F# D#m A#m C#
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
F# D#m A#m B C#dim
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
C C#dim C
And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
F# D#m A#m C#
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
F# D#m A#m B C#dim
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
B D#m F#6
Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
C#/F# - F#/B C#/F# - F#/B
But Claire, Claire baby,
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7 C# F#/C#
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
F# D#m A#m C#
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
F# D#m A#m B
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
D#m B D#m B
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
C#/F# - F#/B C#/F# - F#/B
But Claire, Claire baby,
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7 C# F#/C#
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
INTERLUDE
C#/F# - C#/D#m - C#/A#m - C# (x2)
F#maj7 - F#maj7/D#m - F#maj7 - F#sus4 - F# (x2)
F#6 A#m F#6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
A#m B
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
C#/F# - F#/B C#/F# - F#/B
Claire, Claire baby,
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
A#m/F# A#m C# Bmaj7
It used to be our birthday too.