Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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If I had you I'd hold you like a guitar

 I could slay you with a well-placed F sharp barre

 If you don't want to hear that tune I'll leave my fingers where they are

And every time I see your face I want to touch it

 And I know I'll never touch it

 I get by, I get by

 And I can't tell how hard I tried

 I can't reveal what I can't hide

 I said that I was fine, I lied

But I can stick around and see you smile from the side

(same chords for verse and chorus 2)

I say William Shakespeare had the right idea

Put your passion in a poem she won't hear

If your heart is whole again you can publish it next year

And every time I see your neck I want to kiss it

And I know I'll never kiss it

I get by, I get by

And I've been in my head too long

To know when what I think is wrong

But I can write another song

And I can stick around and see you as you sing along

I had another set of words to use instead of what I'm singing here

 The rhymes were intricate and every line was filled with alliteration and

 the best poetic tricks

It demonstrated just how clearly I'm the perfect guy for you to hear

 But in reality perfection isn't really what we want so we just

throw words at the page and we

Call it a masterpiece if any part of it sticks

< , , low , high , low , high , low

I've been waiting on another bright idea

(listen to the song to get the timing)

(repeat, slowly speeding up)

I've been working on a song that you won't hear

 I've been working on a song that you won't hear

 I've been working on a song for you, dear

And everybody tells me that I'm fine

And everybody tells me not to mind

And everybody says just toe the line

And everybody tells me that the world was made for me to play in

  (^ low , high , )

but I don't believe them

Outro

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