[E]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Verse - Pluck chords' root note followed by e and B strings]
[Am]Used to have just [Dm]one foot out the d[Am]oor
[Am]Yeah, I al[Dm]ways wanted mo[C]re
[C]I alw[G]ays was the o[C]ne
[C]You thought would n[E]ever marry
[Am]Used to be wil[Dm]lfully obtus[Am]e
[Am](or is the [Dm]word abstruse[C]?)
[C]Semantics [G]like a noos[C]e
[C]Get out your dict[E]ionaries
[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]
[Dm]I'm gonna cut to the qu[E]ick
[E]This is all non-ficti[Dm]on
[Dm]Words you beat with a stic[E]k
[E]These are my true convicti[E7]ons
[Chorus]
[E7]So tell me, [Am]are you se[Dm]rious?
[C]Are you se[G]rious?
[C]Cause every [G]night of your l[C]ife
[C]You'll fi[E]ght for it
[Am]So myste[Dm]rious
[C]How imper[G]ious!
[C]But are you [G]serious
[B]When it really comes down to i[E]t?
[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}
Am Am C C x2
[Repeat Intro]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am]I see that you're [Dm]down there and I'm up h[Am]ere
[Am]Your boyfriend's g[Dm]one to get a be[C]er
[C]Leaving us[G] crystal cle[C]ar lines of [E]communications
[Am]Promise me you [Dm]won't avert your e[Am]yes
[Am]I drop my thir[Dm]d-person in disguis[C]e
[C]You know it'[G]s time to do or di[C]e
[C]No useless explanatio[E]ns
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]
[Dm]I'm gonna cut to the qu[E]ick
[E]This is all non-ficti[Dm]on
[Dm]Words you beat with a stic[E]k
[E]These are my true convicti[E7]ons
[Chorus]
[E7]So tell me, [Am]are you se[Dm]rious?
[C]Are you se[G]rious?
[C]Cause every [G]night of your l[C]ife
[C]You'll fi[E]ght for it
[Am]So myste[Dm]rious
[C]How imper[G]ious!
[C]But are you [G]serious
[B]When it really comes down to i[E]t?
[Outro]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C] [B] [E]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Fade Out]
[Am]Are you se[Dm]rious?
[C]Are you se[G]rious?
[C]Cause every [G]night of your l[C]ife
[C]You'll fi[E]ght for it
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Verse - Pluck chords' root note followed by e and B strings]
[Am]Used to have just [Dm]one foot out the d[Am]oor
[Am]Yeah, I al[Dm]ways wanted mo[C]re
[C]I alw[G]ays was the o[C]ne
[C]You thought would n[E]ever marry
[Am]Used to be wil[Dm]lfully obtus[Am]e
[Am](or is the [Dm]word abstruse[C]?)
[C]Semantics [G]like a noos[C]e
[C]Get out your dict[E]ionaries
[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]
[Dm]I'm gonna cut to the qu[E]ick
[E]This is all non-ficti[Dm]on
[Dm]Words you beat with a stic[E]k
[E]These are my true convicti[E7]ons
[Chorus]
[E7]So tell me, [Am]are you se[Dm]rious?
[C]Are you se[G]rious?
[C]Cause every [G]night of your l[C]ife
[C]You'll fi[E]ght for it
[Am]So myste[Dm]rious
[C]How imper[G]ious!
[C]But are you [G]serious
[B]When it really comes down to i[E]t?
[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}
Am Am C C x2
[Repeat Intro]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Am]I see that you're [Dm]down there and I'm up h[Am]ere
[Am]Your boyfriend's g[Dm]one to get a be[C]er
[C]Leaving us[G] crystal cle[C]ar lines of [E]communications
[Am]Promise me you [Dm]won't avert your e[Am]yes
[Am]I drop my thir[Dm]d-person in disguis[C]e
[C]You know it'[G]s time to do or di[C]e
[C]No useless explanatio[E]ns
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]
[Dm]I'm gonna cut to the qu[E]ick
[E]This is all non-ficti[Dm]on
[Dm]Words you beat with a stic[E]k
[E]These are my true convicti[E7]ons
[Chorus]
[E7]So tell me, [Am]are you se[Dm]rious?
[C]Are you se[G]rious?
[C]Cause every [G]night of your l[C]ife
[C]You'll fi[E]ght for it
[Am]So myste[Dm]rious
[C]How imper[G]ious!
[C]But are you [G]serious
[B]When it really comes down to i[E]t?
[Outro]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C]
[C] [Dm] [G] [C] [B] [E]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [E]
[Fade Out]
[Am]Are you se[Dm]rious?
[C]Are you se[G]rious?
[C]Cause every [G]night of your l[C]ife
[C]You'll fi[E]ght for it