Afternoons And Coffeespoons

Crash Test Dummies

Tom: C

(intro) F Bb F Bb Csus4 C

 F               C               F          Bb              Bb C
 What is it that makes me just a little bit queasy
 F                     C                  F      Bb         Bb C
 There's a breeze that makes my breathing not so easy
 Ab           C#                     Eb
 I've had my lungs checked out with X-rays
 Ab                C#       Eb                 Fm        C#sus2
 I've smelled the hospital hallways

 (refrão 1)
 F       Bb         F                 C
 Someday I'll have    a disappearing hairline
 F       Bb         F                 C             Bb      C
 Someday I'll wear    pajamas in the daytime

 F              C                F       Bb             Bb  C
 Times when the day seems like a play by Sartre
 F               C                F       Bb            Bb  C
 When it seems a book burnings in perfect order
 Ab          C#          Eb
 I gave the doctor my description
 Ab             C#             Eb                Fm      C#sus2
 I've tried to stick to my prescription

(refrão 2)
 F       Bb          F                 C
 Someday I'll have     a disappearing hairline
 F       Bb          F                 C
 Someday I'll wear     pajamas in the daytime
 Bb       F
 Oh, oh, oh, oh              (or something to that effect)
 C    F             Bb
 Afternoons will be measured out
 Dm               Bb
 Measured out and measured with
 C     F               Bb                 Bb  C
 Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot

F Bb F Bb c

 F               C               F          Bb              Bb C
Maybe if I could do a play-by-playback
 F                     C                  F      Bb         Bb C
I could change the test results that I would get back
Ab           C#                     Eb
I've watched a summer evening pass by
 Ab                C#       Eb                 Fm        C#sus2
I've heard the rattle in my bronchi

(refrão 2)

 C    F             Bb
 Afternoons will be measured out
 Dm               Bb
 Measured out and measured with
 C     F               Bb                 Bb  C
 Coffeespoons and T.S. Eliot