Intro
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A# Cm Dm D#
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[Verse]
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
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]
D# Dm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
A# Dm7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Cm
And she's never seen me before
[Verse]
A# A#/D#
So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me
Dm7 A#/D#
Cause she's never seen me before
A#maj7
Just let me hide behind the
C7
Smoke and pleasantries
Dm7 A#/D#
Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade, I just peek
D#
Around the statues
Cm
Spitting art and foreign trade, and she looks
B7sus2 F#7sus2
D# 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]
D# Dm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
A# Dm7
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Cm
And she's never seen me before
[Bridge]
A# F#maj7 F Cm
A# F#maj7
Warhol, monotone
F
Robotic talk
Cm
We're all so smart, we're so perceptive
A# F#maj7
But her mouth doesn't move
F
Except to smile
Cm
To be polite, to be receptive
A# F#maj7
She burns me with a glance
F
I look away
Cm Csus4
I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive
Cm Csus4
I'd give my right arm for a different situation
Cm Csus4
I look 'round, I see everybody's watching me
Cm Csus4 Cm Csus4 D#
I set myself up for this stupid situation
[Verse - Key changes to A]
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
E7sus2 B7sus2
See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans
E7sus2 B7sus2
Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes
[Chorus]
G# Gm7
I'm not surprised, this happens all the time
D#/G# A#
My head lights a cigarette inside my mind
Fm
And she's never seen me before
[Outro - Key returns to E]
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