Notes: on the "serious, so serious" ending to the chorus, skip the last
bar and immediately start into the next verse with the C-chord.
e|------------ e|------------ e|-----------------
B|------------ B|------------ B|-----------------
G|------------ G|------------ G|---0-------------
D|------------ D|-3--2--0---- D|-3---3-2-0-2-0---
A|-5--3--2--0- A|----------3- A|---------------3-
E|------------ E|------------ E|-----------------
(triplet feel) (8th note run) (16th note run)
Verse:
C G (riff 1)Night after night
I try to make it all fit together
C G (riff 1)Night after night
Dm Am F GI see you as someone I remember
Pre-Chorus:
C DmYou took me by surprise
EmOpened up my eyes
Now we gotta talk this over.
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
C G Am FI guess we've really been out of touch
Am F G CBut can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)
Verse (same as first verse):
Day after day
I know it's not the way that you wanted it
Day after day
I try to find the key, but it don't fit
Pre-Chorus:
But you know how it is
No matter what I did
We gotta talk it over. (riff 3 instead of riff 2)
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)
Verse:
Tonight, tonight
I'm thinking over everything you said to me
Tonight, tonight
I'm sorry, but I just didn't see
Pre-Chorus:
And now it's up to you
There's nothing else to do
We've gotta talk it over. (riff 3)
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
Ending (use the Am-F-G-C progression from chorus):
Serious, so serious
Serious, so serious...
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