Intro
D Em F#m G
D Em F#m G
D Em F#m G
[Verse]
D D/G
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
F#m7 D/G
Cause she's never seen me before
Dmaj7
Don't call attention to the
E7
Man outside of me
F#m7 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
Em
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 F#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
D F#m7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Em
And she's never seen me before
[Verse]
D D/G
So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me
F#m7 D/G
Cause she's never seen me before
Dmaj7
Just let me hide behind the
E7
Smoke and pleasantries
F#m7 D/G
Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek
G
Around the statues
Em
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 F#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
D F#m7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Em
And she's never seen me before
[Bridge]
D A#maj7 A Em
D A#maj7
Warhol, monotone
A
Robotic talk
Em
We're all so smart, we're so perceptive
D A#maj7
But her mouth doesn't move
A
Except to smile
Em
To be polite, to be receptive
D A#maj7
She burns me with a glance
A
I look away
Em Esus4
I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive
Em Esus4
I'd give my right arm for a different situation
Em Esus4
I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me
Em Esus4 Em Esus4 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
Bm7 G/C
Cause she's never seen me before
Gmaj7
Don't call attention to the
A7
Man outside of me
Bm7 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
Am
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 Bm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
G/C D
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Am
And she's never seen me before
[Outro - Key returns to E]
D Em F#m G
D Em F#m A