Amanda Palmer – Ampersand (Ukulele)

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[Intro]
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F                 C
I walk down my street at night

     G
The city lights are cold and violent

F           C             G
I am comforted by the approaching sound of trucks and sirens

F                C
Even though the world's so bad

       G
These men rush out to help the dying

      F             C
And though I am no use to them

  G
I do my part by simply smiling
(Repeat intro or F C G G x2)
      F              C
The ghetto boys are cat-calling me

G
As I pull my keys from my pocket

F             C             G
I wonder if this method of courtship
Has ever been effective
    F            C 
Has any girl in history said

  G
"Sure, you seem so nice, let's get it on"?

  F              C                G
Still, I always shock them when I answer
"Hi, my name's Amanda"
    F                              C
And I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand

    G                            F
and even if I went with you I'm not the girl you think I am

    F
And I'm not gonna match you

            C
cause I'll lose my voice completely, no

G
I'm not gonna watch you

           F
Cause I'm not the one that's crazy
(Repeat intro or F C G G x2)
F              C
I have wasted years of my life

G
Agonizing about the fires

   F              C                  G
I started when I thought that to be strong you must be flame-retardant

     F                 C                G
And now to dress the wounds calls into question
How authentic they are
         F               C          G
There is always someone criticizing me
She just likes playing hospital
 F    C      G
Lying in my bed

     F       C       G
I remember what you said
"There's no such thing as accidents"
                    Am
But you've got the headstone all ready

     C
All carved up and pretty

      G
Your sick satisfaction

       F
Those his and hers matching

     Am
The daisies all push up in

  C
Pairs to the horizons

      G
Your hands full of ketchup

      F
It's nice that you're trying

     Am
The headstone's all ready

     C
All carved up and pretty

      G
Your sick satisfaction

       F
Those his and hers matching

     Am
The daises all push up in

  C
Pairs to the horizons

      G
Your eyes full of ketchup

      F
It's nice that you're trying

     F                             C
And I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand

    G                            F
and even if I went with you I'm not the girl you think I am

     F
And I'm not gonna match you

            C
cause I'll lose my voice completely, no

G
I'm not gonna watch you

           F                       C   G
Cause I'm not the one that's crazy

F
Yeah...

F               C
As I wake up - two o'clock -

     G
The fire burned the block

                F              C
But ironically stopped at my apartment

        G
And my housemates are all sleeping soundly

     F       C
And nobody deserves to die

     G
But you were awful adamant

     F            C
That if I didn't love you

         G
Then you had just one alternative

    F
And I may be romantic

    C
And I may risk my life for it

    G
But I ain't gonna die for you

     F
You know I ain't no Juliet

    F                                  C
And I'm not gonna watch you while you burn yourself out, baby

    G
No, I'm not gonna stop you

           F                                  C   G   F
Cause I'm not the one that's crazy, yeah

                                              C   G   F
I'm not the one that's crazy, yeah

                                             (C)
I'm not the one that's crazy...