Tuning: Capo on 7th fret (BEADF#b)
Intro:
F#5/D B9
Verse:
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'm everything you wanted to pay for
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'm fashionable, I knew I could change you
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'm open to persuasion, I could be
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'll bite your head off slowly, but carefully
Chorus:
F#5 F#5/D
So just tell me that I'm right
A5 B9
Tell me that this matters
F#5 F#5/D
Tell me that persistence will pay off
A5 B9
And illusions won't just shatter
F#5/D B9
So pick me
F#5/D B9
Come on and pick me
Verse:
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'll let you pick my clothes out, my hair too
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'll consider a name change just for you
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I'll get you in the end, just you wait and see
F#5/D B9
Pick me, I might just explode, it could get messy
Chorus:
F#5 F#5/D
So just tell me that I'm right
A5 B9
Tell me that this matters
F#5 F#5/D
Tell me that persistence will pay off
A5 B9
And illusions won't just shatter
F#5 F#5/D
'Cause I have waited such a long, long time
A5 B9
Just trying to make this matter
F#5 F#5/D
Trying to get persistence to pay off
A5 A5/E
'Till we're cynical and shattered
Bridge:
B9 B69 - B79
So sit back, relax, and open wide
F#5
Let me pour some of this sound inside
B9 B69 - B79
Count to three, do you see
A5 A5/E
Just how sweet you'd be with me?
B9 B69 - B79
Take the time to understand
F#5
There's not many things that I'll demand
B9 B69 - B79
Count to three, do you see
A5 A5/E B9 B69 - B79
Just how sweet we both could be?
F#5 B9 B69 - B79 A5 A5/E
You could be with me
Chorus:
B9 B69 - B79
So just tell me that I'm right
A5 A5/E
Tell me that this matters
B9 B69 - B79
Tell me that persistence will pay off
A5 A5/E
And illusions won't just shatter
B9 B69 - B79
'Cause I have waited such a long, long time
A5 A5/E
Just trying to make this matter
B9 B69 - B79
Trying to get persistence to pay off
A5 A5/E
'Till we're cynical and shattered
Shattered, shattered, shattered
F#5/D B9
So pick me
F#5/D
Come on and pick me
B4
Pick me