GEmBmD
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
GEmBmCC#dim
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
CC#dimC
And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
GEmBmD
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
GEmBmCC#dim
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
CEmG6
Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
D/G - G/CD/G - G/C
But Claire, Claire baby,
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7DG/D
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
GEmBmD
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
GEmBmC
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
EmCEmC
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
D/G - G/CD/G - G/C
But Claire, Claire baby,
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7DG/D
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
INTERLUDE
D/G - D/Em - D/Bm - D (x2)
Gmaj7 - Gmaj7/Em - Gmaj7 - Gsus4 - G (x2)
G6BmG6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
BmC
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
D/G - G/CD/G - G/C
Claire, Claire baby,
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
Bm/GBmDCmaj7
It used to be our birthday too.