Verse 1
C/E   Dm/F   Em/G         Dm/F 
  Alphonse speaks like a riddle-writer 
C/E      Dm/F      Em/G             F/A 
  Hair blond, but burning gold in the sunlight, oh 
Em        Am      F       C 
Reckless fortune, oh, Alphonse 
      Em             Am            F         C 
You shape-shifter, thought-sifter, oh, half-listener 
 
Verse 2
C/E   Dm/F    Em/G         Dm/F 
  Alphonse moves like a snake on the highway 
C/E      Dm/F     Em/G             F/A 
  Flash bonds and acrid smoke in the twilight, oh 
Em        Am      F       C 
Reckless fortune, oh, Alphonse 
      Em          Am          F         C 
You star-wisher, toad-kisser, oh, half-listener 
 
C F G F 
C Am F C 
 
Chorus
     Em          Am 
How reckless of fortune, 
     F            C             Dm  F 
To think we’d be rid of you so casually… 
 Em      Am 
You and fortune, 
   F             C             Dm   F 
A more careless pair there’ll never be 
 
Verse 3
C/E   Dm/F   Em/G         Dm/F 
  Alphonse speaks like a riddle-writer 
C/E      Dm/F      Em/G             F/A 
  Hair blond, but burning gold in the sunlight, oh 
 Em       Am           F   C 
Damn our fortunes! Oh, Alphonse 
      Em             Am            F         C 
You shape-shifter, thought-sifter, oh, half-listener 
 
Outro
     Em          Am          F   C 
How reckless of fortune, oh, Alphonse 
      Em           Am 
You star-kisser, dream-fisher, oh 
F   C 
Alphonse…