Extraordinary Machine, by Fiona Apple. Off the album "Extraordinary Machine."
[Verse]
C
I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes
C7
and
C Bb
I certainly haven't been spreading myself around.
C D
I still only travel by foot and by foot it's a slow climb,
F Am G C
But I'm good at being uncomfortable so I can't stop changing all the time.
C
I notice that my opponent is always on the go
C7
and
C Bb
Won't go slow, so as not to focus and I notice
C D
He'll hitch a ride with any guide as long as they go fast from whence he came,
F Am
But he's no good at being uncomfortable so he can't stop staying
G C
exactly the same.
[Chorus]
Dm Am
If there was a better way to go then it would find me.
F Am
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me.
Dm F
Be kind to me, or treat me mean.
Dm G C
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine.
[Verse 2]
C C7
I seem to you to make a new disaster every day.
C Bb
You've deemed me due to clean my view and be at peace and lay.
C D
I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way and say
F Am G C
I've been getting a long for long before you came into the play.
C C7
I am the baby of the family, it happens so
C B Bb
Everybody cares and wears the sheep's clothes while they chaperone.
C D
Curious, you're looking down your nose at me while you appease,
F G C
Courteous to try and help but let me set your mind at ease.
[Chorus]
Dm Am
If there was a better way to go then it would find me.
F Am
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me.
Dm F
Be kind to me, or treat me mean.
Dm G C
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine.
[Bridge]
Dm C
Do I so worry you, you need to hurry to my side?
G
It's very kind.
Dm G
But it's to no avail, and I don't want the veiled
F Dm Am C
Promise of "everything will be just fine".
[Chorus]
Dm Am
If there was a better way to go then it would find me.
F Am
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me.
Dm F
Be kind to me, or treat me mean.
Dm G C
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine.
