{Emily plays this in A with no capo; Amy plays it in G with a capo on
the second fret. Note that I wrote down Amy's chords, even though in
the intro, and in parts of the first verse and last verse, Amy doesn't
even play (that's why those chords are in parentheses). So, if you want
to play Emily's chords, transpose everything up a whole step. Emily's
picking pattern for the intro and first and last verse is at the end.}
{Each chord is half a measure. I think Amy plays C/G as 3x2013.}
{You can play the melody in the mandolin parts by playing G7 (320001)
instead of G; use your index finger and pinky to find the melody.}
( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 )
{intro}
( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 )
I sit two stories above the street
( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 )
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
A5 G5
There's life down below me though
C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 G5
The kids are walking home from school
G5 C5 G5 G5
So long ago when we were taught
G5 C5 G5 G5
That for whatever kind of puzzle you've got
A5 G5
You just stick the right formula in
C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 G5
A solution for every fool
D5 D5 C5 C5
I remember the time when I came so close to you
G5 G5 A5 A5
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
C5 C5 D5 {tacet}
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
G5 D5 C5
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C5 D5 {tacet} G5 C5 G5 G5 G5 C5 G5 G5
The hardest to learn was the least complicated {mandolin}
G5 C5 G5 G5
Oh I just sit up in the house and resist
G5 C5 G5 G5
And not be seen until I cease to exist
A5 G5
A kind of conscientious objection
C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 G5
A kind of dodging the draft
G5 C5 G5 G5
The boy and girl are holding hands on the street
G5 C5 G5 G5
And I don't want to but I think you just wait
A5 G5
It's more than just eye-to-eye
C5 D5 G5 G5 G5 G5
Learn the things I could never apply
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
G5 G5 A5 A5
I let everything go it seemed the only truth
C5 C5 D5 {tacet}
And I bought you that ring; it seemed the thing to do
G5 D5 C5
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C5 D5 {tacet} G5 G5
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
G5 D5 C5
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
C5 D5 D5 G5 G5
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
A5 A5 E5 E5
Ohhhhh, I'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself
C5 D5 G5 G5
All the things that I do
E5 E5 B5 B5
And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall
C5 C5 A5 C5 D5 ( D5 ) - ( Dsus4) ( D5 ) {tacet}
It isn't love, it's only something new
( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 )
I sit two stories above the street
( G5 ) ( C5 ) ( G5 ) ( G5 )
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
A5 G5
There's life down below me though
C5 D5 G5 C5 G5 G5
The kids are walking home from school
D5 D5
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
G5 G5 A5 A5
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
C5 C5 D5 {tacet}
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
G5 D5 C5
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C5 D5 D5 G5 G5
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
G5 D5 C5
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
C5 D5 {tacet} G5 C5 G5 G5
The hardest to learn was the least complicated {mandolin}
G5 C5 G5 G5
Least complicated
G5 {tacet; single notes: F-F-F-E-D, D-E-F-F-F-E-D-C-D etc.}
Least complicated (Na naa, na na na na naaaa...)
EMILY'S PICKING PATTERN:
A Asus4 A Asus9 A Asus9
E ---------------- | ------0--------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
B --------2------- | 2=3-------3----- | ----------0----- | 0=2---0-------0- |
G --------------2- | ---------------- | ------2-------2- | ----------2----- |
D ----2-------2--- | ----2-------2--- | ----2-------2--- | ----2-------2--- |
A 0-------0------- | 0-------0------- | 0-------0------- | 0-------0------- |
E ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
