G5 
Fare thee well 
F5                                  E5 
Trade in all our words for tea and sympathy 
F5                                                          E5 
Wonder why we tried for things we never could be 
                A5 
Play our heart's lament 
             E5             D5  C5 
Like an unresearsed symphony 
 
 
           G5 
Not intend 
      F5                            E5      G5  
To leave this castle full of empty rooms 
                     F5                                  E5 
Our love the captive in the tower never rescued 
                  A5 
And all the victory songs 
E5                 D5                 C5 
Seemed to be playing out of tune 
 
CHORUS 
 
 
D5                       B5                     F#5 
'Cause it's not the way that it has to be 
                        G5                                  D5 
Don't trade our love for tea and sympathy no... 
                     B5                   A5     E5 
No, it's not the way that it has to be 
 
 
         A5 
You begin 
              G5                                  D5           A5        
All your words fall to the floor and break like china cups 
                G5                                                F#5 
And the waitress grabs a broom and tries to sweep them up 
B5                      F#5     E5 
I reach for my tea slowly drink in 
 
CHORUS 
 
 
                G5 
Fare thee well 
         F5                        E5        G5 
The words the bag that fill my head 
            F5                         
I could taste the bitterness 
                   E5 
and call the waitress instead 
            A5 
'cause she holds the answer 
E5                          D5                C5 
Smiles and asks One teaspoon or two? 
 
CHORUS 
 
 
A5       A5      D5 
We can work it out