E|----5------------------------5-------------------|
B|----------5------5-----------------5-----5-------|
G|------5----------------5-------5-------------5---|
D|------------7------7----------------7-----7------|
A|------------------------7------------------------|
E|-5---------------------------------------------5-|

[Intro - To replicate the sound of the violin pluck the chords' root note followed by the e and B stings]

E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 

[Verse - Pluck chords' root note followed by e and B strings]

Am                Dm                Am
Used to have just one foot out the door
        Dm            C 
Yeah, I always wanted more
  G              C
I always was the one
                  E
You thought would never marry
Am         Dm            Am
Used to be willfully obtuse
    Dm              C
(or is the word abstruse?)
  G              C
Semantics like a noose
             E
Get out your dictionaries

[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                      
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E               Dm
This is all non-fiction
                        
Words you beat with a stick
E                            E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

            Am      Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C       G
Are you serious?
      C     G             C
Cause every night of your life
       E
You'll fight for it
Am    Am/B
So mysterious
C      G
How imperious!
    C       B
But are you serious
Em                            E
When it really comes down to it?

[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}

Am Am C C x2 

[Repeat Intro]

Am Dm
Am Dm
C  G
C  E 
    
  Am                   Dm               Am
I see that you're down there and I'm up here 
                 Dm            C
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
         G          C                 E
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
Am             Dm                Am
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
          Dm               C
I drop my third-person disguise
              G             C
You know it's time to do or die
           E
No useless explanations

Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here] 

Dm                        E 
I'm gonna cut to the quick
                Dm
This is all non-fiction
                       E
Words you beat with a stick
                             E7
These are my true convictions

[Chorus]

            Am      Dm       
So tell me, are you serious?
C       G
Are you serious?
      C     G             C
Cause every night of your life
        E
You'll fight for it
Am    Am/B
So mysterious
C     G
How imperious!
    C       B
But are you serious
Em                            E
When it really comes down to it?

[Bridge]

Am D
G C
Dm Dm C E
Am D
G C
Dm B
Em E

[Outro]

Am Dm
Am Dm
C G
C E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C G
C E

[Fade Out]

Am        Dm       
Are you serious?
C         G
Are you serious?
      C     G              C
Cause every night of your life
C        E
You'll fight for it