Intro
D# Fm Gm G#
D# Fm Gm G#
D# Fm Gm G#
[Verse]
D# D#/G#
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
Gm7 D#/G#
Cause she's never seen me before
D#maj7
Don't call attention to the
F7
Man outside of me
Gm7 D#/G#
Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not
G#
Supposed to be here, and I'm
Fm
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]
G# Gm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
D# Gm7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Fm
And she's never seen me before
[Verse]
D# D#/G#
So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me
Gm7 D#/G#
Cause she's never seen me before
D#maj7
Just let me hide behind the
F7
Smoke and pleasantries
Gm7 D#/G#
Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek
G#
Around the statues
Fm
Spitting art and foreign trade, and she looks
B7sus2 F#7sus2
G# 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]
G# Gm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
D# Gm7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Fm
And she's never seen me before
[Bridge]
D# Bmaj7 A# Fm
D# Bmaj7
Warhol, monotone
A#
Robotic talk
Fm
We're all so smart, we're so perceptive
D# Bmaj7
But her mouth doesn't move
A#
Except to smile
Fm
To be polite, to be receptive
D# Bmaj7
She burns me with a glance
A#
I look away
Fm Fsus4
I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive
Fm Fsus4
I'd give my right arm for a different situation
Fm Fsus4
I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me
Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 G#
I set myself up for this stupid situation
[Verse - Key changes to A]
G# G#/C#
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
Cm7 G#/C#
Cause she's never seen me before
G#maj7
Don't call attention to the
A#7
Man outside of me
Cm7 G#/C#
Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye, and I'm not
C#
Supposed to be here, and I'm
A#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]
C# Cm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
G#/C# D#
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
A#m
And she's never seen me before
[Outro - Key returns to E]
D# Fm Gm G#
D# Fm Gm A