Hey guys!
You have a choice as to how you wish to play this, either you can play the chords simply as they are, or if
you wish to produce a noise that resembles more accurately the original version play every F#m7 chord unless
it has a asterisk [*] next to it) as follows:
[9 9 9 9 9 9] ---> [9 9 11 11 10 9] [9 9 11 11 10 9]
------------1st strum------------- ---2nd strum---
No capo
Standard tuning
F#m7 - [9 9 11 11 10 9]
B9 - [7 6 7 6 x x]
C#m7 - [4 4 6 6 5 4]
D7 - [5 5 7 5 7 5]
Dmaj7 - [x x 0 2 2 2]
F#m9 - [2 4 2 2 2 4
G#m7 - [4 6 4 4 4 4]
Intro: [F#m7] - [B9] - [C#m7] - [D7]
Verse 1:
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
So hail a taxi cab and come around here
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
And I will meet you right outside,
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
I got some DVDs and a couple of beers,
[F#m7]
If you want to
[B9] [C#m7]-[D7]
We can stay up all night,
Verse 2:
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
It's nothing fancy, just a little couch and me
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
And conversation for your mind,
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
So let's explore all the possibilities
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]-[D7]
Of the things that we both talked about last time,
Chorus:
[Dmaj7]
Take a trip to my yard,
[F#m9] [G#m7]
Don't you know the grass is greener on the other side?
[Dmaj7]
Take a trip to my yard,
[F#m9] [G#m7]
Don't you know the love that you've been dreaming of is mine?
Verse 3:
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
I'll be your neighbor at the other end of town
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
And the benefits you soon will find,
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]
So let's enjoy the fact that we're on our own,
[F#m7] [B9] [C#m7]-[D7]
We will answer to nobody else this time,
Verse 4:
F#m7* [B9] [C#m7]
Tonight might be nothing but the moon and me,
F#m7* [B9] [C#m7]
Any time that we take the script and flip it baby
[D7]
Take a trip to my yard,
Chorus (x2):
[Dmaj7]
Take a trip to my yard,
[F#m9] [G#m7]
Don't you know the grass is greener on the other side?
[Dmaj7]
Take a trip to my yard,
[F#m9] [G#m7]
Don't you know the love that you've been dreaming of is mine?
End on:
[Dmaj7]
Take a trip to my yard-
