Intro:
D#
VERSE 1:
G# Fm C#
How do I get close to you?
A#m G# Fm A#m C#
Even if you don't notice as I admire you on the subway
G# Fm C#
When it's dark outside your house
A#m G#
You won't let anybody out
Fm A#m C#
And keep a padlock on the door, well
PRE-CHORUS:
C#
One more cocktail
D# C# A#m
And I'm on your trail
CHORUS:
G# C#
If I should fall
C# G#
Act as though it never happened
G# C#
I will retreat
C# G#
And sit inside so very quietly
INSTRUMENTAL:
| G# | C# | C# | G# | x2
VERSE 2:
G# Fm C#
How do I grow old with you?
A#m G# Fm A#m C#
Even if you don't notice as I pass by you on the sidewalk
G# Fm C#
When it's dark outside your house
A#m G#
You won't let anybody out
Fm A#m C#
You're keeping a dead girl in the closet
PRE-CHORUS:
C#
One more cocktail
D# C#
Is it a good time?
A#m
Or is it highly inappropriate
CHORUS:
G# C#
If I should fall
C# G#
Act as though it never happened
G# C#
I will retreat
C# G#
And then go back to university
G# C#
If I should fall
C# G#
Act as though it never happened
G# C#
I will retreat
C# G#
And sit inside so very quietly
BRIDGE:
|C#/G# | A#m |A/C#| A#m |
No chords during guitar interlude
C# A#m C# A#m
I want wisdom
C# A#m C# A#m
I want wisdom
C# A#m C# D#
I want wisdom
CHORUS:
G# C#
If I should fall
G#
Act as though it never happened
G# C#
I will retreat
G#
And sit inside so very quietly
G# C#
If I should fall
C# G#
Act as though it never happened
G# C#
I will retreat
C# G#
And then go back to university
OUTRO:
| G# | C# | C# | G# | x4