Clark Gable
The Postal Service

It's the same chord progression all the way through.

VERSE 1
G (320003@1)                                         Em (022000@1)                       BmI (x24432@1)was waiting for a cross-town train in the London underground when it struck me

G (320003@1)                                          Em (022000@1)                                  Bm (x24432@1)That I've been waiting since birth to find a love that would look and sound like a movie

G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)                        BmSo (x24432@1)I changed my plans I rented a camera and a van and then I called you

G (320003@1)                         Em (022000@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)"I need you to pretend that we are in love again" and you agreed to

CHORUS
G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)                                       Bm (x24432@1)     
I want so badly to believe that "there is truth, that love is real"

G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)                         BmAnd (x24432@1)I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd

INSTRUMENTAL
G Em Bm

VERSE 2
G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)                      BmI (x24432@1)greased the lens and framed the shot using a friend as my stand-in

G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)                        BmThe (x24432@1)script it called for rain but it was clear that day so we faked it

G (320003@1)                             Em (022000@1)                               BmThe (x24432@1)marker snapped and I yelled "quiet on the set" and then called "action!"

G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)                                         BmAnd (x24432@1)I kissed you in a style that Clark Gable would have admired (I thought it classic)

CHORUS
G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)                                       Bm (x24432@1)   
I want so badly to believe that "there is truth, that love is real"

G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)                         BmAnd (x24432@1)I want life in every word to the extent that it's absurd

G (320003@1)                            Em (022000@1)                           BmI (x24432@1)know you're wise beyond your years, but do you ever get the fear

G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)                              BmThat (x24432@1)your perfect verse is just a lie you tell yourself to help you get by?

(I like to speed up my playing here to fit the faster drums)

G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)                                  That you tell yourself to get by?

G (320003@1)                               Em (022000@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)                                 That you tell yourself to get by?