verse 1
B F# Ebm7 E C#m
The lecture halls we filled in the Fall fell through.
B F# Ebm7 E C#m
The pedagogue in me asked, "What have you read lately?"
B F# Ebm7 E
A pleasantry the blonde in you responded to...
Ebm7 C#m Abm B A E
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Ebm7 C#m B A E
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
B F# Em (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
B F# Em (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
B C#m Ebm7 Em (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
verse 2
B F# Ebm7 E C#m
Disgusted by the rust on a voice that you never use...
B F# Ebm7 E C#m
How could you expect your Jesuit sect to play here?
B F# Ebm7 E
The fake book dates back to Iberia.
Ebm7 C#m Abm B A E
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Ebm7 C#m B A E
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
B F# Em (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
B F# Em (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
B C#m Ebm7 Em (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
Bridge
Emaj7 C# Ab
Emaj7 D C# Ab
verse 3
B F# Ebm7 E C#m
What will you burn for warmth? Will you keep a husband this season?
B F# Ebm7 E C#m
Who could take you on?
B F# Ebm7 E
Itinerant as the day is long...
Ebm7 C#m Abm B A E
You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to
Ebm7 C#m B A E
nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now.
B F# Em (low)
I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten
B F# Em (low)
With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you.
B C#m Ebm7 Em (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
B C#m Ebm7 Em (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.
B C#m Ebm7 Em (high)
I just finished the book, and some of it's true.