Intro: B x4
verse 1:
F#
I've seen the girl
F#/Bb
who'll pick up where
I leave off she's
B
already smoothing her
hands for the pictures
F# F#/Bb
I've seen her sorting
B
through my memories
what's sweet? what's
bitter? she wants
what I can't give her
Interlude:
F# G#m F# G#m F# B x2
verse 2:
F#
I've seen the girl
F#/Bb
who'll chew up what
I bite off she's
B
devising a better
mouth just to kiss
F#
you any minute I'll
F#/Bb
have to surrender
B
to her wishes what
to take and what to
set free? I wonder
if she'll miss me
verse 3:
F#
I've seen the girl
F#/Bb
who'll be brave when
I run off she's been
B
picking her fights
like she knows how
F#
to win them and
F#/Bb
I've seen her sorting
B
through my memories
what's sweet? what's
bitter? she wants
what I can't give her
F#
Every time I try to
G#m F# G#m
get out of her way
F# B
the day is full of
F#
kids giving you the
G#m F# G#m
finger and speeders
F#
gonna kill you on
B
your tiny street
F#
she wants to beat
through all the
G#m F#
hell and high water
G#m F#
threatening what
B
she believes that's
F#
when I know I should
G#m
just drop everything
F# G#m
and let her sing
F#
she's a better
B
version of me
verse 4:
F#
I've seen the girl
F#/Bb
who'll remember what
B
I lost she has never
forgotten a name or
F#
a punchline she is
F#/Bb
the one that I have
B
chosen I'm lost but
she's found a better
way to get around
Verse 5:
F#
I've seen the girl
F#/Bb
who'll pick up where
I leave off she's
B
already smoothing her
hands for the pictures
F# F#/Bb
I've seen her sorting
B
through my memories
what's sweet? what's
bitter? she wants
what I can't give
her I'm lost but
she's found I'm
better way I
get around
F#
Every time I try to
G#m F# G#m
get out of her way
F# B
the day is full of
F#
kids giving you the
G#m F# G#m
finger and speeders
F#
gonna kill you on
B
your tiny street
F#
she wants to beat
through all the
G#m F#
hell and high water
G#m F#
threatening what
B
she believes that's
F#
when I know I should
G#m
just drop everything
F# G#m
and let her sing
F#
she's a better
B B B B
version of me
Outro:
B B
I tell myself
B
I tell myself
F#
you're not a fool
B B
I tell myself
B
I tell myself
F# E B F#(hold)
you're not a fool