Intro: Em7 Dmaj7 -nc- So- xxxx! Em7 Dmaj7 -nc- Verse 1: Em7 A7 So unsure, before it's even heard Dmaj7 Bm7 Never confident in a single word Em7 A7 This bird, expert in the absurd Dmaj7 Bm7 Number one in life that has been deferred Em7 A7 It hurts this relentless Introvert Dmaj7 Bm7 But inversion only serves to put deserving on the mind Em7 A7 So I keep my time, so far out of line Dmaj7 Bm7 And when the day turns night, I can't help but Pre-Chorus: Em7 D7 Cry so loudly, I slant devoutly G Bm Tell me what about me is built so wrong? Em7 There's so much passion D7 But more I'm lacking Em7 Dmaj7 -nc- I wish that I could c-c-c-c-c-c-c-caw- Chorus: Em7 A7 But I falter on the forethought I keep on running Dmaj7 G like a chicken with its head cut off Em7 A7 Achromatic twisted aeronaut, a birdbrain, Dmaj7 G baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop Em7 A7 Hit me with the flap down, crash into the soft ground -Foul!- Dmaj7 G Ain't no fellow feathers falling for a freak -So weak!- Em7 A7 So put my neck up on the chopping block a birdbrain, Dmaj7 G -nc- baby, I don't think my head is coming off Em7 G -nc- Baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop Em7 G -nc- Baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop! Verse 2: -nc- So- xxxx- Em7 A7 So unsure, before it's even heard Dmaj7 Bm I can't toe the border with my eyes so blurred Em7 A7 This bird, constantly overturned Dmaj7 Bm Ten-time unwitting champion of being spurned Em7 A7 -So when you go, I won't cry- Dmaj7 Bm 'Cause even though it hurts, it's the thousandth time Em7 A7 Dmaj7 Bm Don't stay, 'cause I don't even know what I’d do anyway Pre-Chorus: Em7 D7 I'm so damn selfish, I can't live like this G Bm So be my witness, I won't back down Em7 D7 I'll play the hero, divide the zero Em7 Dmaj7 -nc- So I wanna hear you s-say… something? Chorus: Em7 A7 And I falter as an afterthought Dmaj7 G I keep on running like a chicken with its head cut off Em7 A7 Apathetic aching argonaut, a birdbrain, Dmaj7 G baby, I don't know when I’m supposed to stop Em7 A7 Hit me with the flap down, crashing with a loud sound -Foul!- Dmaj7 G Apoplectic and pathetic as can be -Not me!- Em7 A7 I put my neck up on the chopping block a birdbrain, Dmaj7 G -nc- baby, I don't think my head is coming off Em7 G -nc- Baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop Em7 G -nc- Can you tell me if you think that I should stop? Em7 G -nc- Baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop -nc- -Why did it sound like tha-?- Bridge: Em B Is it all for a show? Dmaj7 G In the golden hour you seem to know C Bm no fear Is it really true? Am G That a bird like me could never think like you? E B Is it all in my head? Dmaj7 G C Is my ignorance just manufactured dread? Bm When I've naught but my pride Am G G G G G G G Can you take a look and Say you like what I've got inside? Bass: Em7 A7 D7 G Em7 A7 D7 G Em7 Dmaj7 -nc- Solo -x4-: Em7 A7 D7 Bm7 Chorus: Em7 A7 And I falter as an afterthought Dmaj7 G I keep on running like a chicken with its head cut off Em7 A7 a counterfeited crooning cosmonaut, a birdbrain, Dmaj7 G baby, I don't know when I’m supposed to stop Em7 A7 Hit me with the flap down, mired in the earthbound -Foul!- Dmaj7 G Bilious baby braying babble bent her beak -What a freak!- Em7 A7 I put my neck up on the chopping block a birdbrain, Dmaj7 G -nc- baby, I don't think my head is coming off Em7 G -nc- Baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop Em7 G -nc- Baby, tell me if you think that I should stop? Em7 G -nc- Baby, I don't know when I'm supposed to stop nc Baby- xxxx!
