B F# Ebm7 E C#m The lecture halls we filled in the Fall fell through. B F# Ebm7 E C#m The pedagogue in me asked, "What have you read lately?" B F# Ebm7 E A pleasantry the blonde in you responded to... [Chorus] Ebm7 C#m Abm B A E You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to Ebm7 C#m B A E nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now. B F# Em (low) I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten B F# Em (low) With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you. B C#m Ebm7 Em (high) I just finished the book, and some of it's true. [Verse 2] B F# Ebm7 E C#m Disgusted by the rust on a voice that you never use... B F# Ebm7 E C#m How could you expect your Jesuit sect to play here? B F# Ebm7 E The fake book dates back to Iberia. [Chorus] Ebm7 C#m Abm B A E You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to Ebm7 C#m B A E nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now. B F# Em (low) I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten B F# Em (low) With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you. B C#m Ebm7 Em (high) I just finished the book, and some of it's true. [Bridge] Emaj7 C# Ab Emaj7 D C# Ab [Verse 3] B F# Ebm7 E C#m What will you burn for warmth? Will you keep a husband this season? B F# Ebm7 E C#m Who could take you on? B F# Ebm7 E Itinerant as the day is long... [Chorus] Ebm7 C#m Abm B A E You won't go into the half of it, so I'm going to Ebm7 C#m B A E nitpick. The exegesis comes quick to whoever's less sorry now. B F# Em (low) I've forgotten you've a right to be rotten B F# Em (low) With the killer instincts of an old flame who's slain you. B C#m Ebm7 Em (high) I just finished the book, and some of it's true. B C#m Ebm7 Em (high) I just finished the book, and some of it's true. B C#m Ebm7 Em (high) I just finished the book, and some of it's true.