F#dim = D7 without D
G ( Gadd9 ) Gmaj7
^ optional chord
ORDER: I V1 V2 C1 INT1 V3 V4 C2 V5 V6 O
[INTRO]
(adapted)
e|-----5-----------|-----5-----------|-----5-----------|-----5-----------|
B|-3-------3---3---|-3-------3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---4-0h4---4---4-|---4-0-4---4---4-|-5-------5---5---|-5-------5---5---|
D|---0-----4-------|---0-----4-------|---5-7p5-4h5---5-|---5-7p5-4h5---5-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E|-3---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
G Gadd9 Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gmaj7 Am F#dim Am F#dim
[VERSE 1]
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
All of the books on my shelf are unread
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
I keep them there so that they will impress
Am Am6
when you come to stay
Am D7
You'll be swept away
G Gadd9 Gmaj7 | G Gadd9 Gmaj7 |
[VERSE 2]
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
As you thumb through the spines, I'm sure that you'll be mine
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
When your eyes rest upon Mi - randa DuLisle
Am7 Am6
She's a fiery way with words
Am D7 G Gadd9 Gmaj7 | G Gadd9 Gmaj7
Or so you have heard from your friends
[CHORUS 1]
Am7 Em
And what will you do
Am7 Em
with those hopeless two,
Am7 G/B C D Em7 | C |
both preten - ding to be literature lo - vers instead?
[INTERLUDE 1]
G Gadd9 Gmaj7
La da da, la da da
G Gadd9 Gmaj7
La da da da da da da
Am F#dim
La da da, la da da
Am F#dim
La, la da da da
[VERSE 3]
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
They can print a thousand pages, all the paper's filled with words
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
And a multitude of metaphors that I have never heard
Am F#dim
Makes no difference to me
Am D7 G Gadd9 Gmaj7 | G Gadd9 Gmaj7
In the end, well, I'll say "I've read it all"
[VERSE 4]
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
But as the weight of these words starts to settle in my mind
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
I'll never wait for a person to genuinely find
Am7 F#dim
something deep inside myself,
Am7 D7 G Gadd9 Gmaj7 | G Gadd9 Gmaj7
something more than just the books on my shelf
[CHORUS 2]
Am7 Em
And what will you do
Am7 Em
with those hopeless two,
Am7 G/B C D Em7 | C |
both preten - ding to be literature lo - vers instead?
[VERSE 5]
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
All of the books on my shelf are unread
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
I keep them there so that they will impress
Am Am6
when you come to stay
Am D7
You'll be swept away
G Gadd9 Gmaj7 | G Gadd9 Gmaj7 |
[VERSE 6]
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
And me, I am just like the books on my shelf
G Gmaj7 G Gmaj7
You have never read my cover, I have never read myself
Am7 F#dim
There are words to be saved and
Am7 D7 G Gadd9 Gmaj7 | G Gadd9 Gmaj7 |
words to be erased
[FINAL CHORUS]
Am7 Em
And what will you do
Am7 Em
with those hopeless two,
Am7 G/B C D Em7 | C |
both preten - ding to be literature lo - vers instead?
Am7 G/B C D Em7 | C | G
both preten - ding to be literature lo - vers instead?