bb majorBb
An ordinary life or to die trying
G minorGm C majorC FF Bb majorBb
An ordinary life or to die trying
Bb majorBb
Die trying.
Bridge:
FF C majorC
I wake up while you're asleep
FF Bb majorBb
Whisper guitar on the balcony
G minorGm
But the subtle synchronicities
C majorC
And the cheekiness of secrecy
G minorGm
And I had been resigned to celibacy
C majorC
And I can't play this thing quietly
G minorGm
I wanna wake up this whole apartment building
I just wanna sing
Chorus:
C majorC FF
And I am struck dumb standing in the kitchen
Bb majorBb
Got it all figured out but in a way that's still approachable.
C majorC FF
The exact right amount of tension and friction
Bb majorBb
Bump around the room and the excitement is palpable.