D#7 G#m C#m G#m C#m B F# B D#7 Verse: G#m C#m G#m Used to have just one foot out the door C#m B Yeah, I always wanted more F# B I always was the one D#7 You thought would never marry G#m C#m G#m Used to be willfully obtuse C#m B (or is the word abstruse?) F# B Semantics like a noose D#7 Get out your dictionaries Pre-chorus: C#m Iʼm gonna cut to the quick D#7 C#m This is all non-fiction Words you beat with a stick D#7 D#7 These are my true convictions Chorus: G#m C#m So tell me, are you serious? B F# Are you serious? B F# B Cause every night of your life D#7 Youʼll fight for it G#m So mysterious B F# How imperious! B A# But are you serious D#m D#7 When it really comes down to it? G#m G#m B B x2 G#m C#m G#m C#m B F# B D#7 Verse: G#m C#m G#m I see that youʼre down there and Iʼm up here C#m B Your boyfriendʼs gone to get a beer F# B D#7 Leaving us crystal clear lines of communications G#m C#m G#m Promise me you wonʼt avert your eyes C#m B I drop my third-person disguise F# B You know itʼs time to do or die D#7 No useless explanations Pre-chorus: C#m D#7 Iʼm gonna cut to the quick C#m This is all non-fiction D#7 Words you beat with a stick D#7 These are my true convictions Chorus: G#m C#m So tell me, are you serious? B F# Are you serious? B F# B Cause every night of your life D#7 Youʼll fight for it G#m So mysterious B F# How imperious! B A# But are you serious D#m D#7 When it really comes down to it? G#m C# F# B C#m C#m B D#7 G#m C# F# B C#m A# D#m D#7 G#m C#m G#m C#m B F# B D#7 G#m C#m G#m C#m B F# B D#7 Outro: G#m C#m Are you serious? B F# Are you serious? B F# B Cause every night of your life B D#7 Youʼll fight for it
