Tom: Em
Am7 D G
[Verse]
Am7 D
I'm a lazy student
G
In a circular library
Am7 D
With a glass ceiling
G
And a parquet floor
Am7 D
After graduation
G
I'm gonna go to the Amazon
Am7 D
In search of a pigment
G
That I want on my wall
[Chorus]
Am7
Hold me
D
Scold me
Bm
Extol me
Em
Console me
Am7
Through the 90s
D
And the 80s
Bm
And the Tigris
Em
The Euphrates
[Verse]
C D
And after all that I've said
G
I want you to know me
Em
I want you to throw me
In the river
C D
So the clouds that follow my head
G
Can finally rain down
Em
On all your hydrangeas
C D
I never had a doubt that you would come through
G
I always adored you
Em
I always ignored you
C
Just to make you try harder
D
To you do what you do
G
I had to be awful
Em
Just to keep you from danger
[Instrumental]
Am7 D G
[Verse]
Am7 D
Come stand at my window
G
With a view of suburbia
Am7 D
As it marks out the edges
G
Of my opulent grounds
Am7 D
I'm rich but I'm troubled;
G
There's a worm in my Bougainvillaea
Am7 D
Why do you plague me
G
When my ethics are sound?
[Chorus]
Am7
Hold me
D
Scold me
Bm
Extol me
Em
Console me
Am7
Through the 90s
D
And the 80s
Bm
Through the waters
Em
Of Issey
[Verse]
C D
And after all that I've said
G
I want you to know me
Em
I want you to throw me
In the river
C D
So the clouds that follow my head
G
Can finally rain down
Em
On all your hydrangeas
C D
I never had a doubt that you would come through
G
I always adored you
Em
I always ignored you
C
Just to make you try harder
D
To you do what you do
G
I had to be awful
Em
Just to keep you from danger
[Bridge]
Am7
And after all I've said
Bm G
It's academia
Am C
How could I be so faithful
D
To the Queen of Media?
C
Through the 90s
D
And the 80s
Bm
In the AD
Em
And the BC
C
Through the Xanthus
D
And the Yangtze
Bm
And the Niger
Em
And the Ganges
[Pre-Chorus]
Am7
Hold me
D
Fold me
Bm
Control me
Em
Cajole me
Am7
And release me
D
On the Lethe
Bm Em
And the ichor through my body
[Chorus]
C D
And after all that I've said
G
I want you to know me
Em
I want you to throw me
In the river
C D
So the clouds that follow my head
G
Can finally rain down
Em
On all your hydrangeas
[Outro]
C D
I never had a doubt that you would come through
G
I always adored you
Em
I always ignored you
C
Just to make you try harder
D
To you do what you do
G
I had to be awful
Em
Just to keep you from danger
