G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) DSo, (xx0232@1)she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate. G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) C#dimThey're (3423xx@1)late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one, C (x32010@1) C#dim (3423xx@1) C (x32010@1) And it's gone wrong, on her birthday. G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) DSo, (xx0232@1)they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream. G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) C (x32010@1) C#dimThey (3423xx@1)sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half. C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) G6 (320000@1) 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, Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you knew how this all got twisted. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you could see right inside us. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1) D (xx0232@1) G/DSome (4x3121@7)of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out. G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays? G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Bm (x24432@1) CIt's (x32010@1)cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays. Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) CAw (x32010@1)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, Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you knew how this all got twisted. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you could see right inside us. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7 (x32000@1) D (xx0232@1) G/DSome (4x3121@7)of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to. INTERLUDE D/G - D/Em - D/Bm - D (x2) Gmaj7 - Gmaj7/Em - Gmaj7 - Gsus4 - G (x2) G6 (320000@1) Bm (x24432@1) G6Here's (320000@1)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/CClaire, (2431xx@7)Claire baby, Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you knew how this all got twisted. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7I (x32000@1)wish you could see right inside us. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7Some (x32000@1)of the stuff, the most of us, Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7You're (x32000@1)what we were. We're all that's left. Bm/G Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) Cmaj7It (x32000@1)used to be our birthday too.