Intro
B C#m D#m E
B C#m D#m E
B C#m D#m E
[Verse]
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
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]
E D#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
B D#m7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
C#m
And she's never seen me before
[Verse]
B B/E
So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me
D#m7 B/E
Cause she's never seen me before
Bmaj7
Just let me hide behind the
C#7
Smoke and pleasantries
D#m7 B/E
Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek
E
Around the statues
C#m
Spitting art and foreign trade, and she looks
B7sus2 F#7sus2
E 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]
E D#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
B D#m7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
C#m
And she's never seen me before
[Bridge]
B Gmaj7 F# C#m
B Gmaj7
Warhol, monotone
F#
Robotic talk
C#m
We're all so smart, we're so perceptive
B Gmaj7
But her mouth doesn't move
F#
Except to smile
C#m
To be polite, to be receptive
B Gmaj7
She burns me with a glance
F#
I look away
C#m C#sus4
I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive
C#m C#sus4
I'd give my right arm for a different situation
C#m C#sus4
I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me
C#m C#sus4 C#m C#sus4 E
I set myself up for this stupid situation
[Verse - Key changes to A]
E E/A
If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me
G#m7 E/A
Cause she's never seen me before
Emaj7
Don't call attention to the
F#7
Man outside of me
G#m7 E/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
F#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]
A G#m7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
E/A B
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
F#m
And she's never seen me before
[Outro - Key returns to E]
B C#m D#m E
B C#m D#m A