Intro:
C C C C
G G G G/F#
Em Em Em Em
D D Dsus2 D
C C C C
G G G G/F#
Em Em Em Em
D D [into verse]
Dsus2 D C G
Guess what I'm done writing you songs
G/F# Em
You give up your job at the bank
D/F# C
Proving money's not fun when you're gone
G G/F#
So this is the first verse
Am
It's not very long
D/F#
But I'm ready to move on
Dsus2 D C G
Guess what I'm done writing your book
G/F# Em Em
The ending got twisted around
D/F# C
But for all of the hell that it took
G G/F#
The electrical wires
Am
Were hung on the walls
D/F#
In the room that I rent now
C C G
Well actually I've got friends who la la la lie
G/F# Em Em
Will help me pull through
D /F# D/F# Dsus2/F# D/F#
La la la lie la la lie
C G G/F#
The spaceman that can't get high
Am D/F#
I'm coming back to my girl by July
Dsus2/F# C G G/F#
Yeah yeah yeah That's right
Em Em Em Em
D D [into verse]
Dsus2 D C G
So guess what I'm done drawing you pictures
G/F# Em
I'm dulling the day with the drink
D C
In a parking garage by the theater
G
We met for the movie
Am
Every scene was a sign
D/F
We made out through their meaning
C C G
Well I've got friends who la la la lie
G/F# Em Em
Will help me pull through
D /F# D/F# Dsus2/F# D/F#
la la la lie la la lie
C G G/F#
A spaceman that can't get high
Am D/F#
I'm coming back to my girl by July
Dsus2/F# C ...
Yeah yeah yeah Yeah
... C C C
G G G G/F#
Em Em Em Em
D D Dsus2 D
C C C C
G G G G/F#
Em Em Em Em
D D [into verse]
Dsus2 D C G
Guess what I'm done writing you songs
G/F# Em
I'm far too unstable to settle
D/F# C
I doubt that the doctors are wrong
G
So I'll wait by a palm tree
G/F# Am D/F# D/F#
A palm tree a palm tree
Dsus2/F# C G
Well I've got friends la la la lie
G/F Em Em
To help me pull through
D /F# D/F# Dsus2/F# D/F#
La la la lie la la lie
C G G/F#
The spaceman that can't get high
Am D/F#
I'm coming back to my girl by July
Dsus2/F# C G
Well I've got friends la la la lie
G/F Em Em
To help me pull through
D /F# D/F# Dsus2/F# D/F#
La la la lie la la lie
C G G/F#
The song for a long goodbye
Am D/F#
I'm coming back I'm coming back
Dsus2/F# C G
to my girl La la la lie
G/F# Em
Back to my girl
D /F# D/F# Dsus2/F# D/F#
La la la lie la la lie
C G G/F#
The song for a long goodbye
Am D/F# (hold and fade)
I'm coming back to my girl by July