G Em Bm D
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
G Em Bm C C#dim
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
C C#dim C
And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
G Em Bm D
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
G Em Bm C C#dim
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
C Em G6
Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
D/G - G/C D/G - G/C
But Claire, Claire baby,
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 D G/D
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
G Em Bm D
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
G Em Bm C
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
Em C Em C
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
D/G - G/C D/G - G/C
But Claire, Claire baby,
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7 D G/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)
G6 Bm G6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
Bm C
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
D/G - G/C D/G - G/C
Claire, Claire baby,
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
Bm/G Bm D Cmaj7
It used to be our birthday too.
