Verse 1 C Fmaj7 I want to be the angel C Fmaj7 G I want to be the mystery C Fmaj7 I want to be the phantom C G C That nobody else can see. Verse 2 C Fmaj7 My apartment might seem real tragic C Fmaj7 G I’m sitting here scheming secretly C Fmaj7 Part of me dreaming this magic C G C Might find its way back to me. Chorus F I’m leaving signs around town C I’m painting arrows on the ground Dm I’m leaving hints and clues Bb G C I'm hoping that they’ll lead you to me Bridge C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 G C Fmaj7 C G C Verse 3 C Fmaj7 I hope that I don’t surrender C Fmaj7 G I hope I don’t give in easily C Fmaj7 Sloth is a sneaky vendor C G C That could sell my life back to me Verse 4 C Fmaj7 I want to be the fable C Fmaj7 G Skulk through your house when you’re not home C Fmaj7 Cut the legs on your kitchen table C G C So you wonder if you have grown Chorus F I’m not a thug or a gangster C More like a bug or a prankster Dm I’m a subtle superhero Bb G C Injecting life into your life. Interlude C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 Em C Fmaj7 C G Am G Fmaj7 Am G Fmaj7 Bridge Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Through the steam of coffee. Just behind the sugar. Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7/G Reflected in the window. There’s a perfect pair of eyes. Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Perched above the city. Back lit by the lamp light Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7/G A hand pulls back a curtain. There’s a perfect pair of eyes Verse 5 C Fmaj7 I want to be the angel. C Fmaj7 G I want to be the mystery C Fmaj7 I want to be the phantom. C G C That nobody else can see. Outro Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7/G
