(G) (C/G) (G) (G) (G) (C/G) (G) (G) intro (G) (C/G) (G) (G) I sit two stories above the street (G) (C/G) (G) (G) It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep Am G/B There's life down below me though C D G C/G G G The kids are walking home from school G C/G G G So long ago when we were taught G C/G G G That for whatever kind of puzzle you've got Am G/B You just stick the right formula in C D G C/G G G A solution for every fool D D C C I remember the time when I came so close to you G G Am7 Am7 Sent me skipping my class and running from school C C D tacet And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool G D C What makes me think I could start clean slated C D tacet G C/G G G G C/G G G The hardest to learn was the least complicated mandolin G C/G G G Oh I just sit up in the house and resist G C/G G G And not be seen until I cease to exist Am7 G/B A kind of conscientious objection C D G C/G G G A kind of dodging the draft G C/G G G The boy and girl are holding hands on the street G C/G G G And I don't want to but I think you just wait Am7 G/B It's more than just eye-to-eye C D G Gsus4 G G Learn the things I could never apply D(sus4?) D(sus4?) C(9) C(9) And I remember the time when I came so close with you G G Am7 Am7 I let everything go it seemed the only truth C C D tacet And I bought you that ring; it seemed the thing to do G D C What makes me think I could start clean slated C D tacet G G The hardest to learn was the least complicated G D C So what makes me think I could start clean slated C D D G G The hardest to learn was the least complicated Am7 Am7 Em7 Em7 Ohhhhh, I'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself C D G G All the things that I do Em Em Bm Bm And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall C C/B Am7 C/G D (D)-(Dsus4) (D) tacet It isn't love, it's only something new (G) (C/G) (G) (G) I sit two stories above the street (G) (C/G) (G) (G) It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep Am7 G/B There's life down below me though C D G C/G G G The kids are walking home from school D D C(9) C(9) And I remember the time when I came so close with you G G Am7 Am7 Sent me skipping my class and running from school C C D tacet And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool G D C What makes me think I could start clean slated C D D G G The hardest to learn was the least complicated G D C So what makes me think I could start clean slated C D tacet G C/G G G The hardest to learn was the least complicated mandolin G C/G G G Least complicated G tacet; single notes: F-F-F-E-D, D-E-F-F-F-E-D-C-D etc. Least complicated (Na naa, na na na na naaaa...)
