[Intro]
E
[Strophe]
E 
  Go on and ring my neck  
G 
  Like when a rag gets wet  
B/F# 
  A little discipline  
A 
  For my pet genius  
E 
  My head is like lettuce  
G 
  Go on, dig your thumbs in.  
B/F# 
  I cannot stop giving  
B 
  I'm thirtysomething. 
[Strophe]
E 
  Sense of security  
G 
  Like pockets jingling  
B/F#          A 
  Midlife crisis  
E 
  Suck ingenuity  
G 
  Down through the family  
B 
  Tree... 
[Refrain]
      E                    D 
You're perfect yes it's true  
  A         E                D                A 
But without me you're only you (you're only you)  
     E               D 
Your menstruating heart  
A        E 
 It ain't bleeding enough for two.  
E      G   B/F#   A 
 It's a midlife...crisis  
E     G   B/F#   B 
 It's a midlife...crisis 
[Strophe]
E 
  What an inheritance  
G 
  The salt and the kleenex  
B/F# 
  Morbid self-attention  
A 
  Bending my pinky back  
E 
  A little discipline  
G 
  A donor by habit  
B/F# 
  A little discipline  
B 
  Rent an opinion. 
[Strophe]
E 
  Sense of security  
G 
  Holding blunt instrument  
B/F#        A 
  Midlife crisis  
E 
  I'm a perfectionist  
G                          B 
  And perfect is a skinned knee. 
[Refrain]
   E                     D 
You're perfect yes it's true  
  A         E                 D             A 
But without me you're only you (you're only you)  
    E               D 
Your menstruating heart  
A       E 
 It ain't bleeding enough for two.   
 E 
Yeah...yeah...yeah...yeah...   
E         G 
 It's a midlife...  
  B/F# 
Crisis...  
E           G 
  It's a midlife...  
    B/F#   B 
Crisis...   
   E                      D 
You're perfect yes it's true  
  A         E                D     A 
But without me you're only you  
    E               D 
Your menstruating heart  
A          E 
 It ain't bleeding enough for two...