Intro:
E D#
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|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
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G F
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|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
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|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
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G# F
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|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
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|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
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G D
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|---------------------------|-------------------|
|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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Followed by the A-riff
A-riff D-riff
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|--6----------7---------|
|--7--2-4-6---7--2-4-6--|
|--0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jonathan_coulton/glasses_tab.html ]
A-riff
Shed the days like skin, pray for evenings in
D-riff
Hold their hands in the street when you walk them off to school
A-riff
A box too full to shut, cardboard paper cut
D-riff
Bleeding edge of a picture of your parents when they were cool
E F#m D A
So much to say, I forget to start
E F#m D A
There goes a day, fading as it passes
E F#m D A
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
Bm D
It's okay
A-riff
I like you in glasses
Shovels in the sand, a play-doh wedding band
A drowning princess in a tangle of towels on the floor
An old familiar ache, the little pills we take
The thoughtless kindness of a coffee cup waiting by the door
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
(bridge: same as intro, hold the D when it goes to the verse)
It's on the board, someone's been double-booking
I've got time, how is your next week looking?
House shifts into place, a little breathing space
The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep
There's water in the walls, the stairs make waterfalls
Down in the basement the soft sound of a river digging deep
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
So much to say, I forget to start
There goes a day, fading as it passes
Forget the grey, let it fall apart
It's okay
I like you in glasses
