G (320003@1)       G6/E         Bm (x24432@1)      DSo, (xx0232@1)she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
         G (320003@1)        G6/E       Bm (x24432@1)     C (x32010@1)                A/C#They're (042220@1)late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
C (x32010@1)              A/C# (042220@1) C (x32010@1)  And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
G (320003@1)      G6/E     Bm (x24432@1)      DSo, (xx0232@1)they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
      G (320003@1)     G6/E         Bm (x24432@1)        C (x32010@1)                   A/C#They (042220@1)sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
C (x32010@1)          Em7                    G6/C
  Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.

D/G- (300232@1)G/C (2431xx@7)    D/G- (300232@1)G/CBut (2431xx@7)Claire, Claire baby,
  G6/E       Bm (x24432@1)          D (xx0232@1)     Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  G6/E       Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you could see right inside us.
G6/E        Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)     Em7/A (00x030@1)       
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.

G (320003@1)         G6/E       Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)                      
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
      G (320003@1)       G6/E          Bm (x24432@1)         CIt's (x32010@1)cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
    Em7        G/C (2431xx@7)                    Em7        G/CAw (2431xx@7)jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.

D/G- (300232@1)G/C (2431xx@7)    D/G- (300232@1)G/CBut (2431xx@7)Claire, Claire baby,
  G6/E       Bm (x24432@1)          D (xx0232@1)     Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  G6/E       Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you could see right inside us.
G6/E        Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)     Em7/A (00x030@1)       
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.

INTERLUDE

Descending right hand arpeggio, octaves of F#(8va)-D-A-G-F# in 1-2-3-4-5 
sequence.  Bass line of G - E - B - D fires on incrementing notes in the sequence.

F# (244322@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G1 (320003@1)  2   3   4   5   1   2   3   4
G (320003@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Then G / G6 / D over same  bass line for 8 more measures.



G6/C                   Bm (x24432@1)                               G6/C
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
             Bm (x24432@1)       CGoodbyes (x32010@1)outside. It's cold in L.A.

D/G- (300232@1)G/C (2431xx@7)    D/G- (300232@1)G/CBut (2431xx@7)Claire, Claire baby,
  Em (022000@1)     Bm (x24432@1)          D (xx0232@1)     Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Em (022000@1)     Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you could see right inside us.
Em (022000@1)      Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)Some of the stuff, the most of us,
        Em (022000@1)  Bm (x24432@1)        D (xx0232@1)       Cmaj7You're (x32000@1)what we were. We're all that's left.
   Em (022000@1)  Bm (x24432@1)    D (xx0232@1)     Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Em7/AIt (00x030@1)used to be our birthday too.