Tom: Fm Fm Cm Though my heart is full of things I want to say to you, C# G# I never seem to find the words, so please forgive me Fm Cm When I woke up, I’d become a bug, C# D# G# But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve heard quite enough Fm Cm We’re a bit short on time, so I’ll have to try C# G# To send a letter in the mail, but will it reach you? Fm Cm Though there’s nothing good about today C# D# G# I’ll board the first train and be on my way [Bridge] Fm Cm C# G# E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- Fm Cm C# D# G# E|----| ---- -- -- ---- Fm Cm C# G# E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- Fm Cm C# D# G# E|----| ---- -- -- ---- [Verse 2] Fm Cm Though I know I have to learn to walk before I run, C# G# My legs just don’t appear to work, so please forgive me Fm Cm The abelia’s are blooming bright, C# D# G# Gazing down on the town sleeping tight Fm Cm On the windowpane there was a tiny basking bug C# G# And though I could have set it free, instead I crushed it Fm Cm The summer breathes a gentle breeze C# D# G# Over the white flowers swaying lovely [Pre-Chorus] Cm C# In the books that I’ve read, D# Fm Nothing felt quite like this Cm C# Days we cherish and miss D# Somebody fumbled with life C And pretended to die [Chorus] C# D# Fm Cm C# We go along, singing a song, singing a song D# Fm To hear what our hearts have to tell C# D# Fm Cm C# So might as well, oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well D# Fm Grow roses for more than their smell C# D# Fm Cm C# You go along, so long, so long, so long, so long D# Fm You’ve wandered off so far away C# D# Cm Fm C# And as I try to put these quaking words to pen, D# Fm I've run out of space to write again [Bridge] Cm C# G# E|----| E|----| ---- Fm Cm C# D# G# E|----| ---- -- -- ---- [Verse 3] Fm Cm One morning I awoke and was surprised to find C# G# That my legs had multiplied while I was sleeping Fm Cm It seemed I had become a bug C# D# G# But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve heard quite enough Fm Cm Since I had no family my form could frighten, I C# G# Looked down upon the town as it was dreaming Fm Cm The summer breathes a gentle breeze C# D# G# You were always just as gentle with me [Pre-Chorus] Cm C# In time you may find D# Fm Humans lead such hateful lives Cm C# If I give up humanity, D# C Could I see you again, and would you smile at me? [Chorus] C# I’ve always known, D# Fm Cm C# Alone, alone, alone, alone D# Fm That I would end up on my own C# But still I will D# Fm Cm C# I will, I will, I will, I will, D# Fm Watch over the flowers until C# I hear your song D# Fm Cm C# So long, so long, so long, so long! D# Fm You might never sing it again C# D# Cm Fm C# And as I try to put these quaking words to pen, D# Fm I've run out of time to write again [Bridge] Fm D# C# Cm Fm D# C# D# --- ----- --- ----- --- -E|----| E|----| ---- Fm D# C# Cm Fm D# A#m Cm --- ----- --- ----- --- -E|----| ----E|----| -----... C# D# Ah, I knew, I knew Cm G# That not a single word I wrote was true C# D# ‘Cause there’s no way that I could turn into an insect, Fm G# And there’s no way you’ll ever read the letters that I sent C# D# Ah, I knew, I knew Cm Fm C# That there’s a price you have to pay to make your dreams come true C D# I knew it all along… [Chorus] C# D# Cm Fm C# And even now, I grasp your letter in my hand D# Fm As if it’s the last thing I have C# D# Cm Fm C# The words you wrote, the words I’ve always held so close D# Fm Are distant and fading like smoke C# D# Cm Fm C# You went along, singing your song, singing your song D# Fm To hear what my heart had to tell C# D# Cm Fm C# D# I haven’t told you yet the words I put to pen, N.C. And once again D E F#m C#m D We go along, singing a song, singing a song E F#m To hear what our hearts have to tell D E F#m C#m D So might as well, oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well E F#m Grow roses for more than their smell D E F#m C#m D You go along, so long, so long, so long, so long E F#m You’ve gone to live so far away D E C#m F#m D And as I try to put these quaking words to pen, E F#m I've run out of time to write again F#m C#m E|----| ---- D E I've run out of space to write again [Outro] F#m C#m D A E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- F#m C#m D E A E|----| ---- -- -- ---- F#m C#m D A E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- F#m C#m D E A E|----| ---- -- -- ---- F#m C#m Though my heart is full of things I want to say to you, D E I never seem to find the words, so please forgive me F#m C#m When I woke up, I’d become a bug, D E A That’s the plot of the song that I’ve sung