A7                            F                        E 
E|--------0-------------0------|----------8-------------|----------8----7-------|
B|------2-----2-----------2----|-------10-----10----10--|-----9-----------9\----|
G|--0-----------0-----------0--|-/10-------------10-----|--9-----9--------------| Scroll to bottom
D|--2-----------2--------------|------------------------|-----------------------| x4   for alternate voicing
A|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------| with barre chords
E|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
/ = slide-up
\ = slide-down

A7              F                  E
   (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
A7              F                  E
                 (Momentary bliss)
A7
   We could do so much better than this
F                   E
Mausoleum faces and momentary bliss
A7
   We could do so much better than this
   F        E
Oh Rita, oh Rita (lovely Rita, meter maid)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
   Bass line (A)                          A           G  A   A                    C             B
E|----------------|----------------| e|-------------------------------|    e|----------------------------|
B|----------------|----------------| B|-------------------------------|    B|----------------------------|
G|----------------|----------------| G|-6--x-x-x-x--4-/6---6--x-x-x-x-|    G|--/9----9--9--9--8--8--8--8-|
D|--------7-----5-|--------7-----7-| D|-7--x-x-x-x--5-/7---7--x-x-x-x-|x7  D|--/10---10-10-10-9--9--9--9-|
A|-----------7----|-----------7----| A|-7--x-x-x-x--5-/7---7--x-x-x-x-|    A|--/10---10-10-10-9--9--9--9-|
E|-5--5-5---------|--5--5----------| E|-------------------------------|    E|----------------------------|
x = muted strum
 
A
  (Lovely Rita, meter maid)
     A
Your potential, you lack credentials
G   A       A
And you are special, so fucking special (Rita)
G  A       A
Oh how you need it, oh how you're needing
G   A        A
And you keep squeezin' the tube from the middle (ay ay ay ay)
 
             A
You part the seas but your arches, they ain't golden (ah)
G   A       A
And you was gaggin' for some gags so now you're rollin' (woo)
G  A  A
      Best you shut your trap and keep it hush (hush)
A                      C             B
On another note, compliments make me blush
 

[Verse 2]

    A                     D                               B               Bb                  |
E|--9---9---9--9---9---9-------------------------| e|-----------------------------------|  |
B|--10--10--10-10--10--10------------------------| B|-----------------------------------|  |
G|--9---9---9--9---9---9--11--11--11-11--11--11--| G|--8--8--8-8--8--8-7--7--7-7--7--7--|  | x2
D|------------------------12--12--12-12--12--12--| x3  D|--9--9--9-9--9--9-8--8--8-8--8--8--|  |
A|------------------------12--12--12-12--12--12--| A|--9--9--9-9--9--9-8--8--8-8--8--8--|  |
E|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|  |
 
          A                          D
There's a hole in your pocket so you cannot find the change
A                                 D
Cavern of your mind, you say your patterned
              A                               D
You pull your strings and you jump, hold your mouth and you say
B                         Bb
  "What was scripted, the day before it happened?"
 
   A                      D
We all give applause when people open doors
    A                          D
But on the way out it did your back in
     A                        D
See, everything in life ain't silver and gold
    B                         Bb
But minin' for metal gave you platinum
 
 
[Refrain 1]
 
    A      G  A       D                                   B               Bb
E|--9--9---7-/9--9-------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------|
B|--10-10--8-/10-10------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------|
G|--9--9---7-/9--9----11---11-11-11-11-11-11-11--| G|--8--8--8-8--8--8-7--7--7-7--7--7--|
D|--------------------12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| x3  D|--9--9--9-9--9--9-8--8--8-8--8--8--|
A|--------------------12---12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| A|--9--9--9-9--9--9-8--8--8-8--8--8--|
E|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|
 
            A    G  A               D
It makes me sick to think you ain't happy in your skin
             A    G  A           D
It's wearing thin to think light bulb don't blink
     A        G  A            D
Just flickers so dim, then it pops and withers
         B                      Bb
You're a Turkey Twizzler, you deserve school dinners
         A
Makes me sick
 
 
[Bridge] – same riff as Verse 1

                 G  A   A
Poster boy (ayy)
G  A   A              G  A   A
          Poster girl          (Rita)
A                      G   A     A
  In truth, the bills (the bills),  they must be paid
G  A   A
          Poster boy
G  A        C     B
     Poster girl (straight try)
 
 
[Verse 3] – same riff as Verse 2

    A                      D
The truth, the bills, they must be paid (uh-huh)
    A               D
And what is left is sodden cake, typical
A               D
Oh, you need to change your face
       B                  Bb
You're gettin' sold, it's such a waste
 
          A                   D
You know, we could do so much better than this
A                    D
Swimmin' in pools of momentary bliss
          A                                  D
Where you gotta gotta bite the bounty 'cause everybody takin' it
    B                             Bb
Meanwhile you keep on adding, how big you gonna grow?
 
 
[Refrain 2] – same riff as Refrain 1

            A    G  A               D
It makes me sick to think you ain't happy in your skin
             A    G  A           D
It's wearing thin to think light bulb don't blink
     A        G  A            D
Just flickers so dim, then it pops and withers
         B                      Bb
You're a Turkey Twizzler, you deserve school dinners
 
            A    G  A               D
It makes me sick to think you ain't happy in your skin
             A    G  A           D
It's wearing thin to think light bulb don't blink
     A        G  A            D
Just flickers so dim, then it pops and withers
         B                      Bb
You're a Turkey Twizzler, you deserve school dinners
         A
Makes me sick
 
 
[Outro]

    A                             F                        E 
E|--------0-------------0------|----------8-------------|----------8----7-------|
B|------2-----2-----------2----|-------10-----10----10--|-----9-----------9\----|
G|--0-----------0-----------0--|-/10-------------10-----|--9-----9--------------|
D|--2-----------2--------------|------------------------|-----------------------| x6
A|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------------|

A7  F  E
A7  F  E
 
A7
   We could do so much better than this
 F                        E
Emotionally in fences and momentary bliss
A7
   We could do so much better than this
   F        E
Oh Rita, oh Rita 
 
A7
   We could do so much better than this
F                          E
Perfect little pictures of moments that we missed
A7
   We could do so much better than this
   F        E
Oh Rita, oh Rita


E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
                    Alternate (barred) voicing for Intro and Outro
E|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

    A7                            F                         E 
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
B|--------5-------------5------|----------13-------------|-----------13---12------|
G|------6-----6-----------6----|-------14------14----14--|-----13------------13\--|
D|--5-----------5-----------5--|-/15--------------15-----|--14----14--------------|
A|--7-----------7--------------|-/15---------------------|--14--------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|