E Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Verse: Am Dm Am Used to have just one foot out the door Dm C Yeah, I always wanted more G C I always was the one E You thought would never marry Am Dm Am Used to be willfully obtuse Dm C (or is the word abstruse?) G C Semantics like a noose E Get out your dictionaries Pre-chorus: Dm Iʼm gonna cut to the quick E Dm This is all non-fiction Words you beat with a stick E E7 These are my true convictions Chorus: Am Dm So tell me, are you serious? C G Are you serious? C G C Cause every night of your life E Youʼll fight for it Am So mysterious C G How imperious! C B But are you serious Em E When it really comes down to it? Am Am C C x2 Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Verse: Am Dm Am I see that youʼre down there and Iʼm up here Dm C Your boyfriendʼs gone to get a beer G C E Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications Am Dm Am Promise me you wonʼt avert your eyes Dm C I drop my third-person disguise G C You know itʼs time to do or die E No useless explanations Pre-chorus: Dm E Iʼm gonna cut to the quick Dm This is all non-fiction E Words you beat with a stick E7 These are my true convictions Chorus: Am Dm So tell me, are you serious? C G Are you serious? C G C Cause every night of your life E Youʼll fight for it Am So mysterious C G How imperious! C B But are you serious Em E When it really comes down to it? Am D G C Dm Dm C E Am D G C Dm B Em E Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Am Dm Am Dm C G C E Outro: Am Dm Are you serious? C G Are you serious? C G C Cause every night of your life C E Youʼll fight for it
