Tom: G
tuning: 1/2 step down
Intro: and this is how you would play it on the guitar
Verse
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G B E D
You are an eighteen year old
G B C D
girl who lives in the small city of Japan
G B E D
You heard me on the radio
G B C D
About one year ago and you wanted to know
G B E D
All about me and my hobbies
G B E D
My favorite food and my birthday
Chorus
G B E D
Why are you so far a way from me?
G B E D
I need help and your way accccross the sea
C
All notes
I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
B
touch youuuuuu
A
I think it would be wrong oh
I've got your letter You've got my song
Riff
A
A A A A
Verse
G B E D
They don't make stationary like
G B C D
this where I'm from so fragile, so refined
G B E D
So I sniff and I lick
(So I snare) (and I lick)
G B C D
Your envelope and fall to little pieces every
G B C D
time I wonder what clothes you wear to
G B C D
school. I wonder how you decorate your
G B C D
room I wonder how you touch yourself and
G B C D (play fill 1)
curse myself for being across the sea
Filll 1
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Chorus
Solo
Fixed from the previous version. May not be completely right, but
it's a helluva lot closer than the last one.
Bb A G F Eb E# G D
G D
E Eb Db B A Ab Gb
At ten I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
E Eb Db B A Ab Gb
I thought the older women would like me if i did
E Eb Db B A Ab Gb
You see mom I'm a good little boy
(good little boy)
E Eb Db B A Ab Gb B
It's all your fault momma It's all your fault
Verse
G B C D
Goddamn This business is really lame
G B C D
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
G B E D
So you send me your love
(So you send) (me your love)
G B C D
From all around the world As if I could live on
(from all around the world)
G B C D
Words and dreams and a million screams oh
E B C D
How I need a hand in mine to feel
G B A E E E E DDDDD
D
Why are you so far away from me
G B A E E E E E E E E E E
Why are you so far away from me
C
All notes
I could neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever
B
touch youuuuuu
A
I think it would be wrong oh
I've got your letter You've got my song
(I've got your
I've got your letter you've got my song
letter)