Notes: on the "serious, so serious" ending to the chorus, skip the last
bar and immediately start into the next verse with the C-chord.
Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3
e|------------ e|------------ e|-----------------
B|------------ B|------------ B|-----------------
G|------------ G|------------ G|---0-------------
D|------------ D|-3--2--0---- D|-3---3-2-0-2-0---
A|-5--3--2--0- A|----------3- A|---------------3-
E|------------ E|------------ E|-----------------
(triplet feel) (8th note run) (16th note run)
Verse:
DO SOL (riff 1)
Night after night
REm LAm FA SOL
I try to make it all fit together
DO SOL (riff 1)
Night after night
REm LAm FA SOL
I see you as someone I remember
Pre-Chorus:
DO REm
You took me by surprise
MIm
Opened up my eyes
FA (riff 2)
Now we gotta talk this over.
Chorus
LAm FA SOL DO
Can it really be so serious?
LAm FA SOL DO
To be all broken up and delirious
DO SOL LAm FA
I guess we've really been out of touch
LAm FA SOL DO
But can it really be so serious?
LAm FA SOL
(Serious, so serious)
Verse (same as first verse):
Day after day
I know it's not the way that you wanted it
Day after day
I try to find the key, but it don't fit
Pre-Chorus:
But you know how it is
No matter what I did
We gotta talk it over. (riff 3 instead of riff 2)
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)
Verse:
Tonight, tonight
I'm thinking over everything you said to me
Tonight, tonight
I'm sorry, but I just didn't see
Pre-Chorus:
And now it's up to you
There's nothing else to do
We've gotta talk it over. (riff 3)
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
Ending (use the Am-F-G-C progression from chorus):
Serious, so serious
Serious, so serious...
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