transcribed by Ben Whitlock (whitty_bdbATyahoo.com)

E5 (022xxx@1)Emaj7 (021100@1)                  D#m (xx4342@1)     AI (x02220@1)kinda like the way you dot your "J"s
     C#m (x13321@4) G#m (133111@4)  C#m (x13321@4)    G#mWith (133111@4)giant circles    of na?vet?
    C#m (x13321@4)   G#m (133111@4)   E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)  BThe (x2444x@1)kind of circles include everything
Emaj7 (021100@1)                         D#m (xx4342@1)    ADon't (x02220@1)mean to damn you with the faintest praise
     C#m (x13321@4)  G#m (133111@4)  C#m (x13321@4)      G#mIt's (133111@4)just a symptom    of the blithe age
C#m (x13321@4)  G#m (133111@4)     E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1) BWalter (x2444x@1)Lippmann, he would be amazed.
G#m (133111@4)                   F#mSo (244222@1)you've got some curb appeal
G#m (133111@4)                           F#mBut (244222@1)can you cook a three course meal?
G#m (133111@4)                     F#m (244222@1)                       BOr (x2444x@1)are you just a present waiting to be opened up and parceled out again? Hey!

Interlude B riff:
e|-4-2-0-4-2-0-etc.----|
B|---------------------|

A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4) F#m (244222@1) EYou (022100@1)are a gardenia, pressed
A (x02220@1)    G#m (133111@4)    F#m (244222@1)   Bin (x2444x@1)the campaign journal in the 
A (x02220@1)      G#m (133111@4) F#mE
rucksack of an Afrikaner 
A (x02220@1)  G#m (133111@4)    F#m (244222@1)  Bcandidate (x2444x@1)for mild reform.

Emaj7 (021100@1)                    D#m (xx4342@1)  AIt's (x02220@1)like we're at a Ponzi scam-inar
        C#m (x13321@4)   G#m (133111@4)C#m (x13321@4)         G#mThere's (133111@4)no escaping      without a door prize
C#m (x13321@4)       G#m (133111@4) E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)       
They're operating at significant loss.
Emaj7 (021100@1)                  D#m (xx4342@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)now the way that you watch your weight,
C#m (x13321@4)   G#m (133111@4)    C#m (x13321@4)        G#m (133111@4)    C#mRichard (x13321@4)Avedon,       Richard Avedon would,
        G#m (133111@4)  E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)  BRichard (x2444x@1)Avedon would surely approve.
G#m (133111@4)                   F#mSo (244222@1)much for your curb appeal.
G#m (133111@4)                        F#mSo (244222@1)much for the three course meals.
G#m (133111@4)                     F#m (244222@1)                       B'Cause (x2444x@1)I am not a present waiting to be opened up and parceled out again. Hey!



A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4)   F#m (244222@1)   EThe (022100@1)torture of the Van Wyk 
A (x02220@1)   G#m (133111@4)   F#m (244222@1)BExpressway (x2444x@1)at 5  p.m. on 
A (x02220@1)    G#m (133111@4)     F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)Friday gives you some idea of 
A (x02220@1)   G#m (133111@4)   F#m (244222@1)    B (x2444x@1)how rejection makes me feel.
A (x02220@1)      G#m (133111@4) F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)G#m (133111@4)F#m (244222@1)BWell (x2444x@1)you are a gardenia,
A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)G#m (133111@4)F#m (244222@1)B (x2444x@1)     EYou (022100@1)are a gardenia.