Tom: D E|-----------------3-3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3--| B|--------------------------3----------------3-3-3----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0-----0-----0-------0-1---0---0-------0-1-----0-0-------0-1-3-0-0-0---------0--3| A|--1s2---1s2---1s2-2-3-------1---1s2-2-3-----------1s2-2-3-----------1s2---2-3----3| E|--2s3---2s3---2s3---------------2s3---------------2s3---------------2s3----------1| riff 2 E|------------------------2-2| B|-----------------3---3--3-3| G|----0------------2---2--2-2| D|--2--0---------------------| A|-------3--2-0--------------| E|--------------4-3---2------| riff 1 i'm the kind of guy that likes to talk i'm the kind of guy hates to be frozen out i can't stand it when i get this way total mental shutdown riff 2 A7 C & i choke up like a chump /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 C words in my throat just become a senseless lump /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 my heart's not in it 'cause it's just a pump riff 1 body lying out on the pavement eyes out of focus on the dirty street standing right here is the person i've been waiting for months to meet riff 2 A7 C & i just drop my eyes down like two rocks /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 C i hear my name, my circulation stops /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 i peer up at her like i'm looking at a cop riff 1 riff 1 i'm the kind of dog that likes to sit in your lap i back away, about an inch tall that's my special situation riff 2 A7 C now if i think about her at all i become a raw nerve /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 C whole throat gets dry & vision blurred /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 C thoughts in my head fall down like dead birds /B /A Eb/G D/F# A7 i don't know what kind if any purpose i might serve