I like to play the picked intro with a barred A minor chord with a tab that looks something like this:
e|----5------------------------5-------------------|
B|----------5------5-----------------5-----5-------|
G|------5----------------5-------5-------------5---|
D|------------7------7----------------7-----7------|
A|------------------------7------------------------|
E|-5---------------------------------------------5-|
[Intro - To replicate the sound of the violin pluck the chords' root note followed by the e and B stings]
E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C G
C E
[Verse - Pluck chords' root note followed by e and B strings]
Am Dm Am
Used to have just one foot out the door
Dm C
Yeah, I always wanted more
G C
I always was the one
E
You thought would never marry
Am Dm Am
Used to be willfully obtuse
Dm C
(or is the word abstruse?)
G C
Semantics like a noose
E
Get out your dictionaries
[Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]
Dm
I'm gonna cut to the quick
E Dm
This is all non-fiction
Words you beat with a stick
E E7
These are my true convictions
[Chorus]
Am Dm
So tell me, are you serious?
C G
Are you serious?
C G C
Cause every night of your life
E
You'll fight for it
Am Am/B
So mysterious
C G
How imperious!
C B
But are you serious
Em E
When it really comes down to it?
[Solo - strum triplets of each chord}
Am Am C C x2
[Repeat Intro]
Am Dm
Am Dm
C G
C E
Am Dm Am
I see that you're down there and I'm up here
Dm C
Your boyfriend's gone to get a beer
G C E
Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications
Am Dm Am
Promise me you won't avert your eyes
Dm C
I drop my third-person disguise
G C
You know it's time to do or die
E
No useless explanations
Pre-Chorus - start Strumming Here]
Dm E
I'm gonna cut to the quick
Dm
This is all non-fiction
E
Words you beat with a stick
E7
These are my true convictions
[Chorus]
Am Dm
So tell me, are you serious?
C G
Are you serious?
C G C
Cause every night of your life
E
You'll fight for it
Am Am/B
So mysterious
C G
How imperious!
C B
But are you serious
Em E
When it really comes down to it?
[Bridge]
Am D
G C
Dm Dm C E
Am D
G C
Dm B
Em E
[Outro]
Am Dm
Am Dm
C G
C E
Am Dm
Am Dm
C G
C E
[Fade Out]
Am Dm
Are you serious?
C G
Are you serious?
C G C
Cause every night of your life
C E
You'll fight for it