D                                                                    
The first time that she saw him
           G                                                           
was in the office canteen
       Bb                                                                 
He was buying a cup of coffee 
A                                                                        
three sugars and double cream
D                                                                        
Two weeks later she saw him
          G                                                              
at the elevator banks
    A                                                                    
His hands were full, she held the doors for
G               D                                                         
him and he said thanks
                                                                        

[Chorus]
             Bm                                                           
Now she's in love
                        F#                                                
For her it doesn't take much
         Bm                                                               
She's in love
                     A                                                   
But this is not your ordinary office crush
    Bm               D                                                     
For she works in the basement
G                                                                        
near the boiler room door
    D           A                                                         
And he works in accounting
       G    D                                                           
on the 37th floor
                                                                        

[Verse 2]
            D                                                            
Now I'm not much of a mathematician
         G                                                               
but even I can see
          Bb                                                              
That in a building of 37 floors
    A                                                                    
and four thousand employees
    D                                                                    
Her chances of running into him were really
G                                                                        
not that good                                                                        
                A                                                        
Even though she hung out at the canteen and rode the elevator
G                      D                                                  
every spare minute she could
                                                                        

[Chorus]
                Bm                                                           
'Cause she's in love
                            F#                                                
And she don't even know his name 
         Bm                                                               
She's in love
            A                                                   
Love can be such a cruel cruel game
    Bm               D                                                     
For she works in the basement
G                                                                        
near the boiler room door
    D           A                                                         
And he works in accounting
       G    D                                                           
on the 37th floor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
(And by the way, did I happen to mention...)


[Bridge]
               A                                                         
That when this building was constructed
       Bm                                                                 
it was done improperly
    A                                                                    
And one day on the fourth floor
            Bm                                                            
there was a short in the electricity
   A                                                                     
It burned up walls and desks and chairs
    Bm                                                                    
and all the secretaries
        A                                                                
And the alarm did not go off until it
Bm                                                                        
reached floor 33
             A                   Bm                                        
Floor thirty-three, floor thirty-three
                                                                        
(And on the upper floors people were running and screaming and                                                                        
jumping out of windows to get away from the flames -- it was                                                                        
gross)
                                                                        
        A                                                                
Now the woman in the basement,
Bm                                                                        
she ran up the stairs
A                                                                        
Out the emergency exit
Bm                                                                        
into the fresh air
A                                                                        
She looked up because just then
Bm                                                                        
it began to shower
       A                                                                 
That's when she saw her true love coming...
    Bm                                                                                                                                            
one hundred miles an hour
   A      Bm                                                               
Oh-oh, Oh no....
                                                                        
                                                                        
[Verse 3]
        D                                                                
I'm not much of a mathematician,
         G                                                               
but even I can see
    Bb                                                                    
The chances of him landing on her
     A                                                                   
were very slim indeed (but he did!)
        D                                                                
So they buried them together
    G                                                                    
the following day
         A                                                               
And even now when I ride the elevator
G                  D                                                      
I can hear someone say
                                                                        

[Chorus]
           Bm                                                             
She was in love
                       F#                                                 
For her it didn't take much
           Bm                                                             
She was in love
                      A                                                  
But this was not your ordinary office... crush
    Bm               D                                                     
For she works in the basement
G                                                                        
near the boiler room door
    D           A                                                         
And he works in accounting
       G    D                                                           
on the 37th floor     
                                                                        

[Outro]
Bm                D                                                                                                                                
She worked in the basement
    G                                                                    
and he the 37th floor
    D                   A                                                 
But fate brought them together,
     G            D                                                       
they flirted nevermore