Verse 1:
Cmaj7 Em
Marvin walked into a helpless land and wondered lightly
Ab Eb Bb
"Am I happy?....Is this happy?"
Cmaj7 Em
Following the footsteps set by man he said to reprimand
Ab Eb Bb
the mystic, Who's sadistic
Cmaj7 Em
Took a step into the elevaaaator who said,
Ab Eb Bb
"Guess I'll see you later, don't you worry."
Cmaj7 Em
Fifteen flights that lasted nights and days that spent
Ab Eb Bb
without a cent for creatures, with their beat shirts
Prechorus:
Bb* C* Bb* Ab* Bb*
Bb* Ab*
Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill
Verse 2:
Cmaj7 Em
Next the stranded senate from the white brick house with flowers
Ab Eb Bb
asked some questions for their story
Cmaj7 Em
All feeling now he took his bow and left the stage of time
Ab Eb Bb
with no answers to no questions
Cmaj7 Em
Lonely paperbacks that wanted just a taste of feeling
Ab Eb Bb
to implode them, before living
Cmaj7 Em
Tiptoed to that wooden sign that said,
Ab Eb Bb
"now take your place in line for happy, this is lovely"
Prechorus:
Bb* C* Bb* Ab* Bb*
Bb* Ab*
Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill
Chorus:
F C Dm Db Ab
One secondary smile to go that extra mile
Db Ab Ab/G** F
to make me feel today to make it go away
C Dm Db Ab
the chemistry is gone taken for a ride
Db Ab Db Cmaj7--Em--Ab--Eb--Bb
far away from you No longer left inside
Verse 3:
Cmaj7 Em
the actor with his world renowned was thinking
Ab Eb Bb
'bout his last real day of silence, was it over?
Cmaj7 Em
or is it just we all think that our answer isn't real
Ab Eb Bb
its just a picture of a letter
Cmaj7 Em
bumble mumble make the rounds no matter what you'll seem profound
Ab Eb Bb
it's useless just to worry
Cmaj7 Em
something normal happens somewhere far away in clouds
Ab Eb Bb
so please stop thinking this is happy
Prechorus:
Bb* C* Bb* Ab* Bb*
Bb* Eb* E*
Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill
Chorus(2x):
F C Dm Db Ab
One secondary smile to go that extra mile
Db Ab Ab/G F
to make me feel today to make it go away
C Dm Db Ab
the chemistry is gone taken for a ride
Db Ab Ab/G F
far away from you No longer left inside
C Dm Db Ab
One secondary smile to go that extra mile
Db Ab Ab/G F
to make me feel today to make it go away
C Dm Db Ab
the chemistry is gone taken for a ride
Db Ab Ab/G (Ab--Bb--Db...2x)
far away from you No longer left inside
End Verse:
Ab--Bb--Db
there're no secrets in the door
Ab--Bb--Db
just a moment doing chores
Ab
and there's something, and there's something
Bb Db
and there's something and there's something next to nothing
Ab Bb
and there's something and there's something
Db
But you're gone
*Really nopt sure at all with that prechorus, I can't figure it out for the life of me.
easier on piano.
**Ab/G can also be played just as a Db if you're uneasy about that chord. It sounds fine too.
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