C C I fried my head, I'm not a brunette F C I'm a down and dusky blonde F C I am living in a tree F C When I lie in bed I see F C G Beyond my lover's head the moon, I hear the rain
C C I am conscious of my voice F C as a tool it's more demure F C Than your friend the singing queen F C With her matinee good looks F C She talks like talking from a book F C G I speak the language of my village, of my street
F C But I need a friend and I choose you F C I tell you the way I feel F C The truth is crushing like a heel F C G I will forget the kiss and feel if you will too
C C Tell me tales of punk rockin' girls F C It's a dim and distant page F C But I mostly blame my age F C G Please make allowances for me. I do not see.
C C It's a drag that you're getting old F C I love to think about the year F C When we sobbed and then we cheered F C The town deserted like a film F C Your torso crushing me F C G Into the country and the tunnels and the fields
F C But I need a friend and I choose you F C I tell you the way I feel F C The truth is crushing like a heel F C G I will forget the kiss and feel if you will too
C C F C F C F C F C F C G (same as verse) C C F C F C F C F C F C G
C C I read a book a day like an apple F C But I did not eat F C And so the doctor came to me F C He said a woman does not live F C G By the printed word forgive yourself and eat
C C Autumn sped along outside F C Trick photography on speed F C I was locked inside a room F C They made a deal, they would control F C G The simple things like bodies but I kept my soul
F C When I needed someone I chose you F C Because the fledgling soul awakes F C And on the balcony she quakes F C And she is waiting for the sign F C And when the brother does not come F C G And when the sister's much too young, she chooses you
The little riff at the end of the verses is this or a variation -3-5-7-5-3-7-(8)-------------------| -----------------------------------| -4-5-7-5-4-7-(9)-------------------| -----------------------------------| -----------------------------------| -----------------------------------| He doesn't usually play the last one, but goes back to the verse C.