Intro
[Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#]
Keep it quick, say it brief
[Fmaj7] [G] [Am]
If it's fast it will be a relief
[Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#]
Short on time, that's a gift
[Fmaj7] [G] [Am]
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift
Verse 1
[Gm7] [C13] [Fmaj7] [Bm7b5] [E7]
Disparate parts, disparate hearts pulled through a sieve
[Am] [Gm7] [C13] [Fmaj7] [Bm7b5] [E7]
Hand me a chart so I know how to start to say this is all I can give
[C] [C#dim7] [Dm7]
To summarize seems incom-plete
[Dm7] [Ebdim7] [Em7]
How novel is a novel that can fit on one sheet
[Eb7]
It seems that I'm destined to fail
[Dm7] [G]
To compress myself to the size of a thumbnail
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#]
Keep it quick, say it brief
[Fmaj7] [G] [Am]
If it's fast it will be a relief
[Am/G] [D7/F#]
Short on time, that's a gift
[Fmaj7] [G] [Am]
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift
[Post-Chorus]
[Am]
Na na na, na na
[Am/G] [D7/F#]
They'll catch the drift
[Fmaj7]
Na na na, na na
[G] [Am]
They'll catch the drift
[Am]
Na na na, na na
[Am/G] [D7/F]
They'll catch the drift
[Fmaj7]
Na na na, na na
[G] [Am]
They'll catch the
Verse 2
[Am] [Gm7]
Don't like what's revealed here
[C13] [Fmaj7] [Bm7b5] [E7]
When your depth of field's near, it's hard to come close
[Am] [Gm7]
Chip stones from the boulder,
[C13] [Fmaj7] [Bm7b5] [E7]
suddenly my vulnerability shows
N.C.
Oooooh
[C] [C#dim7] [Dm7]
You can crop and trim till all that's left
[Dm7] [Ebdim7] [Em7]
is the essence of a presence that is feeling bereft
[Eb7]
Of a god in just the gist of a tale
[Dm7] [G]
that is less of an image and more of a thumbnail
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#]
Keep it quick, say it brief
[Fmaj7] [G] [Am]
If it's fast it will be a relief
[Am/G] [D7/F#]
Short on time, that's a gift
[Fmaj7] [G] [Am]
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift
[Post-Chorus]
[Am]
Na na na, na na
[Am/G] [D7/F#]
They'll catch the drift
[Fmaj7]
Na na na, na na
[G] [Am]
They'll catch the drift
[Am]
Na na na, na na
[Am/G] [D7/F]
They'll catch the drift
[Fmaj7]
Na na na, na na
[G] [Am]
They'll catch the drift
Outro
[C] [G/B] [Am] [Gm7] [F] [C] [Dm] [G]
