Intro
F Gm Am A#
F Gm Am A#
F Gm Am A#
[Verse]
F F/A#
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
Am7 F/A#
Cause she's never seen me before
Fmaj7
Don't call attention to the
G7
Man outside of me
Am7 F/A#
Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not
A#
Supposed to be here, and I'm
Gm
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]
A# Am7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
F Am7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Gm
And she's never seen me before
[Verse]
F F/A#
So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me
Am7 F/A#
Cause she's never seen me before
Fmaj7
Just let me hide behind the
G7
Smoke and pleasantries
Am7 F/A#
Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek
A#
Around the statues
Gm
Spitting art and foreign trade, and she looks
B7sus2 F#7sus2
A# 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]
A# Am7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
F Am7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Gm
And she's never seen me before
[Bridge]
F C#maj7 C Gm
F C#maj7
Warhol, monotone
C
Robotic talk
Gm
We're all so smart, we're so perceptive
F C#maj7
But her mouth doesn't move
C
Except to smile
Gm
To be polite, to be receptive
F C#maj7
She burns me with a glance
C
I look away
Gm Gsus4
I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive
Gm Gsus4
I'd give my right arm for a different situation
Gm Gsus4
I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me
Gm Gsus4 Gm Gsus4 A#
I set myself up for this stupid situation
[Verse - Key changes to A]
A# A#/D#
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
Dm7 A#/D#
Cause she's never seen me before
A#maj7
Don't call attention to the
C7
Man outside of me
Dm7 A#/D#
Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not
D#
Supposed to be here, and I'm
Cm
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]
D# Dm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
A#/D# F
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Cm
And she's never seen me before
[Outro - Key returns to E]
F Gm Am A#
F Gm Am A