The song consists basically of three chords.
Here is the standard way of playing them:
Bm: x24432
D: xx0323
A: x02220
In acoustic/live versions he uses variations of these for the verses with more elaborate fingerings
(as can be seen here, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c9Px0worqA).
This is the basic outline of the song:
[Verse]
Bm A D
Bm A
(last line of each verse)
[Chorus]
D Bm A
Each chord is played for two bars!
Timing as indicated.
Bm
do you wanna dance?
A D
fine. but do you remember when
Bm
in your living room
A D
when we made some room & moved ourselves around in it?
Bm
it's how my heart resumed.
A D
i got caught/ you got those caravaggio moves
Bm A
we had some good ideas but we never left that fucking room
Bm
do you wanna talk?
A D
fine. i'll talk it out with my dad
Bm
it's always nice what he says
A D
he'll have some good advice from something in a book he read
Bm A
if i did what i wanted then why do i feel so bad?
Bm
would you like a drink
A D
while we wait for everything
Bm
to get good again?
A D
we're good at things & so are a lot of our friends
Bm A
we should all be rich & making moves like nancy kerrigan, yea
[Chorus]
D
i dont know what
Bm
i'm afraid of
A
but i'm afraid
D
one day it all
Bm
will fall away
A
maybe i read that
D
but still, let's see
Bm A
if nothing else it's an idle curiosity
Bm
so would you like that drink?
A D
fine, yea i know. i remember that too
Bm
in your living room, right?
A D
when we began to fight but then we both got confused
Bm A
then we were laughing & crying in awe of the size of the moon
Bm
do you want to die?
A
fine you're right
D
but i wonder what it feels like
Bm
to stop feelin so alive
A D
what if we could wake up in five years and things'd be feelin alright?
Bm A
i wanna visit the future and dance in a field of light!
[Chorus]
D
i dont know what
Bm
i'm afraid of
A
but i'm afraid
D
one day it all
Bm
will fall away
A
maybe i read that
D
but still, let's see
Bm A
if nothing else it's an idle curiosity
