Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 I can argue with the mime

I can argue with the mime

he is reading me the riot act

 every line

( Em - C - D )

 every lawyer in his prime

every lawyer in his prime

gets nostalgic for the bar's

 naivete to crime

Chorus

ascetics wring their hands

this decadent misuse

inside my china room

you are my coffee spoon

( - - )

Verse 2

 my indulgence is a joke

and while everybody laughs

I'm clipping coupons

 saving my breath

 I was celebrating Lent

with a candle in a tent

when you came and snatched me up

 out of retirement

 now I'm buying finer clothes

in department store windows

throwing credit cards down

 I never raised my voice

I never raised my voice

Chorus

ascetics wring their hands

this decadent misuse

inside my china room

you are my coffee spoon

( - - )