Tuning: ? a step down For the Prepare to Be Wrong Version - for the B-side Version of Song (called Costello) play the same chords but in standard tuning Intro: E5 - D5 - A5 ? C5 D5 x2 E5 Taking up my time again (taking up my time again), D5 More than I can stand (more than I can stand), A5 C5 D5 Coffee and the conversation never ends when... E5 All I really need to find (all I really need to find), D5 Is one short clever line (one short clever line), A5 C5 D5 To pinpoint my disgust it's always just too much or... A5 C5 A5 C5 D5 Not...enough... And I'm overwhelmed. G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, and I?ll G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Say what I should and just hope you believe me, But It G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Never gets easier, Oh it G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 Never gets easier, Oh no, no. E5 Sing it to myself again (sing it to myself again), D5 Can't hear a word you said (can't hear a word you said), A5 C5 D5 The syllables the sounds just are in sentences and... E5 All I really want to do (all I really want to do), D5 Is tear straight into you A5 C5 D5 Explode, unload a hail of insults until you finally A5 C5 A5 C5 D5 Get.. it...I'm sick...to death. G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, and I?ll G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Say what I should and just hope you believe me, But It G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Never gets easier, Oh it G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 E5 Never gets easier, Oh no, no. E5 C5 D5 A strong distaste for confrontation, E5 C5 D5 Leaves no room for self expression, E5 C5 D5 Such a stranger in me so docile, E5 Though don't you know it all takes its toll... G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, and I?ll G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Say what I should and just hope you believe me, But It G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Never gets easier, Oh it G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Never gets easier, Hell it, G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Never gets easier (all I really want to do), Yeah it G5 D5 A5 C5 D5 Never gets easier (is tear straight into you), Well It G D Am C D x2 ? final time strum the C and D twice each and abruptly end
