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Stranger than Fiction - Joe Jackson
From the album "Laughter & Lust"
Intro thing: (during first na na's)
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-----0-|
D|-----0-|
A|---2---|
E|-3-----|
C G D G C G D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
C D G C D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Verse 1:
C G D G
Please mister can you help me try to find my baby's house -
C G D G
It's 3 in the morning and it's pourin' rain.
C G D G
I can't find the house and I forgot the number,
C G D G
But I gotta give her these roses to relieve her pain
Pre-Chorus 1:
C D G C G D G
Don't laugh, just tell me you've been there before
C G D G
So we fight, but we fight every evening,
C G D G
And I tell ya every morning I just love her more
Chorus 1:
C G D G C G D G
And life goes on, filled with disasters and friction
C G D Em
And life can be strange
C D G
But love can be stranger than fiction
C D G
Only love can be stranger than fiction
Na Na Bridge:
C D G C D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
C D G C D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Verse 2:
C G D G
Excuse me operator, tell me what time it is -
C G D G
Me and my lover been in bed all day
C G D G
I think I strained a muscle I didn't know I had
C G D G
Mmm, tell me what day is it anyway?
Pre-Chorus 2:
C D G C G D G
Don't laugh, just tell me you hear what I'm saying
C G D Em
I love her so much I don't even know what planet I'm on
C G D G
Love her so much, wish she'd just go away
Chorus 2:
C G D G Am G D G
And life goes on, filled with bizarre contradictions
C G D G
And life can be strange
C D G
But love can be stranger than fiction
C D G
Only love can be stranger than fiction
Bridge:
Cmaj7 D G
I know that sometimes love goes
Dm7 Em7
but sometimes it comes back to get ya
C D G Am
And when love grows, it grows like a flower
it grows like a tumor
Am7/G D (G)
Love shows that god has a sense of humor
Pre-Chorus bridge:
C G D G C G D G
Chorus 3:
C G D G C G D G
Ya know that life goes on, ever immune to prediction
C G D Em
And life can be strange
C D G
But love can be stranger than fiction
C D G
Only love can be stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
End Bass Lick:
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|----------2-|
D|--------3---|
A|------3-----|
E|-1/>5-------|
F F F F G
F F F F G
F F F F (end lick) G