Verse 1:
C7M Em
Marvin walked into a helpless land and wondered lightly
Ab Eb Bb
"Am I happy?....Is this happy?"
C7M Em
Following the footsteps set by man he said to reprimand
Ab Eb Bb
the mystic, Who's sadistic
C7M Em
Took a step into the elevaaaator who said,
Ab Eb Bb
"Guess I'll see you later, don't you worry."
C7M Em
Fifteen flights that lasted nights and days that spent
Ab Eb Bb
without a cent for creatures, with their beat shirts
Prechorus:
Bb * C * Bb * Ab * Bb *
Bb * Ab *
Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill
Verse 2:
C7M Em
Next the stranded senate from the white brick house with flowers
Ab Eb Bb
asked some questions for their story
C7M Em
All feeling now he took his bow and left the stage of time
Ab Eb Bb
with no answers to no questions
C7M Em
Lonely paperbacks that wanted just a taste of feeling
Ab Eb Bb
to implode them , before living
C7M Em
Tiptoed to that wooden sign that said,
Ab Eb Bb
"now take your place in line for happy, this is lovely"
Prechorus:
Bb * C * Bb * Ab * Bb *
Bb * Ab *
Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill
Chorus:
F C Dm C# Ab
One secondary smile to go that extra mile
C# Ab Ab/G ** F
to make me feel today to make it go away
C Dm C# Ab
the chemistry is gone taken for a ride
Db Ab Db C7M--Em--Ab--Eb--Bb
far away from you No longer left inside
Verse 3:
C7M Em
the actor with his world renowned was thinking
Ab Eb Bb
'bout his last real day of silence, was it over?
C7M Em
or is it just we all think that our answer isn't real
Ab Eb Bb
its just a picture of a letter
C7M Em
bumble mumble make the rounds no matter what you'll seem profound
Ab Eb Bb
it's useless just to worry
C7M Em
something normal happens somewhere far away in clouds
Ab Eb Bb
so please stop thinking this is happy
Prechorus:
Bb * C * Bb * Ab * Bb *
Bb * Eb * E *
Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill
Chorus(2x):
F C Dm C# Ab
One secondary smile to go that extra mile
C# Ab Ab/G F
to make me feel today to make it go away
C Dm C# Ab
the chemistry is gone taken for a ride
C# Ab Ab/G F
far away from you No longer left inside
C Dm C# Ab
One secondary smile to go that extra mile
C# Ab Ab/G F
to make me feel today to make it go away
C Dm C# Ab
the chemistry is gone taken for a ride
Db Ab Ab/G (Ab--Bb--Db...2x)
far away from you No longer left inside
End Verse:
Ab--Bb--Db
there're no secrets in the door
Ab--Bb--Db
just a moment doing chores
Ab
and there's something, and there's something
Bb C#
and there's something and there's something next to nothing
Ab Bb
and there's something and there's something
C#
But you're gone
*Really nopt sure at all with that prechorus, I can't figure it out for the life of me.
easier on piano.
**Ab/G can also be played just as a Db if you're uneasy about that chord. It sounds fine too.
