(4:4)
(93bpm)
(Amajor)
(reference note: E E E D C A G# A)
INTRO:
(E+)
(E E E D C A G# A)
VERSE 1:
(E+ E7+ E+ Am Am/G# Am Am/G# Am Am)
i caught you clapping on a saturday night
(F#m7 F#+ F#m Esus4 E)
you brought your boyfriend along
(Bmsus4 Bm Bmsus4 Bm Esus2 E E6 E Esus4 F#m)
well you’ve got what’s coming
no you didn’t think i’d end up this strong
(A6)
(A G# G)
for i hit rock bottom a long long time ago
(bass: E (G#) A (E) F# E (G#) B (F#) E F# (A) A (E))
CHORUS:
(F#m7 F#7 Adim)
(Adim B7 Adim B7 A B7 A A6)
i drank my cheap wine
i took my sweet time
hoping that it never would go
(bass: F# (A) A B A B A B A))
VERSE 2:
(A6)
(D9) (Dmaj7) (D6) (D)
(Esus2 E Esus2 E6 E Esus4) x 2
(Dmaj7)
my phone stopped working so i turned off the light
and wrote myself a letter to bed
praying to the future that i’d find myself a penpal instead
(bass: A (C#) D (A F#) E (G# A B) D (C# A))
CHORUS:
i drank my cheap wine
i took my sweet time
waited ’til she started to show
VERSE 3:
my little red hiding hood has ridden away
writing off my role in her play
calling up an understudy waiting all his life for today
(*SOLO OVER CHORUS*)
“rock…rock bottom…”
(bass: (A C D# E)
(E+)
VERSE 4:
i caught you clapping on a saturday night
you shoulda come out alone
(Bm7 Bm Bmsus2 Bm7 E7 E6)
well it’s been so long that i may as well…
(bass: B (A F#) E (G#) A)
OUTRO:
(A A+ A6 A+)
so i say…ai ai ai ai ai ai ai…ai ai ai ai ai…
(*into “oh darling!”*)