weezer
across the sea
album: pinkerton
submitted by m. burgess
tuning: 1/2 step down
Intro
and this is how you would play it on the guitar
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Verse
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You are an eighteen year old
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girl who lives in the small city of Japan
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You heard me on the radio
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About one year ago and you wanted to know
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All about me and my hobbies
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My favorite food and my birthday
Chorus
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Why are you so far a way from me?
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I need help and your way accccross the sea
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I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
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touch youuuuuu
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I think it would be wrong oh
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I've got your letter You've got my song
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Verse
G B E D
They don't make stationary like
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this where I'm from so fragile, so refined
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So I sniff and I lick
(So I snare) (and I lick)
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Your envelope and fall to little pieces every
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time I wonder what clothes you wear to
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school. I wonder how you decorate your
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room I wonder how you touch yourself and
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curse myself for being across the sea
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Chorus
Solo
Fixed from the previous version. May not be completely right, but
it's a helluva lot closer than the last one.
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At ten I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
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I thought the older women would like me if i did
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You see mom I'm a good little boy
(good little boy)
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It's all your fault momma It's all your fault
Verse
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Goddamn This business is really lame
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I gotta live on an island to find the juice
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So you send me your love
(So you send) (me your love)
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From all around the world As if I could live on
(from all around the world)
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Words and dreams and a million screams oh
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How I need a hand in mine to feel
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Why are you so far away from me
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Why are you so far away from me
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I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
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touch youuuuuu
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I think it would be wrong oh
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I've got your letter You've got my song
(I've got your
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I've got your letter you've got my song
letter)
