{Emily plays this in A with no capo; Amy plays it in G with a capo on 
 the second fret.  Note that I wrote down Amy's chords, even though in 
 the intro, and in parts of the first verse and last verse, Amy doesn't 
 even play (that's why those chords are in parentheses).  So, if you want 
 to play Emily's chords, transpose everything up a whole step.  Emily's 
 picking pattern for the intro and first and last verse is at the end.} 
 
{Each chord is half a measure.  I think Amy plays C/G as 3x2013.} 
 
{You can play the melody in the mandolin parts by playing G7 (320001) 
 instead of G; use your index finger and pinky to find the melody.} 
 
( G5 )  ( C5 )  ( G5 )  ( G5 )     ( G5 )  ( C5 )  ( G5 )  ( G5 ) 
{intro} 
 

         ( G5 )        ( C5 )     ( G5 )  ( G5 ) 
I sit two stories above the street 
          ( G5 )               ( C5 )       ( G5 )  ( G5 ) 
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep 
                    A5           G5 
There's life down below me though 
C5                  D5                G5   C5  G5  G5 
  The kids are walking home from school 
 

         G5        C5          G5   G5 
So long ago when we were taught 
             G5            C5               G5   G5 
That for whatever kind of puzzle you've got 
                          A5        G5 
You just stick the right formula in 
    C5           D5     G5   C5  G5  G5 
A solution for every fool 
 

                D5          D5         C5       C5 
I remember the time when I came so close to you 
        G5             G5        A5            A5 
Sent me skipping my class and running from school 
      C5                C5           D5 {tacet} 
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool 
                G5             D5            C5 
What makes me think I could start clean slated 
    C5            D5 {tacet}                 G5   C5  G5  G5    G5  C5  G5  G5 
The hardest to learn was the least complicated  {mandolin} 
 

          G5             C5          G5   G5 
Oh I just sit up in the house and resist 
           G5            C5        G5   G5 
And not be seen until I cease to exist 
                          A5     G5 
A kind of conscientious objection 
C5           D5           G5  C5  G5  G5 
  A kind of dodging the draft 
 

            G5                C5             G5   G5 
The boy and girl are holding hands on the street 
                  G5         C5           G5   G5 
And I don't want to but I think you just wait 
                    A5       G5 
It's more than just eye-to-eye 
            C5             D5        G5  G5  G5  G5 
Learn the things I could never apply 
 
And I remember the time when I came so close with you 
      G5           G5               A5        A5 
I let everything go it seemed the only truth 
      C5                C5                  D5 {tacet} 
And I bought you that ring; it seemed the thing to do 
                G5             D5           C5 
What makes me think I could start clean slated 
    C5            D5 {tacet}                 G5    G5 
The hardest to learn was the least complicated 
                   G5             D5           C5 
So what makes me think I could start clean slated 
    C5            D5            D5            G5    G5 
The hardest to learn was the least complicated 
 

     A5           A5         E5         E5 
Ohhhhh, I'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself 
C5           D5            G5   G5 
  All the things that I do 
        E5           E5             B5         B5 
And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall 
         C5          C5  A5   C5   D5   ( D5 ) - ( Dsus4) ( D5 ) {tacet} 
It isn't love, it's only something   new       
 

         ( G5 )        ( C5 )     ( G5 )  ( G5 ) 
I sit two stories above the street 
          ( G5 )               ( C5 )       ( G5 )  ( G5 )
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep 
                    A5          G5 
There's life down below me though 
C5                 D5                 G5   C5   G5   G5 
  The kids are walking home from school 
 

                    D5          D5                
And I remember the time when I came so close with you 
        G5             G5        A5            A5 
Sent me skipping my class and running from school 
      C5                C5           D5 {tacet} 
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool 
                G5             D5            C5 
What makes me think I could start clean slated 
    C5            D5             D5           G5    G5 
The hardest to learn was the least complicated    
                   G5             D5           C5 
So what makes me think I could start clean slated 
    C5            D5 {tacet}                G5    C5   G5   G5 
The hardest to learn was the least complicated  {mandolin} 
              G5   C5  G5  G5 
Least complicated 
              G5 {tacet; single notes: F-F-F-E-D, D-E-F-F-F-E-D-C-D etc.} 
Least complicated       (Na naa, na na na na naaaa...) 
 
 
 
 
EMILY'S PICKING PATTERN: 
 
  A                Asus4            A       Asus9    A     Asus9 
E ---------------- | ------0--------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |  
B --------2------- | 2=3-------3----- | ----------0----- | 0=2---0-------0- |  
G --------------2- | ---------------- | ------2-------2- | ----------2----- |  
D ----2-------2--- | ----2-------2--- | ----2-------2--- | ----2-------2--- |  
A 0-------0------- | 0-------0------- | 0-------0------- | 0-------0------- |  
E ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |  
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
 
 
 
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com