Intro: Dm Am Dm Am Dm Bb 
F Am

  F              C
The footsteps in the stairs
           Bb           F
They just ruined my peace
       C                  Am
With a layman's sense of style
 Dm
He arrived

  F           C
And I never liked
                Bb                F
The cloak-and-dagger approach to love
           C                 Am
But with that, one day at a time
 Dm
I get by

 F                       Bb
All the strain of being with him
  C             Am
I may appear insane
 Am         Bb      F          C
Someone in constant search for pain
 F                 Bb
But seen against a backdrop
   C             Am
A fabric not that thin
 Bb                  F
It's all good, I could've been

 Dm                   Am
Forgetting the name of my lover
 Dm                   Am
Moving right on to another
 Dm              Bb        F          Am
Going on like this my whole life through

 Dm              Am
I'm so glad it's over
 Dm                               Am
That I'm here with my three-leaf clover
 Dm             Bb          F   Am
No longer out for someone new

But I, I never really saw the pieces fall into place
But I'm sure I saw them try
Yes they tried

And I never really saw the pieces fall into place
But I'm sure I saw them try
Yes they tried

All the strain of being with him
I may appear insane
Someone in constant search for pain

But seen against a backdrop
A fabric not that thin
It's all good I could have been

Breaking the bones of a lover
Moving right on to another
Going on like that my whole life through

I'm so glad it's over
That I'm here with my three-leaf clover
No longer after someone new

And that's why I've come to this secret understanding with myself

Not another one
Not another one
No longer out for another one
No longer after someone new