Tom: Em
D D7
What a waste, I could've been your lover
G D
What a waste, I could've been your friend
Em F#m
Perfect love is like a blossom that fades so quick
G A
When it's blowing up a storm in May
[Verse 2]
D D7
Travel south until your skin turns warmer
G D
Travel south until your skin turns brown
Em F#m
Put a language in your head and get on a train
G A
And then come back to the one you love
[Verse 3]
Em B7
Yeah you're great, you're just part,
G A
of this lifetime of dreaming
G D
That extends to the heart
Em A G F Dm Bb
of this long summer feeling
[Verse 4]
D D7
Quiet night, you see the tv's glowing
G D
Quiet night, you hear the walls are awake
Em F#m
Me and you are getting out of a party crowd
G A
Can I see what's underneath your bed?
[Verse 5]
D D7
Can I stay until the milkman's working?
G D
Can I stay until the café awakes?
Em F#m
Do you hate me in the light? Did you get a fright?
G A
When you looked across from where you lay
[Verse 6]
Em B7
Yeah you're great, you're just part,
G A
of this lifetime of dreaming
G D
That extends to the heart
Em A
of this long summer feeling
G F#m
All the history of boys
Em D
I invent in my head
G D A
Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
D D7 G D Em F#m G A
[Refrain]
G F#m
All the history of boys
Em D
I invent in my head
G D A
Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John
[Outro]
G D
What a waste, I could've been your lover
A G
What a waste, I could've been your friend
