Claires Ninth Ukulele Chords

F         Am         Em        G
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
         F          Am       Em       F                  F#dim
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
F           F#dim      F
   And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
F        Am     Em        G
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
      F       Am         Em          F                     F#dim
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
F            Am                    C6
  Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
 
    C/F - C/F      C/F - F/F
But Claire, Claire baby,
  Em/F     Em            G       Fmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Em/F     Em          G     Fmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Em/F        Em          G     Fmaj7     G         G/G
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
 
F           Am       Em           G
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
      F         Am          Em           F
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
    Am        F                      Am        F
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
 
    C/F - C/F      C/F - F/F
But Claire, Claire baby,
  Em/F     Em            G       Fmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Em/F     Em          G     Fmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Em/F        Em          G     Fmaj7     G         G/G
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
 
INTERLUDE
C/F - G/Am - G/Em - G (x2)
Cmaj7 - Cmaj7/Am - Cmaj7 - Csus4 - F (x2)
 
C6                      Em                                    C6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
             Em         F
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
 
C/F - C/F      C/F - F/F
Claire, Claire baby,
  Em/F     Em            G       Fmaj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
  Em/F     Em          G     Fmaj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Em/F        Em          G     Fmaj7
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
        Em/F    Em          G         Fmaj7
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
   Em/F    Em      G       Fmaj7
It used to be our birthday too.
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