The Model

Capo 2 C I will confess to you G F because you made me think about the times C Am you turn the picture on to me and I'll turn over D G the vision was a masterpiece of comic timing F C but you wouldn't laugh at all Dm Em Am and I wonder what the boy was thinking D G the picture was an old collage of something classical F C the model with a tragic air Dm Em F(one strum) because without a doubt he'd given up the fight G(one strum) C the ghost of somebody at his side C I will confess to you G F Because I didn't think about the message C Am As I walked down the alleyway, it was a Sunday D G All my friends deserted me because you painted me F C As the fraud I really was Dm Em Am And if you think you see with just your eyes you're mad D G Lisa learned a lot from putting on a blindfold F C When she knew she had been bad Dm Em F(one strum) She met another blind kid at a fancy dress G(one stum) C It was the best sex that she ever had C I'll send a dress to you G F Because it's needing badly taken in C Am I was so embarrassed that I missed your party D G It was me that paid for it eventually F C Because you know how much I wanted Dm Em Am To meet your friend the star of stage and local press D G The dream of all the bowlie kids that hang around here F C I'm no different from the rest Dm Em I'm not too proud to say that I'm okay F G C With the girl next door who's famous for showing her chest C You're not impressed by me G F But it's a funny way for you to tell me C A whisper in a choir stall Am D G The man was talking about you simultaneously F C Frankly, I let my heavy eyelids flutter Dm Em Am Because I have been sleeping badly lately D G I know you were historical from all the books I've read F C I thought you could be bluffing Dm Em And with this chance I've missed, I feel remiss F G C It's days and months before I'll see you again