F  1x3213 / 1x3013  (Fadd9 / Fsus2)

C/B x20013 (Csus2/B)


[Intro]
C2  C  x8

[Verse 1]
C                                              C/B    Am
Cookie cried for three days, till she couldn't cry no more
    C               F                              G
She ate the fridge, jumped the bridge and wound up bloated on the shore
    F                            C               F
The children they all pointed at another painted score
    Dm       Em      F     G      C
And somebody asked, "Can I take a picture?"
          C                                      C/B       Am
Well, the heat down here is brutal, it's hard to do what's right
    C                  F                           G
The locals shout, "You won't burn out if you don't ever shine too bright"
  F                                 C              F
I wish I was in your back pocket or in your arms tonight
  Dm        Em    F       G         C
I wish that I was loud so you could hear me

[Chorus]
    Em  Am
But oh, no
Em               Am
What else must I be?
     Em            Am           F              G
It's all inside my head I guess but it reminds me
       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you
      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you
      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

[Verse 2]
        C                                            C/B    Am
Now the streets are paved with petals, the parade is coming through
C                     F              G
It kind of feels like royalty cause' everyone's in blue
    F                      C              F
And yellow flowers falling from a window, too
Dm      Em     F       G      C
Falling at the feet of such a coward
        C                                    C/B     Am
Ah, the mayor is kissing babies, he's almost way too kind
C                             F                        G
We're filled to the brim with honest men, they're just way too hard to find
   F                              C                 F
So stare into his public eyes and watch his clock unwind
     Dm       Em      F        G           C
Then find him old and drowning in the deep end

[Chorus]
    Em  Am
But oh, no
Em               Am
What else must I see?
     Em            Am               F               G
It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you
      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you
      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

[Verse 3]
       C                                           C/B     Am
Yes, I long for a hickory morning with a waltz and trumpet flare
C                    F                 G
I'm doing my best to recover from what time cannot repair
    F                             C                F
I'm sick of all this solitude and pre-rehearsed despair
   Dm         Em      F      G        C
My eyes are a hundred miles away from sleeping
       C                                 C/B      Am
Well I wish you'd write a letter, or telephone to me
     C                       F                G
This place is dark and there ain't a spark of who I used to be
       F                                   C                  F
So the sick hearts of the unloved tell the brave souls of the sea
       Dm         Em                F         G          C
"We're all closed up, why don't you come back when we're open"

[Chorus]
    Em  Am
But oh, no
Em               Am
What else must I be?
     Em            Am               F               G
It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you
      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you
      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

[Verse 4]
          C                                      C/B   Am
There's a cracked and pale mirror that's hanging on my wall
C                             F                  G
The church bell rings and the choir sings, I can hear them from the hall
        F                               C              F
Now you might not believe it, but there was no fire at all
   Dm         Em    F        G       C
We danced for seven days wishing for water
       C                                     C/B       Am
Ah, Sagrinnon tells the fortunes, they line around the bend
  C               F             G
A dollar for your problems, and five to know the end
     F                                   C               F
They come from miles around, just like a pack of howling men
  Dm     Em       F         G        C
I wonder what she does with all that money

[Chorus]
       Em  Am
Ah but oh, no
Em               Am
What else must I be?
     Em            Am           F              G
It's all inside my head I guess but it reminds me
       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you
      C       F              Am   G
There ain't nobody who could supersede you
      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

[Verse 5]
      C                                         C/B    Am
Ah, a simple sidewalk painter, says his life is such a bore
   C                      F                 G
He spends his time with a jug of wine and a palette on the floor
            F                              C                F
He screams, "Heaven! Take my eyes, because I can't paint no more."
       Dm        Em   F         G        C
Honey, sometimes I, I feel just like his colors
          C                                          C/B        Am
I'm gonna go down to the ocean, I'm gonna to fill my boots with sand
    C                  F                 G
The next time that you see me, I'll be a much more grounded man
   F                                   C              F
So go and do whatever it is you do and I'll do what I can
    Dm      Em    F            G      C
And when we meet again you can try to know me

[Chorus]
    Em  Am
But oh, no
Em               Am
What else must I see?
     Em            Am               F               G
It's all inside my head I guess but it just reminds me
       C    F    Am      G
That I need you, honey I need you
      C       F            Am   G
There ain't nobody who can supersede you
      C        F          Am      G              C
We're not such strangers, honey I need you right now

[Harmonica Solo]
C F Am G x3 C

[Verse 6]
C                                  C/B      Am
They call me pessimistic, but it occured to me
     C                   F          G
That babies are all born crying and dying is never free
      F                                    C                   F
But I still can't shake that feeling, that somebody's watching me
Dm     Em          F G            C
I just thought that  I would tell you

[Outro]
C  C/B  Am
C  F  G
F  C  F
Dm  Em  F  G  C