This version specifically abides by the Doveman remix from Stevens' "The Greatest Gift" album.
In the outro, repeat the three chords as often as you feel like to obtain that dreamy finish.
Silly chords:
Csus2: x30010
Gadd11: 320013
Fmaj7: 133210 (use thumb for bass note)
G*: 355433
Am*: 577555
C*: 32013
[Intro]
C Am D7 F
Em Em7 Em F G Csus2
[Verse 1]
C Am
I'm a poor use friend
D7
Loneliness rides in my bed
D F
My misfortune
Fmaj7 Em
Give everything you've got
Em7 Em F
While the sun burns hot
F
My addiction
Gadd11 G
Spoils my affection
Csus2
For everything good
[Verse 2]
C Am
Elephant in the room
D7
Might as well shoot at the moon
D F
The mild ambition
Fmaj7 Em
Give everything you've got
Em7 Em F
Jump the Fosbury flop with intention
Gadd11 G
Pursue your invention
Dm7
As something of worth
[Chorus]
Dm C/E
The thing I most regret
G*
Is having to repress what I'm feeling
Am* G* F
While expressing delight as a myth
Fmaj7 Em
Embrace the epic fail
Em7 Em F
Of my exploding whale
G*
hm hm hmmm
Csus2
[Verse 3]
C Am
Poison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk)
D7
Paralyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took)
D F
Premonition (that is what we are)
Fmaj7 Em
Give everything you've got
Em7 Em F
Before your life is caught in conditions
Gadd11 G
Be the first of its victims
Csus2
The foot of a hare
[Verse 4]
C Am
Action or consequence (action or consequence)
D7
My unyielding defense (my unyielding defense)
D F
Superstition (that is what we are)
Fmaj7 Em
My attempts to obscure
Em7 Em F
The wonders of this world
F
Be it fortune
Gadd11 G
Or faith in distortion
Dm7/A
The patron of prayer
[Chorus]
Dm/A C/E
The thing I most resent
G*
Is having to consent to illusion
Am* G* F
While confessing distress with my fist
Fmaj7 Em
Will history prevail?
Em7 Em F
My exploding whale
G
[Instrumental]
Dm7/A C/E G*
Am* G* F Fmaj7
Em7 Em F Gadd11 G
Csus2
[Chorus]
C Am/C
What of a dream deferred
D7/C
My appeal in reverse
F/C
Apparition
Fmaj7/C Em/C
Embrace the epic fail
Em7/C Em/C F/C
Of my exploding whale
G/C
[Outro]
C* G/C Gsus4/C