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