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Tuning on album is somewhere between standard and one half-step down

Note: if you want you can play all the C chords as Cadd9 and even all the Em chords as Em7 (022033)-Rosa

Rhythm not shown on riffs

Intro riff:                   Em* riff:    D* riff:    D7* riff:     Dsus4* riff:      Em*2 riff:
e|-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-     -0-0-0-     -2-2-2-      -2-2-2-      -3-2-0-2-3-     -0---0-0---0-0-
B|-3--2-3--2-3--2-3-5-3-2-     -0-0-0-     -3-3-3-      -1-1-1-      -3-3-3-3-3-     -0---0-0---0-0-
G|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-     -0-0-0-     -2-0-2-      -2-0-2-      -2-2-2-2-2-     -0---0-0---0-0-
D|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-     -2-0-2-     -0-0-0-      -0-0-0-      -0-0-0-0-0-     -4\2-2-0h2-2-0-
A|-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-     -2-0-2-     -0-0-0-      -0-0-0-      -0-0-0-0-0-     -4\2-2-0h2-2-0-
E|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-     -0-0-0-     -x-x-x-      -x-x-x-      -x-x-x-x-x-     -0---0-0---0-0-

Chords:
G     320033
Em    022000
C     x32010
D     x00232
Cadd9 x32033
D7    x00212
Dsus4 x00233   

Intro riff x2

         Em                                  C              G
well you walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
         Em                                        C                G
your hat strategically dipped beneath one eye your scarf it was apricot
        C       D      G      Em      C                  G
you had one eye on the mirror and you watched yourself a lot
            D                 Cadd9
and all the boys dreamed that they'd be your partner, they'd be your partner yeah

G Cadd9 G D Em* C D*

         Em                            C                   G
well you had me several years ago when i was still quite naive
        Em                                       C                    G
and you said that we made such a pretty pair and that you would never leave
        C    D        G          Em        C               G
but you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
           D                 Cadd9
i had some dreams there were clouds in my coffee clouds in my coffee yeah

G Cadd9 G D Em* C D* D7

       Em                                      C                    G
well i heard that you went off to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
             Em                                             C                    G
and then you chartered a Lear jet to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
            C      D         G         Em  C                      G
yeah you're always where you should be and when you're not you're with
                D           Cadd9 
some underworld spy or your best friend's boyfriend, best friend's boyfriend yeah

G Cadd9 G D Em* C D* D7*

G(intro riff) D G Cadd9 G D Em* Em*2 D Dsus4* G