Intro: G G7 C Cm G D7 Verse: G Gmaj7 G7 C My dream girl, those eyes, that nose Cm G Am D7 My private inside joke, sign the cast on my funny bone G Gmaj7 G7 C Floral sheets on long-given-up ghosts Edim7 G E7 Am D7 G Haunt my bedroom at night and say “let’s get you home” Pre-Chorus: C G Gmaj7 G7 They say “grow up, be a man ‘cause until then you’re nothing but a short-haired girl” C G G G But come and Braille-palm-read, hold my hands, see my reason and “Goodbye cruel world” B7 Em And oh my god what’s wrong with me? Edim7 D D7 And the wife of Walter Keane whose name right now’s escaping me… That’s right, Margaret Chorus: G G7 C Dream girl come and sweep me off my knees Cm Edim7 Am D7 G I’d rather stay asleep than never see you wake up next to me Interlude: G G7 C Cm G D7 Verse: G Gmaj7 G7 C Neon lights like heat lamps in the cold Cm G Am7 D7 To incubate the shadows you can’t stitch back to your soles G Gmaj7 G7 C You seemed fine just a few days ago Edim7 G E7 Am D7 G But CO2 and fish tanks do enough to get you home Pre-Chorus: C G Gmaj7 G7 Well now you swear in your prayers telling time “Promise I’ll never have fun again C G G G If you’d stop flying” but then you start crying “never mind, you win!” B7 Em And far too late came far too soon Edim7 D D7 And the love you never made became the things you’d never do. Oh, sweet Mary! Chorus: G G7 C Dream girl come, but keep your hands off me Cm Edim7 Am D7 G Go on back to bed my love, I mean, that’s where dreams are supposed to be Interlude: G G7 C Cm G Pre-Chorus: G7 C So come on, William grow up, be a man, cause until then G Gmaj7 G7 they’re gonna treat you like you’re just a little girl C G But come and Braille-palm-read, hold my hands and you’ll see that it’s me who cries mercy while your fingers curl B7 Em And oh, are you at all like me? Edim7 D D7 Do you know what I mean? Or am I too close to see? Someone, anyone? Chorus: G G7 C Of the two things we do on our knees: Cm Edim7 Am D7 Watch me fold my hands just to crack my knuckles Outro: Em Em7 Em7 A7 Well, here’s the church, here is the steeple, open the door, see all the people Am D7 G Alright that’s enough let’s get you home G Gmaj7 G7 C Edim7 G E7 Am D7 G
