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