Riff 1                Riff 2                Riff 3 
e|------------        e|------------        e|----------------- 
B|------------        B|------------        B|----------------- 
G|------------        G|------------        G|---0------------- 
D|------------        D|-3--2--0----        D|-3---3-2-0-2-0--- 
A|-5--3--2--0-        A|----------3-        A|---------------3- 
E|------------        E|------------        E|----------------- 
(triplet feel)        (8th note run)        (16th note run) 
 
Verse: 
C             G       (riff 1) 
  Night after night 
Dm                 Am        F  G 
  I try to make it all fit together 
C             G       (riff 1) 
  Night after night 
Dm             Am          F  G 
  I see you as someone I remember 
 
Pre-Chorus: 
C                   Dm 
  You took me by surprise 
               Em 
  Opened up my eyes 
               F              (riff 2) 
  Now we gotta talk this over. 
 
Chorus: 
Am       F         G      C 
  Can it really be so serious? 
        Am         F      G     C 
  To be all broken up and delirious 
C         G            Am          F 
  I guess we've really been out of touch 
      Am     F         G      C   
  But can it really be so serious? 
       Am   F      G 
  (Serious, so serious) 
 
Verse (same as first verse): 
  Day after day 
  I know it's not the way that you wanted it 
  Day after day 
  I try to find the key, but it don't fit 
 
Pre-Chorus: 
  But you know how it is 
  No matter what I did 
  We gotta talk it over. (riff 3 instead of riff 2) 
 
Chorus: 
  Can it really be so serious? 
  To be all broken up and delirious 
  I guess we've really been out of touch 
  But can it really be so serious? 
  (Serious, so serious) 
 
Verse: 
  Tonight, tonight 
  I'm thinking over everything you said to me 
  Tonight, tonight 
  I'm sorry, but I just didn't see 
 
Pre-Chorus: 
  And now it's up to you 
  There's nothing else to do 
  We've gotta talk it over. (riff 3) 
 
Chorus: 
  Can it really be so serious? 
  To be all broken up and delirious 
  I guess we've really been out of touch 
  But can it really be so serious? 
 
Ending (use the Am F G C progression from chorus): 
  Serious, so serious 
  Serious, so serious...