Intro: D-Bm- x4
Verse 1:
s[D]tarry configurations
[Bm] I'm just a receiver
to [D]binary combinations
[Bm] I'm just a recordist
Chorus 1:
[D] receptionist
[Bm] unhappy medium
[D] receptionist
[Bm] unhappy medium[D][Bm][D][Bm]
Verse 2:
[D]excellent accommodations
[Bm] I'm just a bellboy
[D]beautiful surroundings
[Bm] I'm just some gravel
Chorus 2:
[D] or peat moss
[Bm] what have you
[D] or peat moss
[Bm] what have you now?
[F#m] why must you
[Bb]treat me like you
[D]do?[F#m] don't you [Bb]know
it's all for [D]you[Bm][D][Bm]
Verse 3:
[D]dear infatuation
[Bm] you do not see me
[D]die here beside
you in [Bm]see
through obscurity
Chorus 3:
[D] governess[Bm] fancy lass
[D] we'll sound the alarm[Bm]
[F#m] and drum up some
[Bb]simpleton for [D]you
[F#m] to eat these
[Bb]apples from your [D]eyes[D]
Bridge 1:
[D]emptiness fills [Bm]room and
your [D]love's bud goes
[G]full bloom[F#m] you don't
[G]love me[F#m] aren't thinking
[G]of me [D]why am I [Bm]waiting
for [G]you to see I'm a[D]live[Bm][D][Bm]
Verse 4:
s[D]torybook ending
[Bm] I'm just a ledger
[D]hardly worth a
mention[Bm] or the paper
Chorus 4:
[D] it's written on
[Bm] and cried upon
[D] and kissed once
by [Bm]wax[F#m] but still
you [Bb]treat me like
you [D]do[F#m] with
every[Bb]thing I've
done for [D]you
Interlude:
[Em-D/F#-D-G-]
Em-D/F#-D-F#m-A-G-F#m-D-
Bridge 2:
s[Em]triking like a [D/F#]bird
of prey[D] [G] [Em] along your
[D/F#]notepad [D]now the [Em]only
year that [D/F#]turns your
[D]way[G] [G]my dear diary
[Em]it's just you and
me to[D]night[F#m] you
don't [D]love me[F#m] aren't
thinking [G]of me[F#m] you
don't [D]love me[F#m] aren't
[G]thinking of me tonight
[D]why am I [F#m]waiting for
G(hold)
you to see I'm alive
Verse 1:
s[D]tarry configurations
[Bm] I'm just a receiver
to [D]binary combinations
[Bm] I'm just a recordist
Chorus 1:
[D] receptionist
[Bm] unhappy medium
[D] receptionist
[Bm] unhappy medium[D][Bm][D][Bm]
Verse 2:
[D]excellent accommodations
[Bm] I'm just a bellboy
[D]beautiful surroundings
[Bm] I'm just some gravel
Chorus 2:
[D] or peat moss
[Bm] what have you
[D] or peat moss
[Bm] what have you now?
[F#m] why must you
[Bb]treat me like you
[D]do?[F#m] don't you [Bb]know
it's all for [D]you[Bm][D][Bm]
Verse 3:
[D]dear infatuation
[Bm] you do not see me
[D]die here beside
you in [Bm]see
through obscurity
Chorus 3:
[D] governess[Bm] fancy lass
[D] we'll sound the alarm[Bm]
[F#m] and drum up some
[Bb]simpleton for [D]you
[F#m] to eat these
[Bb]apples from your [D]eyes[D]
Bridge 1:
[D]emptiness fills [Bm]room and
your [D]love's bud goes
[G]full bloom[F#m] you don't
[G]love me[F#m] aren't thinking
[G]of me [D]why am I [Bm]waiting
for [G]you to see I'm a[D]live[Bm][D][Bm]
Verse 4:
s[D]torybook ending
[Bm] I'm just a ledger
[D]hardly worth a
mention[Bm] or the paper
Chorus 4:
[D] it's written on
[Bm] and cried upon
[D] and kissed once
by [Bm]wax[F#m] but still
you [Bb]treat me like
you [D]do[F#m] with
every[Bb]thing I've
done for [D]you
Interlude:
[Em-D/F#-D-G-]
Em-D/F#-D-F#m-A-G-F#m-D-
Bridge 2:
s[Em]triking like a [D/F#]bird
of prey[D] [G] [Em] along your
[D/F#]notepad [D]now the [Em]only
year that [D/F#]turns your
[D]way[G] [G]my dear diary
[Em]it's just you and
me to[D]night[F#m] you
don't [D]love me[F#m] aren't
thinking [G]of me[F#m] you
don't [D]love me[F#m] aren't
[G]thinking of me tonight
[D]why am I [F#m]waiting for
G(hold)
you to see I'm alive