Verse
D# A# Gm7 G# Fm
The lecture halls we filled in the Fall fell through.
D# A# Gm7 G# Fm
The pedagogue in me asked, "What have you read lately?"
D# A# Gm7 G#
C# pleasantry the blonde in you responded to...
[Chorus]
Gm7 Fm Cm D# C# G#
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Gm7 Fm D# C# G#
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
D# A# G#m (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
D# A# G#m (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
D# Fm Gm7 G#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Verse 2]
D# A# Gm7 G# Fm
Disgusted by the rust on a voice that you never use...
D# A# Gm7 G# Fm
How could you expect your Jesuit sect to play here?
D# A# Gm7 G#
The fake book dates back to Iberia.
[Chorus]
Gm7 Fm Cm D# C# G#
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Gm7 Fm D# C# G#
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
D# A# G#m (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
D# A# G#m (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
D# Fm Gm7 G#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
[Bridge]
G#maj7 F C
G#maj7 F# F C
[Verse 3]
D# A# Gm7 G# Fm
What will you burn for warmth? Will you keep a husband this season?
D# A# Gm7 G# Fm
Who could take you on?
D# A# Gm7 G#
Itinerant as the day is long...
[Chorus]
Gm7 Fm Cm D# C# G#
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Gm7 Fm D# C# G#
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
D# A# G#m (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
D# A# G#m (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
D# Fm Gm7 G#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
D# Fm Gm7 G#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
D# Fm Gm7 G#m (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.