Verse
F C Am7 A# Gm
The lecture halls we filled in the Fall fell through.
F C Am7 A# Gm
The pedagogue in me asked, "What have you read lately?"
F C Am7 A#
D# pleasantry the blonde in you responded to...
[Chorus]
Am7 Gm Dm F D# A#
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Am7 Gm F D# A#
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
F C A#m (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
F C A#m (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
F Gm Am7 A#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Verse 2]
F C Am7 A# Gm
Disgusted by the rust on a voice that you never use...
F C Am7 A# Gm
How could you expect your Jesuit sect to play here?
F C Am7 A#
The fake book dates back to Iberia.
[Chorus]
Am7 Gm Dm F D# A#
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Am7 Gm F D# A#
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
F C A#m (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
F C A#m (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
F Gm Am7 A#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Bridge]
A#maj7 G D
A#maj7 G# G D
[Verse 3]
F C Am7 A# Gm
What will you burn for warmth? Will you keep a husband this season?
F C Am7 A# Gm
Who could take you on?
F C Am7 A#
Itinerant as the day is long...
[Chorus]
Am7 Gm Dm F D# A#
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Am7 Gm F D# A#
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
F C A#m (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
F C A#m (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
F Gm Am7 A#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
F Gm Am7 A#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
F Gm Am7 A#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.