Tom: Fm
Fm Cm
Though my heart is full of things I want to say to you,
C# G#
I never seem to find the words, so please forgive me
Fm Cm
When I woke up, I’d become a bug,
C# D# G#
But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve heard quite enough
Fm Cm
We’re a bit short on time, so I’ll have to try
C# G#
To send a letter in the mail, but will it reach you?
Fm Cm
Though there’s nothing good about today
C# D# G#
I’ll board the first train and be on my way
[Bridge]
Fm Cm C# G#
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
Fm Cm C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
Fm Cm C# G#
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
Fm Cm C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
[Verse 2]
Fm Cm
Though I know I have to learn to walk before I run,
C# G#
My legs just don’t appear to work, so please forgive me
Fm Cm
The abelia’s are blooming bright,
C# D# G#
Gazing down on the town sleeping tight
Fm Cm
On the windowpane there was a tiny basking bug
C# G#
And though I could have set it free, instead I crushed it
Fm Cm
The summer breathes a gentle breeze
C# D# G#
Over the white flowers swaying lovely
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm C#
In the books that I’ve read,
D# Fm
Nothing felt quite like this
Cm C#
Days we cherish and miss
D#
Somebody fumbled with life
C
And pretended to die
[Chorus]
C# D# Fm Cm C#
We go along, singing a song, singing a song
D# Fm
To hear what our hearts have to tell
C# D# Fm Cm C#
So might as well, oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
D# Fm
Grow roses for more than their smell
C# D# Fm Cm C#
You go along, so long, so long, so long, so long
D# Fm
You’ve wandered off so far away
C# D# Cm Fm C#
And as I try to put these quaking words to pen,
D# Fm
I've run out of space to write again
[Bridge]
Cm C# G#
E|----| E|----| ----
Fm Cm C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
[Verse 3]
Fm Cm
One morning I awoke and was surprised to find
C# G#
That my legs had multiplied while I was sleeping
Fm Cm
It seemed I had become a bug
C# D# G#
But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve heard quite enough
Fm Cm
Since I had no family my form could frighten, I
C# G#
Looked down upon the town as it was dreaming
Fm Cm
The summer breathes a gentle breeze
C# D# G#
You were always just as gentle with me
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm C#
In time you may find
D# Fm
Humans lead such hateful lives
Cm C#
If I give up humanity,
D# C
Could I see you again, and would you smile at me?
[Chorus]
C#
I’ve always known,
D# Fm Cm C#
Alone, alone, alone, alone
D# Fm
That I would end up on my own
C#
But still I will
D# Fm Cm C#
I will, I will, I will, I will,
D# Fm
Watch over the flowers until
C#
I hear your song
D# Fm Cm C#
So long, so long, so long, so long!
D# Fm
You might never sing it again
C# D# Cm Fm C#
And as I try to put these quaking words to pen,
D# Fm
I've run out of time to write again
[Bridge]
Fm D# C# Cm Fm D# C# D#
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Fm D# C# Cm Fm D# A#m Cm
--- ----- --- ----- --- -E|----| ----E|----| -----...
C# D#
Ah, I knew, I knew
Cm G#
That not a single word I wrote was true
C# D#
‘Cause there’s no way that I could turn into an insect,
Fm G#
And there’s no way you’ll ever read the letters that I sent
C# D#
Ah, I knew, I knew
Cm Fm C#
That there’s a price you have to pay to make your dreams come true
C D#
I knew it all along…
[Chorus]
C# D# Cm Fm C#
And even now, I grasp your letter in my hand
D# Fm
As if it’s the last thing I have
C# D# Cm Fm C#
The words you wrote, the words I’ve always held so close
D# Fm
Are distant and fading like smoke
C# D# Cm Fm C#
You went along, singing your song, singing your song
D# Fm
To hear what my heart had to tell
C# D# Cm Fm C# D#
I haven’t told you yet the words I put to pen,
N.C.
And once again
D E F#m C#m D
We go along, singing a song, singing a song
E F#m
To hear what our hearts have to tell
D E F#m C#m D
So might as well, oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
E F#m
Grow roses for more than their smell
D E F#m C#m D
You go along, so long, so long, so long, so long
E F#m
You’ve gone to live so far away
D E C#m F#m D
And as I try to put these quaking words to pen,
E F#m
I've run out of time to write again
F#m C#m
E|----| ----
D E
I've run out of space to write again
[Outro]
F#m C#m D A
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
F#m C#m D E A
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
F#m C#m D A
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
F#m C#m D E A
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
F#m C#m
Though my heart is full of things I want to say to you,
D E
I never seem to find the words, so please forgive me
F#m C#m
When I woke up, I’d become a bug,
D E A
That’s the plot of the song that I’ve sung
