I Just Sighed I Just Sighed Just So You Know

Bb

[Verse 1]

Dm
First and foremost, don't let it be said
       F               Am
I am writing this at 7:10 am
        Dm
On the hard dry tarmac of a vacant forecourt
F                                  Am
Astronomically speaking, it's the first day of autumn
        Dm
But the sun is hanging 'round like summer's hungover
          F                              Am
They'll knock the garage down and build flats where I sit
       Dm
The traffic's so persistent that it barely registers
         F                         Am
And it smells like a mix between petrol and dog shit


[Chorus]

Bb          Am                C                 Dm
Just let me be the one that keeps track of the moles on your back
Bb                    F        Am               C
I just sighed, the universe replied, "Let this pass you by"


[Verse 2]

Dm                                    F               Am
Sometimes it's just enough to know I keep him on his toes
            Dm                                        F                Am
Is he as sympathetic as me to the untimely demise of your synthetic clothes?
                 Dm                                       F                  Am
I've displayed marriage proposals on the Jumbotrons of ballgames you've not been at
               Dm                          F                           Am
I've written eulogies in guestbooks of galleries in the hope that you might pass


[Chorus]

Bb          Am                C                 Dm
Just let me be the one that keeps track of the moles on your back
Bb                    F        Am               C
I just sighed, the universe replied, "Let this pass you by"


[Bridge]

Dm                                  C#
She, nervous and barefoot, chats to me at the front door
F                                  Am
He, boyfriend, inside's a saint, becoming a martyr
     Dm                                     C#
Me rolling, writhing on the floor, stared daggers pulled from my thoracic wall
F         C         Gm      F         C          Gm         Bb   F    Gm    Bb C
  When I hold sea shells to my ears, I'm pretty sure I can hear you


[Verse 3]

Dm
He gave a gift of the Faber Book of Love Poems
F              Am                         Dm
Annotated the ones he thought applied the most
Not gonna win you round with prose
     F                          Am
If anyone should know then it's I should know (Oh-oh)
F
Girl, there must be a reason you let it slip
Gm
Went to the point of sending the message
Am
Six months of visceral Catherine Wheels
Bb                     C
Kissing carnivores to make it seem like less of a deal


[Chorus]

Bb          Am                C                 Dm
Just let me be the one that keeps track of the moles on your back
Bb                    F        Am               C
I just sighed, the universe replied, "Let this pass you by"


[Bridge]

    Dm                       C#
I promise after this I will pick up the phone book
      F                                Am
And choose the name that my eyes fall upon on their first look
Dm                                C#
Aim all of my poorly composed declarations there in the future
F          C        Gm          F             Gm  Bb
   I'm so sorry to have to put you through a lifetime of
C                     Gm
Dedications that you never desired


[Pre-Outro]

Dm C F Am

         Dm       C      F          Am       Bb F C Am Bb F C Am
And this one sentence bludgeons me over the head
               Dm
(Okay) I'm a little bit drunk, and I mean just a little bit
    F
No lush in denial, only rather coquettish
      Dm
I'm fifteen years old and my parents' only son
         F
Like I barely survived a girls' school education
Gm
Prettier now that you've grown your hair long
       Bb
I'm a slip of a man since I cut mine all off


[Outro]

            Dm     C      Bb                Dm F Bb
Please just let me be the one to keep track
            Dm     C      Bb                Dm F Bb F    Bb
Of the freckles and the moles on your back