G         Em         Bm        D
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
         G          Em       Bm       C                  C#?
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
C           C#?      C
   And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
G        Em     Bm        D
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
      G       Em         Bm          C                     C#?
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
C            Em                    G6
  Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.

    D/G - G/C      D/G - G/C
But Claire, Claire baby,
  Bm/G     Bm            D       C7M
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Bm/G     Bm          D     C7M
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/G        Bm          D     C7M     D         G/D
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.

G           Em       Bm           D                        
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
      G         Em          Bm           C
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
    Em        C                      Em        C
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.

    D/G - G/C      D/G - G/C
But Claire, Claire baby,
  Bm/G     Bm            D       C7M
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Bm/G     Bm          D     C7M
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/G        Bm          D     C7M     D         G/D
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.

INTERLUDE
D/G - D/Em - D/Bm - D (x2)
G7M - G7M/Em - G7M - G4 - G (x2)

G6                      Bm                                    G6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
             Bm         C
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.

D/G - G/C      D/G - G/C
Claire, Claire baby,
  Bm/G     Bm            D       C7M
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Bm/G     Bm          D     C7M
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/G        Bm          D     C7M
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
        Bm/G    Bm          D         C7M
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
   Bm/G    Bm      D       C7M
It used to be our birthday too.