B G#m D#m F#
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
B G#m D#m E 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.
B G#m D#m F#
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
B G#m D#m E C#dim
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
E G#m B6
Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
F#/B - B/E F#/B - B/E
But Claire, Claire baby,
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7 F# B/F#
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
B G#m D#m F#
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
B G#m D#m E
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
G#m E G#m E
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
F#/B - B/E F#/B - B/E
But Claire, Claire baby,
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7 F# B/F#
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
INTERLUDE
F#/B - F#/G#m - F#/D#m - F# (x2)
Bmaj7 - Bmaj7/G#m - Bmaj7 - Bsus4 - B (x2)
B6 D#m B6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
D#m E
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
F#/B - B/E F#/B - B/E
Claire, Claire baby,
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
D#m/B D#m F# Emaj7
It used to be our birthday too.