Em [verse 1] D C I wish the telephone had not been invented G Because I keep picking it up to say D Stupid things to you Am The rain has stopped for now G But I know it's not ended [pre-chorus] D No sense in trying D I cannot be protected C No sense in worrying C I can't be protected D No sense in trying D I cannot be protected C Yeah [chorus] Em D Wonderful and sad Am How can you be so? G D Wonderful [verse 2] D C I wish that happiness could just be pretended G The closest thing to that is D A bottle of whiskey, dear Am I'd write a letter home G But I don't know where to send it [pre-chorus] D No sense in trying D I cannot be protected C No sense in worrying C I can't be protected D No sense in trying D I cannot be protected C Yeah [chorus] Em D Wonderful and sad Am How can you be so? G D Wonderful