Weezer
Across The Sea
Pinkerton
1996
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: F#, A, Eb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
F# -   244322
C# -   x46664
Ebm -  x68876
B -    x24442
Bbm -  x13321
G#m -  466444
C#/F - 143xxx
A -    x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
F#m -  244222
E -    022100
C#m -  x46654
Bm -   x24432
Eb -   x68886
Gm -   355333
G# -   466544
Bb -   x13331
Eb/G - 365xxx
Bb/D - x587xx
Fm -   133111


Intro: F#--


Verse 1:
F#  Bbm Ebm C#       F#
You are 18  year old girl
    Bbm      B      C#
who live in small city
     F#      Bbm
in Japan You heard me
Ebm       C#     F#
   on the radio About one
Bbm   B          C#
year ago and you wanted
   F#        Bbm    Ebm
to know all about me
       C#     F#   Bbm
and my hobbies  My favorite
Ebm         C#
food and my birthday


Chorus 1:
F#        Bbm
  Why are you so
    Ebm       C#
far away from me?
F#       Bbm
  I need help and
           Ebm
you're way across
    C# B
the sea I could never
Bbm      G#m
touch you   I think
it would be wrong Oh
F#     C#/F     Ebm C#
  I've got your let-ter
B        C#     F#
  you've got my song


Post Chorus: Ebm-C#-B-Bbm-G#m--C#-


Verse 2:
F#         Bbm
They don't make
 Ebm  C#
stationery like
F#
this where I'm
Bbm     B
from so fragile
C#   F#
so refined So I
 Bbm Ebm      C#
sniff   and I lick
F#         Bbm
  your envelope and
B
fall to little
C#           F#
pieces every time
  Bbm         B
I wonder what clothes
    C#       F#
you wear to school
  Bbm
I wonder how you
B   C#        F#
decorate your room
  Bbm
I wonder how you
B         C#
touch yourself
    F#      Bbm
and curse myself for
B       C#
being across the sea


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Guitar Solo:
A-E/G#-F#m-E-D-E-
F#m-C#m-F#m-C#m-Bm--
Ebm-Bbm-Ebm-Bbm-G#m--
Cm-Gm-Cm-Gm-Fm---Bb---


Verse 3:
Eb   Bb/D  Cm        Bb
  At 10  I shaved my head
    G#       Eb/G Fm
and tried to be a monk
Eb  Bb/D        Cm    Bb
  I thought the older women
      G#      Eb/G Fm
would like me if i did
Eb    Bb/D   Cm      Bb
  You see mom  I'm a good
       G#  Eb/G        Fm
little boy good little boy
Eb     Bb/D     Cm    Bb
  It's all your fault mama
G#     Eb/G     Fm   Bb
  It's all your fault


Verse 4:
F# Bbm       B
Goddamn this business
   C#     F#
is really lame I gotta
Bbm        B
live on an island to
C#       F#
find the juice So you
Bbm Ebm        C#
send   me your love
F#
  from all around the
Bbm  B
world As if I could
C#      F#
live on words and
Bbm          B
dreams and a million
 C#        Ebm   Bbm
screams oh how I need
  B       C#
a hand in mine to feel


Chorus 2:
F#        Bbm
  Why are you so
    G#m          Ebm C#
far away from me?
F#        Bbm
  Why are you so
    G#m          Ebm 
far away from me?
B
  I could never
Bbm      G#m
touch you   I think
it would be wrong Oh
F#     C#/F     Ebm C#
  I've got your let-ter
B        C#     F#
  you've got my song
F#     C#/F     Ebm C#
  I've got your let-ter
B        C#     F#(hold)
  you've got my song