Tuning: Standard
The song is played in standard tuning with no capo. The chord voicings used
throughout the song are given below. Be mindful of the distinction between the
F#7add4 and F#7sus4 chords that appear during the chorus.
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4 E Badd4 Aadd9 G#m7 F#7sus4 Esus2 B5/F B5/E B5 F# F#5 B * B/E C#m9/F#
E|----------------0-----0------0--0-----0------------0-------0-------------------------------------|
B|--4---4----4----4-----0------0--0-----0-----0------0-------0----------------------4---4----4-----|
G|--x---x----4----4-----3------1--8-----6-----4------4-------4---------------3------4---4----4-----|
D|--4---4----2----2-----4------2--9-----7-----4------4-------4---4----4---4--4---4--4---4----x-----|
A|--2---x----4----2-----4------2--9-----7-----x------4-------2---2----2---2--4---4--2---2----4-----|
E|------4---------0-----2------0--7-----5-----4------2-------0---1----0------2---2------0----2-----|
[Intro]
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
[Verse 1]
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7
I open my eyes and it's November
F#7add4
And I am in a freight elevator
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
And I'm in Las Vegas, but I haven't won any money
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
And everyone here is wearing clothing that I find confusing
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
And I wonder if they've won any money
[Chorus 1]
E F#7add4 Badd4
Jeff tells me it's not the drugs
Aadd9 G#m7
It's Monday morning and you can't get up
F#7sus4 Esus2 F#7sus4
When your degree is staring daggers from the wall
E F#7add4 Badd4
But somewhere sunk inside your heart
Aadd9 G#m7 F#7sus4 B5/F B5/E F#
There is a teensy tiny part of you that sure could use some coffee
[Verse 2]
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7
I open my eyes, and I am sweating
F#7add4
I must have been dreaming
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
That punch I threw was just embarrassing
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
And all my dreams are always violent, but I'm not violent
B B/G# C#m9 Emaj7 F#7add4
So in my dreams I'm not so good at fighting
[Chorus 2]
E F#7add4 Badd4
There's this one where you and I
Aadd9 G#m7 F#7sus4 Esus2 F#7sus4
Are making brilliant love inside a 7-11 outside the city
E F#7add4 Badd4
And I can't save us when that guy
Aadd9 G#m7
Gets up and jumps out from behind the counter
F#7sus4 B5/F B5/E F#
Gun in hand and grinning
[Bridge]
B5 B5/E F#5 B5/E
B5 B5/E F#5 B5/E
B5 B5/E F#5 B5/E
Tell my sister I am with her wherever she may go
B5 B5/E F#5 B5/E
If not pulpit then sure as shit, where she leads I'll follow
B * B/E C#m9/F#
Watch the corn grow in Ohio
B/E
Let our kids grow strong and smart
B * B/E C#m9/F# Emaj7
Playing intramural sports while we build the ark
[Outro]
B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7
B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7
B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7
B * Emaj7 C#m9/F# Emaj7 B *