Plus Ones
D
No one wants to
No one wants to
G
hear about your
hear about your
Em
97th
97th
G
tear
tear
So dry your
Bm
eyes or let it
eyes or let it
G
go uncried, my
go uncried, my
A
dear
dear
I am all
Em
out of love to
out of love to
G
mouth into your
mouth into your
A
ear,
ear,
And not a
Em
bove letting a
bove letting a
G
love song disap
love song disap
A
pear before it’s
pear before it’s
Em
written.
written.
G
A
And
D
no one wants a
no one wants a
G
tune about the
tune about the
Em
100th luftbal
100th luftbal
G
loon
loon
that was seen
Bm
shooting from the
shooting from the
G
window of your
window of your
A
room,
room,
to be a
Em
spot against the
spot against the
G
sky’s colossal
sky’s colossal
A
gloom
gloom
And land, de
Em
flated, in some
flated, in some
G
neighbor’s state that’s
neighbor’s state that’s
A
strewn with 9
strewn with 9
Em
9 others.
9 others.
G
A
Em
8 Chinese
8 Chinese
A
brothers;
brothers;
well, there’s a
D
reason why the
reason why the
A
last is smiling
last is smiling
Em
wide and sitting
wide and sitting
G
higher than the
higher than the
A
others,
others,
swinging his
Em
arms.
arms.
G
A
D
You would probably
You would probably
G
die before you
die before you
Em
shot up 9 miles
shot up 9 miles
G
high,
high,
your eyes di
Bm
lated as light
lated as light
G
played upon the
played upon the
A
sight
sight
of TVC
Em
16 as
16 as
G
it sings you good
it sings you good
A
night.
night.
Relaxed as
Em
hell and locked up
hell and locked up
G
in cell 4
in cell 4
A
5,
5,
I hope you’re feeling
Em
better.
better.
G
A
The
Em
51st way to leave your
51st way to leave your
A
lover,
lover,
admitted
D
ly, doesn’t
ly, doesn’t
A
seem to be as
seem to be as
Em
gentle or as
gentle or as
G
clean as all the
clean as all the
A
others,
others,
leaving it’s
Em
scars. All in the
scars. All in the
N.C.
after hours of some Greenpoint bar,
after hours of some Greenpoint bar,
I told you,
D
I can’t listen,
I can’t listen,
G
baby, about the
baby, about the
Em
4th time you were a
4th time you were a
G
lady,
lady,
and how your
Bm
forthrightness be
forthrightness be
G
trayed a secret
trayed a secret
A
shyness,
shyness,
stripped a
Em
way by days of
way by days of
G
being hailed as “Your
being hailed as “Your
A
Highness”.
Highness”.
And what’s new
Em
pussycat, is that
pussycat, is that
G
you were once a
you were once a
A
lioness;
lioness;
they cut your
Em
claws out.
claws out.
G
A
Kitten,
D
not everyone’s
not everyone’s
G
keen on lighting
keen on lighting
Em
candle 1
candle 1
G
7.
7.
The party’s
Bm
done. The cake’s all
done. The cake’s all
G
gone. The plates are
gone. The plates are
A
clean.
clean.
The chauffeur’s
Em
leering and from the
leering and from the
G
cheerless mezza
cheerless mezza
A
nine.
nine.
And, in just
Em
1 year, this straight
1 year, this straight
G
world can pay to
world can pay to
A
see
see
what they have been
Em
missing.
missing.
G
A
You were caught
Em
kissing 8 chinese
kissing 8 chinese
A
brothers,
brothers,
but there’s a
D
reason why the
reason why the
A
last is smiling
last is smiling
Em
wide and sitting
wide and sitting
G
higher than the
higher than the
A
others,
others,
stinking with
Em
charm.
charm.
And he says,
G
“Lets get lost, let them send out a
“Lets get lost, let them send out a
A
larms.”
larms.”
He says,
Em
“Let’s get crossed out and come to
“Let’s get crossed out and come to
A
harm.
harm.
Let’s make the
Em
world’s stupidest stand and truly
world’s stupidest stand and truly
A
mean it.
mean it.
Let’s hit the
Em
limit of loss over lovers’
limit of loss over lovers’
A
arms —
arms —
no, lets ex
Em
ceed it.”
ceed it.”
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