Transcribed by Brian Murtagh G/G5 G5 I got your address from the phone book at the library C5 Wandered in, looked you up and you were there G5 C5 Weird that you've been living, maybe, 2 miles away for the best part of 20 years G5 You must be, what, in your early forties now C5 If I remember, G5 You were born in June or was it May? C5 Eisenhower was the president although it may have been JFK G5 Years of silence C5 G5 C5 Not enough who could blame us giving up? A5 C5 Above the quiet there's a buzz That's me trying G5 C5 You still working in that store on ventura? G5 You still going with--no, that's not fair C5 I know I haven't been the very best of dads I'll hold my hand up there G5 C5 The reason that I'm writing is that i'd like for us to meet Get a little daughter dad action going soon A5 We can put things behind us Eat some pizza, drink some beer C5 You still see your sister Lemli? Bring her, too G5 C5 Years of silence, not enough G5 C5 Who could blame us giving up? A5 C5 Above the quiet there's a buzz That's me trying G5 C5 But I don't want to talk about any of that bad stuff D5 Why I missed out on your wedding and your high school graduation G5 I'd like to explain, but I can't D5 So let's keep things neutral G5 Stick to topics that won't bug us How 'bout this? C5 Let's choose a book and we'll read it before we meet C5 Then we can sit down at a restaurant Bb5 Have a look at the menu and talk about it while we eat See, if we never had a problem Then that's what life would be like G5 Easy Uncomplicated C5 Cool G5 So let's just pretend that the past didn't happen C5 I don't really like thriller as well. G5 I don't want to know if I've got grandchildren C5 no need to tell me where I went wrong G5 C5 I don't want to know what happened in your thirties You wanna try 'cold mountain'? Or is that too long?? G5 C5 Years of silence, not enough G5 C5 Who could blame us giving up? A5 C5 Above the quiet there's a buzz G/G/C5 That's me trying I'm trying