Intro
B
[Verse 1]
F# B
Well I wish I'd never said
F# B
The things I did the morning after
D#m D#m/C
You had shared yourself with me
B
In so many ways
[Verse 2]
F# B
Now a dining hall of kids
F# B
In my mind erupts in laughter
D#m D#m/C
To see you now and then
B
In town these days
[Chorus]
F# B
And I want to wipe it off
F# B
Now I want to wipe it off
D#m D#m/C
I want to wipe it off
B C,B,C,F
And get a clean slate
[Verse 3]
F# B
Everyone I loved was ill
F# B
In their mind or in their body
D#m D#m/C
And I knew not how to heal
B
The things that weighed
[Verse 4]
F# B
And every one of my attempts
F# B
Has only led me to a folly
D#m D#m/C B
And the comfort of this hold on me persuades
[Chorus]
F# B
And I want to wipe it off
F# B
Now I want to wipe it off
D#m D#m/C
I want to wipe it off
F#B C,F,C,F,Am, Am/F#,F
And get a clean slate
[Verse 5]
F# B
What a long time it has been
F# B
Since I sat to hear to the wind
D#m D#m/C B
See it come a whistling its little tunes
F# B
Now the memories of you
F# B
They can arise and fall again
D#m D#m/C B
I don't need them to remain in little rooms
[Chorus]
F# B
I don't want to wipe it off
F# B
I don't want to wipe it off
D#m D#m/C
Want to wipe it off
B
And get a clean slate
[Chorus]
F# B
I want to wipe it off
F# B
No, you want to wipe it off
D#m D#m/C
No need to wipe it off
B B F#
Got a clean, clean, clean slate