Intro
F# G#m A#m B
F# G#m A#m B
F# G#m A#m B
[Verse]
F# F#/B
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
A#m7 F#/B
Cause she's never seen me before
F#maj7
Don't call attention to the
G#7
Man outside of me
A#m7 F#/B
Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not
B
Supposed to be here, and I'm
G#m
Too young to die
B7sus2 F#7sus2
See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans
B7sus2 F#7sus2
Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes
[Chorus]
B A#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
F# A#m7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
G#m
And she's never seen me before
[Verse]
F# F#/B
So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me
A#m7 F#/B
Cause she's never seen me before
F#maj7
Just let me hide behind the
G#7
Smoke and pleasantries
A#m7 F#/B
Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek
B
Around the statues
G#m
Spitting art and foreign trade, and she looks
B7sus2 F#7sus2
B hole right through me to a shadow on the wall, 'till I'm sick
B7sus2 F#7sus2
Of my surroundings while I'm not here at all
[Chorus]
B A#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
F# A#m7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
G#m
And she's never seen me before
[Bridge]
F# Dmaj7 C# G#m
F# Dmaj7
Warhol, monotone
C#
Robotic talk
G#m
We're all so smart, we're so perceptive
F# Dmaj7
But her mouth doesn't move
C#
Except to smile
G#m
To be polite, to be receptive
F# Dmaj7
She burns me with a glance
C#
I look away
G#m G#sus4
I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive
G#m G#sus4
I'd give my right arm for a different situation
G#m G#sus4
I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me
G#m G#sus4 G#m G#sus4 B
I set myself up for this stupid situation
[Verse - Key changes to A]
B B/E
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
D#m7 B/E
Cause she's never seen me before
Bmaj7
Don't call attention to the
C#7
Man outside of me
D#m7 B/E
Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not
E
Supposed to be here, and I'm
C#m
Too young to die
E7sus2 B7sus2
See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans
E7sus2 B7sus2
Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes
[Chorus]
E D#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
B/E F#
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
C#m
And she's never seen me before
[Outro - Key returns to E]
F# G#m A#m B
F# G#m A#m A