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[Verse 1]
F                                                   C
It's late at night it's time to tell you my secrets
                                    Bb
My personality's cut up into pieces
                                        F
Modern society's my one secret weakness
                         C
I'm out of money and I'm out of my mind

F                                               C
We can't fit in so we just head for the fringes
                                            Bb
Your universe of blue lipstick and syringes
                                                 F
Your bedroom doorway with the bugs in the hinges
                             C
Some things about you that I don't understand at all

[Chorus]
    F                       C
But I, I don't wanna be the bad guy
                            Bb
I wanna see myself from the outside

Can you hear me now?

Wait can you—

Wait, wait can you hear me now?
      F                          C
Cause I, I have got a lousy connection
                       Bb
I promise my undying affection

Can you hear me now?

Wait, wait can you—

Wait can you hear me now?

[Doo-wop refrain]
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[Verse 2]
F                                               C
So I've been working on this letter to congress
                                                       Bb
Regarding some things that I think they should address
                                               F
Showed up in court wearing an Indian headdress
                          C                F
Somehow I think maybe the message was lost

                                         C
It seems the clarity we knew is degraded
                                             Bb
A royal flush where all the faces have faded
                                                 F
I want the universe, God knows I've been patient
                           C              F
I hear your voice behind a staticky storm

                                             C
The century seems like it's turning out okay
                                      Bb
It's like a game of worldwide karaoke
                                                         F
And my rich friends and me just sit and blow smoke rings
                                   C                  F
There's nothing happening and it's happening too fast

                                              C
Try to interpret but the message is scrambled
                                              Bb
The institutions that I lean on have crumbled
                                                  F
I've got the world's ear; I'm all fucking mumbles
                         C               F
I guess I'm just another link in a chain

[Chorus]
    F                       C
But I, I don't wanna be the bad guy
                            Bb
I wanna see myself from the outside

Can you hear me now?

Wait can you—

Wait, wait can you hear me now?
      F                          C
Cause I, I have got a lousy connection
                       Bb
I promise my undying affection

Can you hear me now?

Wait, wait can you—

Wait can you hear me now?

[Saxophone Solo]
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