Glasses

Jonathan Coulton

key:

Intro:

   E                   D#                

E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

   G                           F

E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

   G#                          F

E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

   G                           D

E|---------------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------|
G|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|---------------------------|-------------------|
A|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|---------------------------|-------------------|

Followed by the A-riff


   A-riff     D-riff
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--6----------7---------|
D|--7--2-4-6---7--2-4-6--|
A|--0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|
E|-----------------------|

A-riff
Shed the days like skin, pray for evenings in
                                                         D-riff
Hold their hands in the street when you walk them off to school
A-riff
A box too full to shut, cardboard paper cut
                                                          D-riff
Bleeding edge of a picture of your parents when they were cool

E           F#m       D      A
 So much to say, I forget to start
E             F#m  D            A
 There goes a day, fading as it passes
E           F#m          D     A
 Forget the grey, let it fall apart
Bm         D
 It's okay
              A-riff
I like you in glasses


Shovels in the sand, a play-doh wedding band
A drowning princess in a tangle of towels on the floor
An old familiar ache, the little pills we take
The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door

So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay

(bridge: same as intro, hold the D when it goes to the verse)

It's on the board, someone's been double-booking

I've got time,  how is your next week looking?

House shifts into place, a little breathing space
The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep
There's water in the walls, the stairs make waterfalls
Down in the basement the soft sound of a river digging deep

So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart

So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
I like you in glasses