Verse
G D Cbm7 C Am
The lecture halls we filled in the Fall fell through.
G D Cbm7 C Am
The pedagogue in me asked, "What have you read lately?"
G D Cbm7 C
F pleasantry the blonde in you responded to...
[Chorus]
Cbm7 Am Fbm G F C
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Cbm7 Am G F C
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
G D Cm (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
G D Cm (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
G Am Cbm7 Cm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Verse 2]
G D Cbm7 C Am
Disgusted by the rust on a voice that you never use...
G D Cbm7 C Am
How could you expect your Jesuit sect to play here?
G D Cbm7 C
The fake book dates back to Iberia.
[Chorus]
Cbm7 Am Fbm G F C
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Cbm7 Am G F C
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
G D Cm (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
G D Cm (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
G Am Cbm7 Cm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Bridge]
Cmaj7 A Fb
Cmaj7 A# A Fb
[Verse 3]
G D Cbm7 C Am
What will you burn for warmth? Will you keep a husband this season?
G D Cbm7 C Am
Who could take you on?
G D Cbm7 C
Itinerant as the day is long...
[Chorus]
Cbm7 Am Fbm G F C
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Cbm7 Am G F C
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
G D Cm (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
G D Cm (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
G Am Cbm7 Cm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
G Am Cbm7 Cm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
G Am Cbm7 Cm (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.