* = strum once
Am F Am E Am G C E
Am G C E
Am F Am E Outside the cafe by the cracker factory Am G C E You were practicing a magic trick Am F Am E And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed Am G C E On the last of your pick and mix Am F Said you-re mistaken if you're thinking that I haven't been caught Am E cold before Am G C E As you bit into your strawberry lace Am F Am E And then offer me your attention in the form of a gobstopper Am G C E Is all you had left and it was going to waste
Am F Am E
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my thoughts got rude, as you talked and chewed
On the last of your pick and mix
Am F
Said you-re mistaken if you're thinking that I haven't been caught
Am E
cold before
As you bit into your strawberry lace
And then offer me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
Is all you had left and it was going to waste
Am Your past-times, consisted of the strange And twisted and deranged And I love that little game you had called Am Crying lightning And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons Am*
Am
Your past-times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called
Crying lightning
And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons
Am*
Am F The next time that I caught my own reflection Am E It was on it's way to meet you Am G C E Thinking of excuses to postpone Am F You never look like yourself from the side Am E But your profile could not hide Am G C E The fact you knew I was approaching your throne Am F Am With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache E Am G C E Stood and puffed your chest out like you never lost a war Am F Am E And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction Am G C E There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
The next time that I caught my own reflection
It was on it's way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone
You never look like yourself from the side
But your profile could not hide
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
Am F Am
With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache
E Am G C E
Stood and puffed your chest out like you never lost a war
And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
F Dm And your past-times, consisted of the strange Am And twisted and deranged Am F And I hate that little game you had called Dm Crying lightning Am F And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons Dm Uninviting Am But not half as impossible as everyone assumes F Dm You are crying lightning
F Dm
And your past-times, consisted of the strange
And I hate that little game you had called
Dm
And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
Uninviting
But not half as impossible as everyone assumes
You are crying lightning
Am Dm Oh you were reading a book about some idiot F E And telling me about another Am Dm I was so severely underwhelmed F E I thought I might never recover Am Straighten the rudder girl Dm And sail me up stairs F And go and find somebody E Who cares Am Dm Well we might not be the perfect partners F E But tonight we make a pair Am Am Your past-times, consisted of the strange Am And twisted and deranged Am F And I hate that little game you had called
Am Dm
Oh you were reading a book about some idiot
F E
And telling me about another
I was so severely underwhelmed
I thought I might never recover
Straighten the rudder girl
And sail me up stairs
F
And go and find somebody
E
Who cares
Well we might not be the perfect partners
But tonight we make a pair
Am Am
Dm Am Crying lightning Am F Crying lightning Dm Am Crying lightning Am Crying lightning
Dm Am
F Dm Your past-times, consisted of the strange Am And twisted and deranged Am F And I hate that little game you had called Dm Cryi--------ng
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