Ear-transcribed in about twenty minutes. Sounds right-ish; hopefully will be of some
help to those of you playing this lovely song.
Capo on 2
Esus G6 F#m7
Da da da da da da da da da da dah
B Badd9 Bsus
B
You can bash your head against a wall for years,
F#
The wall is not impressed.
B Badd9 Bsus
B
Or you can take a giant step away only to discover,
F#
Your wound's already dressed.
E F# B E
It's not hard to see a beautiful girl,
E F# B
E
And imagine the life that you could have with her.
E
But you can't bend time,
F#
nor bind it up with twine.
B
You can try, try,
E
you'll never read her mind.
E
Which is fine, fine,
F# B Badd9 B
'Cause she cannot read yours.
B Badd9 Bsus
B
You treat me worse than you treat any stranger.
F#
For my part, I say thanks.
(And you say you’re welcome)
B Badd9 Bsus B
I am like a cobblestone street, And you,
F#
you're like 50 Sherman tanks.
(That’s a lot of Sherman tanks)
E F#
Roll right over me,
B E
Reduce me to rubble.
E F#
I am Monsieur Bovary,
B E
and you are Madame Trouble.
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E F#
So much that what we so grandly call love,
B E
is simply in our heads.
E
How many doors slammed closed,
F#
And stepped-on toes,
B
And songs composed,
E
And poems and prose,
E F# G6
About things we've heard in words nobody said.
Esus
The show must not, the show must not,
G6 F#m7
The show must not go on.
Esus
The show must not, the show must not,
G6 F#m7
The show must not go on.
Esus
The show must not, the show must not,
G6
The show must not go on.
F#m7 Esus
Not go on. Not go on.
Esus
Da dah dah dah
G6
dah dah dah dah dah
F#m7 B
dah dah da
B Badd9 Bsus
B
You can bash your head against a wall forever,
F#
The wall will never change.
B Badd9 Bsus B
But if you start to like the bloody bruises,
F#
The wall cannot be blamed.
E F#
I try to make it seem
B E
like I'm over you.
E F# B
E
The blindest man alive can see: It simply isn't true.
E F#
Love only lasts as long as it lasts
B
Goes as far as it goes,
E
and it goes pretty goddamn fast.
E
Sometimes love is fun.
F#
Sometimes burdensome.
B
Sometimes hard up.
E
Sometimes hard won.
F# G6
But you only miss it if it's gone.
Esus
The show must not, the show must not,
G6 F#m7
The show must not go on.
Esus
The show must not, the show must not,
G6 F#m7
The show must not go on.
Esus
The show must not, the show must not,
G6
The show must not go on.
F#m7 Esus
Not go on. Not go on.
Esus
Da dah dah dah
G6
dah dah dah dah dah
F#m7 B
dah dah da
