Chords Used:
E|------------|C (8,10,10,9,8,8)
Dm (5,5,7,7,6,5)
Am (5,7,7,5,5,5)
G (3,5,5,4,3,3)
F (1,3,3,2,1,1)
Verse (And start of Chorus) pattern goes something like this:
E|-8--8--5--5|
B|-8--8--6--5|
G|-9--9--7--5|
D|-10----7--7|
A|-10----5--7|
E|-8-----5--5|
[Intro]
CDmAmCDmAmCDmAmCDmAmCDmAmCDmAmCDmAmCDmAmCe|-----8\E|------------|E|------------|-----8\E|------------|E|------------|-----|
B|---------6p5--------8\--6p5E|------------|-6p5--------8\--6p5---------|
G|-9-----------5~/9E|------------|5~/9-----------5~/9E|------------|5~/9---|
D|E|------------|E|------------|E|------------|E|------------|E|------------|-------|
A|---------5E|------------|--5E|------------|---5E|------------|--5-----------|
E|-8---8-------5~/8---8--------5~/8---8-------5~/8---8--------5~/8---|
[Verse 1]
CDmAmCDmAm
Babe,
CDmAmCDmAm
there's something tragic about you
AmEmGAmEmG
something so magic about you
CDmAmCDmAm
don't you agree
[Verse 2]
CDmAmCDmAm
Babe,
CDmAmCDmAm
there's something lonesome about you
AmEmGAmEmG
something so wholesome about you
CDmAmCDmAm
Get closer to me
[Bridge 1]
AmGEmF
no tired sigh, no rolling eyes, no irony
DmGF
no 'who cares', no vacant stares, no time for me
[Chorus]
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
I slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door
FCF
Intro riff
[Verse 3]
CDmAmCDmAm
Babe,
CDmAmCDmAm
there's something wretched about this
AmEmGAmEmG
something so precious about this
CDmAmCDmAm
where to begin
[Verse 4] (played on live shows)
CDmAmCDmAm
Babe,
CDmAmCDmAm
there's something broken about this
AmEmGAmEmG
but I might be open about this
CDmAmCDmAm
oh what a sin
[Bridge 2]
AmGEmF
To the strand a picnic plan for you and me
DmGF
a rope in hand for your other man to hang from a tree
[Chorus]
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
I slithered here from eden just to sit outside your door
FCF
[Turnaround]
EmFDmAmGAmDmAmEmFEmFEmFFEmF, Em
Intro riff
[Chorus]
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Honey you're familiar like my mirror years ago
C C Dm Am C G Am F N.C.
Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know
CCDmAmCGAmFCF
I slithered here from eden just to hide outside your door
FCF