Daniel Johnston – An Idiots End (Guitar)

Am
I don't have to say a thing

F
she knows exactly what I want

Dm
and anytime I feel like this

               Em
what we have goes out for lunch

Am
she looks at me like a gun cocked

F
and I'm afraid to turn my back

Dm     Em                Am
  for fear of being locked

         Em
she leans forward for me to see

              Am
that the lights of her majesty

           Em
she's tempting me with a razorblade

      Am
but time is money at a penny arcade

                  Em             F
and there's monkeys in the shadows

        Em                             F
and the birds that are afraid of being late

        Em                          F
the court jester holds up a light bulb and says

                              Am
all that is made is made to decay

      C                    F
to know her is to love her

             G                      C
and I love her, but I don't know her

     C                   F
to know her is to love her

         G                        C
and I love her, but I don't know her

Am
I feel for a place to sit

F
things always go on this way

Dm
I'm lost for a little bit

            Em
'til I come up with something to say

Am
then I'll go on and on

F
about rascals in her lawn

Dm
I'll not specifically mention names

Em                             Am
her and I know we're just a shame

    Em
she knows I'm here

        Am
and she readily rebukes her sister

      Em
she treats me with a sudden respect

Am
suddenly she calls me mister

    Em       F         Em     F
but just as soon, I soon forget

           Em    F          Em      F
and start poking around in the trash

 Em     F         Em       F
talking myself into outer space

      Em                          Am
and watching the reactions on her face

      C                    F
to know her is to love her

             G                      C
and I love her, but I don't know her

     C                   F
to know her is to love her

         G                        C
and I love her, but I don't know her

Am
the picture of her sitting there

F
being her on that chair

Dm
I can only say as much as I please

    Em
but not as much as I dare

Am
where is the little girl who fell in love with me

F
the girl who fell in love with a satellite

Dm
that little girl has moved out now

Em
but the satellite still comes around

Am
most every other night

Am                  F
I think my interest bleeds a heart

Dm
of a dead dog

Em
lying in her yard

Am
I could catch her standing naked

F
I could catch her cold

Dm
I could catch her breath and bottle it

            Em                  Am
but I could never catch her off guard

      Em
and I go there nowadays

              Am
it's like visiting a sinking ship

  Em
and I'm a man overboard

                   Am
and she won't throw me a lifeline

Em               F               Em            Am
symbolically represented by her lips

      C                    F
to know her is to love her

             G                      C
and I love her, but I don't know her

     C                   F
to know her is to love her

         G                        C
and I love her, but I don't know her

         Am
no no no no