Tuning: Standard
Intro:
B-B/A-E/G#-E (2x)
Verse 1:
B D#m/A# G#m
I bought a toothbrush some toothpaste a flannel for my face
C#/F Em
Pajamas a hairbrush new shoes and a case
Bm F#m G/A A
I said to my reflection let's get out of this place
D E G
Passed the church and the steeple the laundry on the hill
B
Billboards and the buildings
A/E C#/F
Memories of it still keep
Bm/F# E
Calling and calling
Bm/F# G/F E E/D
But forget it all I know I will
Chorus:
B B/A E/G# E
Tempted by the fruit of another
B B/A E/G# E
Tempted but the truth is discovered
C#
What's been going on
F#
Now that you have gone
B B/A
There's no other
E/G# E B B/A
Tempted by the fruit of another
E/G# E C#m Em
Tempted but the truth is discovered
Verse 2:
I'm at the carpark the airport the baggage carousel
The people keep on grabbing ain't wishing I was well
I said It's no occasion it's no story I can tell
At my bedside empty pocket a foot without a sock
Your body gets much closer
I fumble for the clock
Alarmed by the seduction
I wish that it would stop
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
I bought a novel some perfume a fortune over you
But it's not my conscience that hates to be untrue
Bm F#m G/A A D
I asked of my reflection tell me what is there to do
[repeat chorus to fade]