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