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[Intro Chords]

F C F Bb Gm C F Bb


[Verse 1]

      F                     C                                    
I'm a young man pleading in a foreign language
     F                      Bb                      
To a tall yellow building's small silver intercom
Gm                             C                   
Someone answers back in either German or Spanish
        F                        Bb                               
Say I'm sorry I know the number, forgot what floor she lives on
    F                        C             
I'm filled with nostalgia by your elevator
  F                     Bb               
I get deja vu just from looking at you
       Gm                            C     
It's a rose coloured montage from a 1983
F                        Bb                
Heartwarming but obvious romantic comedy

        
[Chorus]
         C           F                        
And I am struck dumb standing in the kitchen
Bb                      
Got it all figured out but in a way that's still approachable.
    C                     F                     
The exact right amount of tension and friction
Bb                  
Bump around the room and the excitement is palpable.

         
[Verse 2]
F        C                        
Sunbaked all day in the backyard
   F                    Bb                      
We spent all night just staring at each other
Gm                             C      
Unkempt sitting in your friend's car
F                         Bb             
Windswept, underslept and supercharged
F                       C     
Got that loving feeling back
F                     Bb   
Like a positive panic attack
Gm                          C  
Your friends all know who I am
F                           Bb
But they seem to understand

        
[Chorus]
         C           F                        
And I am struck dumb standing in the kitchen
Bb                      
Got it all figured out but in a way that's still approachable.
    C                     F                     
The exact right amount of tension and friction
Bb                  
Bump around the room and the excitement is palpable.

         
[Verse 3]
                            Gm         C                      
You make me laugh, you make laugh, you really make me laugh
           F                      
Snorts and chuckles from my belly
         Bb                   
We smoke wet pot in the bath
          Gm                             
My head's shaking with the trouble that
C                                  F                           Bb              
You and I could make if that's the step that we decide we will take tonight
           Gm            C       F      Bb          
To live an extraordinary life or to die trying
   Gm       C       F      Bb         
An ordinary life or to die trying
   Gm       C       F      Bb          
An ordinary life or to die trying
Bb          
Die trying.

        
[Bridge]
F                      C       
I wake up while you're asleep
F                     Bb        
Whisper guitar on the balcony
        Gm                              
But the subtle synchronicities
        C                     
And the cheekiness of secrecy
          Gm                         
And I had been resigned to celibacy
      C                             
And I can't play this thing quietly
        Gm                                     
I wanna wake up this whole apartment building
                 
I just wanna sing

        
[Chorus]
         C           F                        
And I am struck dumb standing in the kitchen
Bb                      
Got it all figured out but in a way that's still approachable.
    C                     F                     
The exact right amount of tension and friction
Bb                  
Bump around the room and the excitement is palpable.