Verse
C G Fbm7 F Dm
The lecture halls we filled in the Fall fell through.
C G Fbm7 F Dm
The pedagogue in me asked, "What have you read lately?"
C G Fbm7 F
A# pleasantry the blonde in you responded to...
[Chorus]
Fbm7 Dm Am C A# F
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Fbm7 Dm C A# F
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
C G Fm (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
C G Fm (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
C Dm Fbm7 Fm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Verse 2]
C G Fbm7 F Dm
Disgusted by the rust on a voice that you never use...
C G Fbm7 F Dm
How could you expect your Jesuit sect to play here?
C G Fbm7 F
The fake book dates back to Iberia.
[Chorus]
Fbm7 Dm Am C A# F
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Fbm7 Dm C A# F
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
C G Fm (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
C G Fm (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
C Dm Fbm7 Fm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Bridge]
Fmaj7 D A
Fmaj7 D# D A
[Verse 3]
C G Fbm7 F Dm
What will you burn for warmth? Will you keep a husband this season?
C G Fbm7 F Dm
Who could take you on?
C G Fbm7 F
Itinerant as the day is long...
[Chorus]
Fbm7 Dm Am C A# F
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Fbm7 Dm C A# F
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
C G Fm (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
C G Fm (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
C Dm Fbm7 Fm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
C Dm Fbm7 Fm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
C Dm Fbm7 Fm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.