From "Clarity of Cal" (2025)
Intro
|[Ab/Bb] | % | % | % |
(drums in)
|[Ab/Bb] |[F7#5b9] [Ab/Bb] |[Db6/Eb] |[Cm7] [Eb/F] |
|[Ab/Bb] [Db/Eb]|[Cm7] |[Eb/F] | N.C. |
|[Ab/Bb] | % |[Ab/Bb] | % |
Verse 1
[Ab/Bb] [F7#5b9] [Ab/Bb]
Well, I guess I'm just a sensitive sort
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
With a mind that often tends to distort
[Ab/Bb] [Db/Eb] [Cm7]
What people say, what people done to me
[Eb/F]
Won't keep me tied down anymore
Verse 2
[Ab/Bb] [F7#5b9] [Ab6/Bb]
'Cause I've been out the game for so long
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
Afraid that I might do something wrong
[Ab/Bb] [Db/Eb]
What do I need to be useful?
[Cm7]
Your approval as well
[Eb/F] N.C.
I'm gonna try from here to Hell
Pre-chorus
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?) I'm just caught in the middle
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
(Can you tell?) Freaking out just a little
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?) Reassure me, babe, so I can,
[E9#11]
(Excel?) I can, I can, ha, ha, ha, ha
Chorus
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
Woohoo-hoohoo,
[Ab/Bb]
Woohoo-hoohoo (yeah)
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
Woohoo-hoohoo,
Verse 3
[Ab/Bb] [F7#5b9] [Ab/Bb]
I've been holding out for something within
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
I've been treading when I'm tryin' to swim
[Ab/Bb] [Db/Eb] [Cm7]
But with a grip this tight, my tendinitis might
[Eb/F] ([F7#5b9])
Yeah, it might keep me out the gym, yeah
Verse 4
[Ab/Bb] [F7#5b9] [Ab6/Bb]
I'm vocational school at DePaul (?)
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
Became a-certified whatever that's called (that's called)
[Ab/Bb] [Db/Eb]
What do I need to be useful?
[Cm7]
Your approval as well
[Eb/F]
I'm gonna try from here to Hell
Pre-chorus
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?) I'm just caught in the middle
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
(Can you tell?) Freaking out just a little
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?) Reassure me, babe, so I can,
[E9#11]
(Excel?) I can, I can, ha, ha, ha, ha (na, na, na)
Chorus
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
Woohoo-hoohoo,
[Ab/Bb]
Woohoo-hoohoo (yeah)
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
Woohoo-hoohoo, yeah, yeah-h
Bridge
N.C. (Bb)
Tulips reach for the sun (reach up for the sun)
N.C. ([Eb]) [C7b9] [Eb/F]
Shine down for everyone (yeah-ee-yeah)
N.C. (Bb)
Even when I could not see
[E9#11] [Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
When I was a mess, I confess, I confess, it was sure that I'd be
Pre-chorus
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?) I'm just caught in the middle
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
(Can you tell?) Freaking out, freaking out just a little
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?) Reassure me, ha, so I can, I can
[E9#11]
(Excel?) I can, I can, ha, ha, ha, ha (na, na, na)
Chorus
[Db/Eb] [Eb/F]
Woohoo-hoohoo,
[Ab/Bb] ([E9#11])
Woohoo-hoohoo
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
Woohoo-hoohoo,
[Ab/Bb]
Woohoo-hoohoo
Outro
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
(Can you tell?)
[Ab/Bb]
(Can you tell?)
[Db/Eb] [Cm7] [Eb/F]
(Can you tell?)
N.C.
(Can you tell?)
(final "can you tell" ends with chromatic notes: Ab -> A -> Bb)
