Standard tuning
Capo 2nd fret
Note: This can be played without a capo, but I prefer playing the intro
with a capo.
The chord shapes I use: (relative to capo)
REsus2 - xx0230 LA - x02220
REsus2/SOL - 3x0230 MIm - 022000
REsus2/FA#- 2x0230 RE - xx0232
REsus2/MI - 000230 FA#m- 244222
SOL - 320033
Intro
REsus2 REsus2/SOL REsus2/FA# REsus2/MI
F#-|------0---------0---------0--------------0|-
C#-|--------3---------3---------3-------3-2--3|-
A -|-----------------------------------------2|-
E -|-0---------------------------------------0|-
B -|------------------------------------------|-
F#-|-----------3---------2---------0----------|-
(D) (G) (F#) (E)
For the verses, strum over the intro riff chords.
Notes in brackets denote the bass note of each chord:
Verse 1:
(D) (G) (F#) (E) (D)
On certain Sundays in November when the weather bothers me
(G) (F#) (E) (D)
I empty drawers of other summers where my shadows used to be
(G) (F#) (E) (D)
And she is standing by the water as her smile begins to curl
(G) (F#) MIm
In this or any other summer she is something altogether different
MIm (D) (G) (F#) (E)
Never just an ordinary girl [riff]
Verse 2:
(D) (G) (F#) (E) (D)
And in the evenings on Long Island when the colours start to fade
(G) (F#) (E) (D)
She wears a silly yellow hat that someone gave her when she stayed
(G) (F#) (E) (D)
I didn't think that she returned it we left New York in a whirl
(G) (F#) MIm
Time expands and then contracts when you are spinning in the grips of
MIm SOL
someone who is not an ordinary girl
Chorus 1
LA RE SOL
When you sleep you find your mother in the night
RE SOL
But she stays just out of sight
RE FA#m LA
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
SOL LA RE SOL
And when you wake the morning covers you with light
RE SOL
And it makes you feel alright
D F#m A Dsus2 (to riff)
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
(intro riff once)
Verse 3:
(D) (G) (F#) (E) (D)
You send your lover off to China then you wait for her to call
(G) (F#) (E) (D)
You put your girl up on a pedestal then you wait for her to fall
(G) (F#) (E) (D)
I put my summer's back in a letter and I hide it from the world
(G) (F#) MIm
All the regrets you can't forget are somehow pressed upon a picture
MIm SOL
In the face of such an ordinary girl
Chorus 2
LA RE SOL
And when you sleep you find your mother in the night
RE SOL
But she stays just out of sight
RE FA#m LA
So there isn't any sweetness in the dreaming
SOL LA RE SOL
And when you wake the morning showers you with light
RE SOL
And it makes you feel alright
RE FA#m LA RE
But it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
SOL MIm LA
Again, again, again
RE SOL LA RE
It's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
SOL MIm LA
Again, again, again
RE SOL LA
And it's just the same hard candy you're remembering again
Outro riff:
F#-|-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|-
C#-|-------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|-
A -|---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-|-
E -|-0---------------------------------------------|-
B -|-------------4-----------3---------------------|-
F#-|-------------------------------------3---------|-
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Outro: (with riff)
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Don't ask me to come around then wait to see if there's a spark
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Go ask her to come around and see me late after dark
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Don't ask me to come around and make me wait to see the spark
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Go ask her to come around late and see me after dark
(D) (C#) (C) (G)
Don't ask me to come around and wait to see if there is a spark
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