[Emily plays this in A with no capo; Amy plays it in G with a capo on
the second fret. Note that I wrote down Amy's chords, even though in
the intro, and in parts of the first verse and last verse, Amy doesn't
even play (that's why those chords are in parentheses). So, if you want
to play Emily's chords, transpose everything up a whole step. Emily's
picking pattern for the intro and first and last verse is at the end.]
[Each chord is half a measure. I think Amy plays C/G as 3x2013.]
[You can play the melody in the mandolin parts by playing G7 (320001)
instead of G; use your index finger and pinky to find the melody.]
(G) /SOL) (G) (G) (G) /SOL) (G) (G)
intro
(G) /SOL) (G) (G)
I sit two stories above the street
(G) /SOL) (G) (G)
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
LAm SOL/SI
There's life down below me though
DO RE SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
The kids are walking home from school
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
So long ago when we were taught
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
That for whatever kind of puzzle you've got
LAm SOL/SI
You just stick the right formula in
DO RE SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
A solution for every fool
RE RE DO DO
I remember the time when I came so close to you
SOL SOL LAm7 LAm7
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
C C D [tacet]
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
SOL RE DO
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C D [tacet] G C/G G G G C/G G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated [mandolin]
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
Oh I just sit up in the house and resist
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
And not be seen until I cease to exist
LAm7 SOL/SI
A kind of conscientious objection
DO RE SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
A kind of dodging the draft
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
The boy and girl are holding hands on the street
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
And I don't want to but I think you just wait
LAm7 SOL/SI
It's more than just eye-to-eye
DO RE SOL SOLsus4 SOL SOL
Learn the things I could never apply
D(sus4?) D(sus4?) C(9) C(9)
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
SOL SOL LAm7 LAm7
I let everything go it seemed the only truth
C C D [tacet]
And I bought you that ring; it seemed the thing to do
SOL RE DO
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C D [tacet] G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
SOL RE DO
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
DO RE RE SOL SOL
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
LAm7 LAm7 MIm7 MIm7
Ohhhhh, I'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself
DO RE SOL SOL
All the things that I do
MIm MIm SIm SIm
And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall
C C/B Am7 C/G D (D)-(Dsus4) (D) [tacet]
It isn't love, it's only something new
(G) /SOL) (G) (G)
I sit two stories above the street
(G) /SOL) (G) (G)
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
LAm7 SOL/SI
There's life down below me though
DO RE SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
The kids are walking home from school
RE RE DO(9) DO(9)
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
SOL SOL LAm7 LAm7
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
C C D [tacet]
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
SOL RE DO
What makes me think I could start clean slated
DO RE RE SOL SOL
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
SOL RE DO
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
C D [tacet] G C/G G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated [mandolin]
SOL DO/SOL SOL SOL
Least complicated
G [tacet; single notes: F-F-F-E-D, D-E-F-F-F-E-D-C-D etc.]
Least complicated (Na naa, na na na na naaaa...)
LA LAsus4 LA LAsus9 LA LAsus9
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
B --------2-------|2=3-------3-----|----------0-----|0=2---0-------0-|
G --------------2-|----------------|------2-------2-|----------2-----|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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