Capo at 7th Fret 

Intro: D


D                G              Em    G                 D             G
No one wants to hear about your 97th tear, so dry your eyes or let it go 
           A                Em             G            A                Em       
uncried, my dear. I am all out of love to mouth into your ear, and not above 
           G         A                 Em           Em* G* A*
letting a love song disappear before it's written. 
          D              G            Em        G                       
    And no one wants a tune about the 100th luftballoon that was seen 
 D                  G             A             Em                G
shooting from the window of your room, to be a spot against the sky's 
        A                   Em               G                  A
colossal gloom and land, deflated, in some neighbor state that's strewn with 
   Em         Em* G* A*
99 others.   


  Em               A                      D              A                Em
     8 Chinese brothers; well, there's a reason why the last is smiling wide 
             G              A                     Em          G A
and sitting higher than the others, swinging his arms.


You would probably die before you shot up 9 miles high
Your eyes dilated as light played upon the sight
Of TVC16 as it sings you goodnight
Relaxed as hell and locked up in cell 45
I hope you're feeling better

The 51st way to leave your lover
Admittedly, it doesn't seem to be as gentle or as clean as all the others
Leaving it's scars

All in the after hours of some Greenpoint bar
I told you, I can't listen, baby, 'bout the 4th time you were a lady and how your forthrightness betrayed a secret shyness
Stripped away by days of being hailed as "your highness"
And what's new, pussycat, is that you were once a lionness
They cut your claws out

Kitten, not everyone's keen on lighting candle 17, the party's done, the cake's all gone, the plates are clean
The chauffeur's leering from the cheerless mezzanine
And in just one year, the straight world can pay to see what they have been missing

You were caught kissing 8 chinese brothers
Well, there's a reason why the last is smiling wide and sitting higher than the others
Stinking with charm

And he says, "Lets get lost, let them send out alarms"
He says, "Let's get crossed out and come to harm
Lets make the world's stupidest stand and truly mean it
Lets hit the limit of laws over lovers' arms
No, lets exceed it" 


On the * he does a hammer on the Em, the G, and then the A. It's very easy to
figure out. He also plays some of these chords with the third fret of
the B and E strings attached, but whatever works for you. 

Later.