Excuse To Try

       C                              G                       C          G
the words she means are those she doesn't say
       C                    G                  C          G
so slowly running out of things to say
Am        G            C             G
she was not afraid to ring a bell or two
            C                     G                    F
there's no one who can tell her how to feel

C                    G                       C          G
I just wish that I could help her out
       C                     G              C          G
but I'm part of the problem it turns out
Am        G            C             G
she was not afraid to ring a bell or two
       C                     G                    F
and I'm part of the problem it turns out

C          G                 Am           G          C
I noticed she thinks I have figured it all out
       G        Am     G
surely I get by
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but know this: I'm confidently pretending
                G       F
but that's hard when you don't have
                            C         G              Am        C G F
an excuse to try

       C                              G                       C          G
the words she means are those she doesn't say
       C                    G                  C        G
so slowly running out of things to say
Am        G            C             G
she was not afraid to ring a bell or two

Am        G            C             G
she was not afraid to ring a bell or two
       C                     G                    F
and I'm part of the problem it turns out

                                   C
we're almost halfway there
                              Am
still getting you nowhere
        F
wrap it in a cloud
        G
to figure this out

                                   C
we're almost halfway there
                              Am
still getting you nowhere
        F
wrap it in a cloud
        G
to figure this out

                                   C
we're almost halfway there
                              Am
still getting you nowhere
        F
wrap it in a cloud
        G
to figure this out