E5                       B5
There's a simple explanation  for those who refuse to win,
          A5                      C#5     
There's a carnival collector who just won't let me in,
          F#5                                         A5
There's a silence beneath her street light, there's a whisper in the wind
            F#5              A5                F#5 (sliding up to A5 )
you took me in,  you took me in, you took me in  
           B5          E5      A5 B5
don't know where i've been


          E5                                     B5
There's a carpenter in your classroom he's been screaming at the scribe,
           A5                       C'm
There's an undeserving teacher who noone knew had died
       F#5                                     A5
well a poet, who's friend was a painter, yet a hero was left unsung
             F#5                A5               F#5 (sliding up to A5 )
They took me in,  they took me in, they took me in 
           B5          E5     A5 B5
don't know where i've been

Chorus:

E5 
Half of the time you know you're asking why,
thinking the things that don't feel quite right
   A5                 E5            A5  B5
go on yourself,   go on yourself 
E5
Half of the nights you know we sleep ok 
so think of the things I don't know quite what to say
   A5                 B5                    E5
go on yourself,   go on              yourself 


E5                                      B5
Never claimed to see the future well I barely had a past
      A5                                   C#5
so we went to see a psychic she said that nothing really lasts
             F#5                          A5
so i'll stop pokin' at them coals now i'm off to start a fire
            F#5              A5               F#5 (sliding up to A5 )
you took me in,  you took me in, you took me in
           B5          E5      A5 B5
don't know where i've been

chorus twice.