VERSE

D5            A5          D5           A5
lift up your head, wash off your mascara
A?6           A5                  E5         A5
here, take my kleenex, wipe that lipstick away
D5            A5     D5            A5
show me your face, clean as the mornin
  A?6              A5        E5            A5
i know things were bad, but now they're ok

CHORUS

( A5 )      D5                     A5
suddenly seymour is standing beside you
                  E5     D5                  A5    A5
you don't need no makeup, don't have to pretend
         D5                     A5       A5  F#5
suddenly seymour is here to provide you
           D5       E5                D5      A5
sweet understanding, seymour's your friend

VERSE

D5      A5    D5          A5
nobody ever treated me kindly
A?6        A5      E5        A5
daddy left early, mama was poor
D5          A5          D5           A5
i'd meet a man and i'd follow him blindly
A?6           A5             E5        A5
he'd snap his fingers at me, i'd say sure

CHORUS

( A5 )      D5                    A5
suddenly seymour is standin beside me
                 E5      D5              A5     A5
he don't give me orders, he don't condescend
         D5                     A5    A5  F#5
suddenly seymour is here to provide me
           D5      E5               D5      A5
sweet understanding, seymour's my friend

VERSE

D5            A5       D5             A5
tell me this feeling lasts till forever
A?6         A5             E5             A5
tell me the bad times are clean washed away
D5           A5               D5                 A5
please understand that it's still strange and frightening
    A?6         A5              E5          A5
for losers like i've been it's so hard to say

CHORUS

( A5 )      D5               A5
suddenly seymour, he purified me
         E5      D5            A5   A5
suddenly seymour showed me i can
             D5                         A5     A5  F#5
learn how to be more the girl that's inside me
                D5
with sweet understanding
                D5
with sweet understanding
                A5        E5
with sweet understanding
             A5     F#5   D5      A5
seymour's my maaah-aaaah-aaaaah-aaan!