Innocence

   G                           
It wouldn't take a long time to 
  G
explain what lies between us
       C                        
And it wouldn't take a genius to 
 G
work out what the scene is
    G
It might just take a pilot to give 
you a natural high
            C                      
But you're sending off those bottle
          G
 tops for your free piece of mind
        Bb                   Am   
And are you just waving or 
           Bb                      
drowning? It's so hard to tell when
        Eb
 you're so far away

[Chorus 1]
    F             Bb              
Oh, innocence has passed you by a 
Dm              C
long long time ago
  F            Bb                
I was the fly upon your wall and 
Dm             C
I saw what you know
     F             Bb             
Your pornographic priestess left 
   Dm          C
you for another guy
      F               Bb       
You frighten little children and 
          Dm           Am
you'll always wonder why
Dm            C    G
Always wonder why (yah!)

[Verse 3]
Continues after the ad
    G
The mercury is rising and it's not 
all that surprising
       C                           
In the land of milk and honey where
      G
 you make big money
       G
And it always keeps the rain off and
 it always keeps you dry
          C                      
But back home the people hate you 
          G
and you never did know why
        Bb               Am
But I think I'm going to tell you
             Bb                    
Just give me fifty thousand lire 
      Eb
for my thoughts

[Chorus 2]
    C               Bb            
Oh, innocence has passed you by a 
Dm              C
long long time ago
   F            Bb               
I was the fly upon your wall and 
Dm             C
I saw what you know
     F           Bb                
The supermarket checkout girl once 
Dm                 C
smacked you in the eye
     F              Bb            
When you eat no one else does but 
      Dm          Am   Dm        
you always wonder why. Always 
    C
wonder why

[Interlude]
Bb
It would take a gunshot just to 
clear your head awhile
          C
And after all this time, how can you
 stand there, Look at me and smile?

[Instrumental]
F Bb Dm C    x3
F Bb Dm Am G

[Interlude]
        Bb                   Am
Now are you just waving or drowning?
        Bb                         
It's so hard to tell with you so 
  Eb
far away

[Other]
    F              Bb             
Oh, innocence has passed you by a 
Dm              C
long long time ago
   F           Bb                
I was the fly upon your wall and 
Dm             Am
I saw what you know
  F           Bb                
Degeneration suits you, now I'm 
Dm            C
going home to cry
    F               Bb         
You won't be seeing me again but 
          Dm           C    Dm   
you'll always wonder why. Always 
         C    G
wonder why