Key: A
Introduction: (x3) (each a half measure) A
D
E
A
A
E
Over your shoulder
D
E
Please don't mind me
A
E
If my eyes have fallen
D
A
Onto your magazine
A
E
D
E
I've been watching and wondering
A
E
Why your face is changing
D
A
With every line you read
Bm7
E
A
F#m
All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery
Bm7
E
A
F#m
Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me
Bm7
E
A
If she would be wonderful
D
A
But my pride is in the way
A
E
I cannot read to save my life
D
A
I'm so ashamed to say
A
E
I live in silence
D
E
Afraid to speak
A
E
Of my life of darkness
D
A
Because i cannot read
Bm7
E
A
F#m
All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery
Bm7
E
A
F#m
Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me
Bm7
E
A
E
If she could it would be wonderful
A
E
Then i wouldn't need someone else's eyes
D
A
To see what's in front of me
D
A
No one guiding me
A
E
D
E
A
E
D
A
A
E
It makes me humble
D
E
To be so green
A
E
At what every kid can do
D
A
When he learns a to z
Bm7
E
But all those lines and circles
A
F#m
Just frighten me
Bm7
E
And i fear that i'll be trampled
A
F#m
If you don't reach for me
Bm7
E
A
Before i run i'll have to take a fall
A
E
D
And when I pick myself up, so slowly
E
A
I'll devour every one of those
E
D
A
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