GBED
You are an eighteen year old
GBCD
girl who lives in the small city of Japan
GBED
You heard me on the radio
GBCD
About one year ago and you wanted to know
GBED
All about me and my hobbies
GBED
My favorite food and my birthday
GBED/B
Why are you so far a way from me?
GBED
I need help and your way accccross the sea
C
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I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
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touch youuuuuu
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I think it would be wrong oh
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I've got your letter You've got my song
Riff AEDCB
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VerseGBED
They don't make stationary like
GBCD
this where I'm from so fragile, so refined
GBED
So I sniff and I lick
(So I snare) (and I lick)
GBCD
Your envelope and fall to little pieces every
GBCD
time I wonder what clothes you wear to
GBCD
school. I wonder how you decorate your
GBCD
room I wonder how you touch yourself and
GBCD (play fill 1)
curse myself for being across the sea
ED#C#BAG#F#
At ten I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
ED#C#BAG#F#
I thought the older women would like me if i did
ED#C#BAG#F#/G#
You see mom I'm a good little boy
(good little boy)
ED#C#BAG#F#/G#B
It's all your fault momma It's all your fault
VerseGBCD
Goddamn This business is really lame
GBCD
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
GBED
So you send me your love
(So you send) (me your love)
GBCD
From all around the world As if I could live on
(from all around the world)
GBCD
Words and dreams and a million screams oh
EBCD
How I need a hand in mine to feel
GBAEEEE DDDDDD
Why are you so far away from me
GBAEEEEEEEEEE
Why are you so far away from me
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.