*The intro (which is reused between verses) is a piano part, but if you play this
it's an OK substitute - play along with it to get a feel for the rhythm
Intro
Em D C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
|v v | v v | v v | v v
Em D Cmaj7 C Cadd9
|v v | v v | | |
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit A
Em
We are friends in a sleeping bag splitting the heat
C G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
We have one filthy pillow to share and your lips are in my hair
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
Someone upstairs has a rat that we laughed at
Em
And people are drinking
Em C G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
And singing Van Halen and Slayer on a ukulele tear
*repeat intro
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit B
Em
Well, we found an apartment
It’s not much to look at
C
A futon on a floor
G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
Torn-off desktop for a door
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
All the decor's made of milk crates and duct tape
Em
And if we have sex
C
They can hear us through the floor
G C Cadd9 C Cadd9
But we don’t do that anymore
*Chorus
Em D C
And I lay there wondering, what is the matter?
Em D C
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
Em D C
You took the blanket, so I took the bedsheet
Em D C
But I would have held you if you'd only
Let me
*repeat intro*
Exhibit C
Look how quaint
And how quiet and private
Our paychecks have bought us a condo in town
It's the nicest flat around
You picked a mattress and had it delivered
And I walked upstairs
And the sight of it made my heart pound
And I wrapped my arms around me
And I stood there wondering, what is the matter?
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
You walked right past me and straightened the covers
But I would still love you if you wanted a lover
C
And you said
C Em
All the money in the world
D G E Am B C
Won't buy a bed so big and wide
C Em D G E Am B
To guarantee that you won't accidentally touch me
B7 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9
In the night
*short instrumental
Em D G E Am Am6 Am6 Am6
Gadd5 Gadd5/F#
Exhibit D
Em
Now we're both mostly paralyzed
Em C
Don't know how long we've been lying here in fear
G C
Too afraid to even feel
Gadd5 Gadd5/F# Em
I find my glasses and you turn the light out
Em
Roll off on your side
C
Like you've rolled away for years
G C
Holding back those king-size tears
Em D C
And I still don't ask you, what is the matter?
Em D C
Is this a matter of worse or of better?
Em D
You take the heart failure
C
I'll take the cancer
Em D C
I've long stopped wondering why you don't answer
*repeat intro x2
Exhibit E
You can certainly see how fulfilling a life
From the cost and size of stone of our final resting home
We got some nice ones right under a cherry tree
You and me lying the only way we know
Side by side and still and cold
And I finally ask you, what was the matter?
Was it a matter of worse or of better?
You stretch your arms out and finally face me
You say I would have told you
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
If you'd only asked me
*repeat intro x2
