Tonart: E minor
Intro 1
E
D#aug
G#m
D#aug
G#m
Verse 1
E
I sat
down and wrote this letter
Telling you that I felt better
G#m
D#
G#m
D#
G#m
Since you've gone and I was free
I'm so happy
Verse 2
E
I have so little time to spare now
I'm wanted almost everywhere now
G#m
I make out like Casanova
Friends are always coming over
Verse 3
E
I signed my name as if I meant it
G#m
And sealed it with a kiss and sent it
The letter headed through my mood
Happy in my solitude
Verse 4
E
But halfway home I changed my tune
G#m
And when I saw my lonely room
C#
The mirror caught my eye
G#m
C#
When I sat down, I cried
Verse 5
G#m
D#
G#m
D#aug
G#m
Big lie, small world
D#
D#aug
G#m
D#aug
G#m
It was a big lie, small world
E
I had to intercept that
Verse 6
letter
Telling you that I was better
G#m
G#sus4
I raced to catch the post
G#m
G#sus4
man's van
G#m
He was leaving as I ran
E
I missed the bus, I missed the train
Verse 7
E
D#m
I end up walking in the rain
G#m
Big dog chased me down the street
Hadn't had a bite to eat
E
Feeling sorry for myself
Verse 8
B
D#m
And wishing I was someone else
C#
I walked across the city
Because I couldn't stand
C#m
E
D
E
G#m
your pity
D#
Big lie,
Verse 9
G#m
D#
D#aug
G#m
small world
D#
G#m
D#aug
It was a big lie, small world
B
The place you live looks op
Verse 10
G#m
B
u lent
F#
And obviously a higher rent
F#m
A
F#m
Than a cozy little room
G#m
G#
I had this sense of doom
G#m
Your landlord says you're out
Verse 11
of town
F#
But your new boyfriend's
always around
E#m
A#sus4
D#
E#m
The hour was get ting late
C#
A#m
F#
A#aug
So I sit down
Daug
A#
G#m
and wait
Interlude 1
G#m
E
Here's the postman with
Verse 12
my letter
Coming down the path he better
G#m
Give that thing to me
I have to make him see
E
Begging doesn't do
Verse 13
the trick
He thinks that I'm a lunatic
D#m
G#m
But then who comes upon the scene
But your new boyfriend, Mr. Clean
E
I hit the postman, hit
Verse 14
your lover
G#m
D#
G#m
D#
Grabbed the letter, ran for cover
D
The police arrived in time for tea
F#
C#
They said they'd like to question me
E
But I can only curse
Verse 15
my fate
D#
D#m
B
G#m
I had to face the magistrate
C#
It hasn't been the best of days
D
G#m
I'd like to fly away
D#
Big lie,
Verse 16
G#m
D#aug
G#m
small world
D#
G#m
D#
G#m
D#
D#aug
Big lie, small world
G#m
D#aug
D#
G#m
D#aug
It was a big lie, small world
G#m
Big lie, small world
Outro 1
D#
G#m
D#aug
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
G#sus4
G#m
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