• Song:

    Conventioneers

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

Here's a song from BNL's 2000 album "Maroon".

-Standard Tuning-

-No Capo-

-Tempo-
Moderately ♩= 76

The chords are played as follows:
Amaj7: x02120
Emaj7: 021100
C#m:   x46654
B:     x23332
E7:    020100
Am:    x02210
C:     x32010

[Intro]
Amaj7, Emaj7 (x2)

[Verse 1]
                     Amaj7
You walked into the room
         Emaj7
And the whole place stopped to notice
                 Amaj7          Emaj7
Standing next to you, I feel hopeless and you know this
C#m               Amaj7
I've never been ashamed of my attraction
C#m                  Amaj7         B
I'd be happy if you gave me just a fraction
         Emaj7          E7         Amaj7
As we danced, I could see in your eyes
        Am                              Emaj7
You and me as senior citizens in love

[Verse 2]
I followed your perfume out away from all the rabble
Right up to your room for a drink and travel Scrabble
You, stationed in the warm glow of the T.V.
Too patient as I'm playing L-O-V-E
And we laugh...and we laugh...and we laugh
And we have to or we'll end up in the bath

[Verse 3]
Now we're in the bath, I'm already thinking marriage
I know that in the past it was something I'd disparage
You turned down all the lights, I lit the candles
We rolled around in robes and hotel sandals
Then you slept, and I dressed, and I left
And I guess I'll see you Monday like before

[Bridge]
  C#m          Amaj7         Emaj7
Before all the fireworks exploded
C#m       Amaj7             Emaj7
Our conversations were so loaded, innuendo flying
C#m          C   Amaj7   Emaj7
Now what can we say?
          Amaj7
Have a nice day
           Emaj7        Amaj7
Looks like rain today
           Emaj7
What'd you say?
                Amaj7    Emaj7
Doesn't matter anyway

[Verse 4]
Now I'm in a cab, heading back to my apartment
Everything is drab, and I wish it never started
Now I've landed in this awkward situation
How can I just avoid a conversation?
So I wait, come in late. It'd be great
If you transferred out of state

[End on Emaj7]
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