Adim7 Scheherazade was ending the story for the night Adim7 And so Rose left the shop with a brand new camera Adim7 And the number of the subway driver written on her arm F9(#11) But now the sun is rising Adim7 And that is all I am permitted to say N.C. Do you like my story Shah Zaman? Gb6(#11)/Db Ab7(#9) It is a marvelous tale Ab7(#9) What a good, sweet, story it is Ab7(#9) You are a real Scheherazade Ab7(#9) How can this compare to the story Ab7(#9) I shall tell you tomorrow night Ab7(#9) If the shah spares me, and I am still alive? Adim7 When I kill you, I will miss you Adim7 How will you grieve for me, O Shah? Adim7 I will command a great feast for the kingdom Adim7 With the largest boar that the court has ever seen Cdim7 Ebdim7 F#dim7 And great oaken casks full of honey-sweet wine Adim7 And we'll toast to the could-have-been queen C#7 F#m/C# And when the feast is in full swing C#7 F#m/C# And the butterfly jesters are dancing D A/C# Bm I will take the largest cask back to my room F#m/C# And I'll drink all alone in my room D A And I'll cry like a baby F#m/C# And I'll drink so much, I'll get sick D A And I'll lie on the bathroom floor Bm Then I'll drink some more Cdim7 And I'll keep drinking for 42 years Cdim7 An old, old man, all alone in his chair Cdim7 Ebdim7 Watching game shows F#dim7 Adim7 Making fun of the contestants Cdim7 Ebdim7 F#dim7 Adim7 For their stupid answers and their wasted lives Am6 Am6/F# A wasted sack of a man Am6 Am6/F# An empty, brown paper bag, Am6/E D9 soggy and gross Gm A7/C# If you can lose your temper Gm A7/C# Then I can lose my mind Gm A7/C# If you can lose your temper Gm A7/C# Then I can lose my mind Gm A7/C# If you can lose your temper Gm A7/C# Then I can lose my mind Gm A7/C# If you can lose your temper Gm A7/C# Then I can lose my mindVerso 1:
N.C. Come look at the stars, dear Pearl N.C. Come look at the stars, dear Pearl Cm How could you, Sister, how could you? Fm He likes my singing, he likes my singing, that's all! Cm Wait, wait, Rose Red, we were never-we never- G7 I always knew you were shallow Cm I always knew you didn't know me C7 I always knew you didn't believe in me Fm F#dim7 I always knew that I bored you Cm/G Ab7 I always knew that I wasn't pretty enough to hold you Am7(b5) Eb/Bb I always knew you'd go with someone smarter than me Bdim7 I always knew were a snob Cm I always knew you had your head in the stars A7/C# You and your books Dm You and your fucking books Ebdim7 I'm not a puzzle Em Fm I'm not some fucking logic puzzle for you to figure out! F#dim7 I am not a fucking game! G7 Abdim7 Why don't you just go fuck your books? Bbdim7 Bdim7 Why don't you just go fuck all your fucking books N.C. And we'll see who's smarter, we'll see!Verso 2:
N.C. Do you have the things I asked for? Cm7 One pot of honey Cm7 one piece of stardust Cm7 one secret baptism Cm7 and a photo of a ghost Cdim7 Adim7 Gbdim7 Hello there, Bear Cdim7 Adim7 Gbdim7 I have the things you asked Cdim7 Adim7 Gbdim7 I had to go through several lifetimes to get them Cdim7 Adim7 And now I'm in your cave Gbdim7 In my sexy red cloak Cdim7 Adim7 Gbdim7 I know, little girl Ebdim7 And now I'm gonna eat you up, eat you up, eat you up like berries. Em D G But will you do what I asked? Am Em Maul the astronomer Am Em Am C Turn my sister into a crow Adim7 I'm not a murderer or a crazy person Abdim7 I just like honey (he just likes honey) Abdim7 You'll just have to do it yourself Cm Now, go away, little girl Cm I hate you N.C. The driver can't stop, the ghost is here N.C. The driver can't stop, the ghost is hereVerso 3: