[Intro]


[Verse 1]

I thought I sa

w you in the b

attleship
             
but it was onl

       
y a look-a-lik

e

She was nothin

g but a vision

 trick
             
Under the warn

 
ing light
           
She was close,

             
 close enough 

              
to be your gho

              
st

But my chances

 turned to toa

st
             
When I asked h

              
er if I could 

            
call her your 

                                   (      
name

[Verse 1] (cont - same pattern)
I thought I saw you in the rusty hook
Huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look
And kissed who ever was sitting there

She was close, and she held me very tightly
'Til I asked awfully politely, please
Can I call you her name.

(To transition into the chorus play this; A F#m A F#m E, listen out for the strumming)

[Chorus]
             
And I elongate

              
d my lift home

               
,
           
Yeah, I let hi

              
m go the long 

                          
way 'round

I smelt your s

cent on the se

atbelt

And kept my sh

ortcuts to mys

elf
A D E (Come in with A at the end of the chorus and play these chords like in the verse)

[Verse 2]

I thought I sa

w you in the p

arrots beak,
             
Messing with t

           
he smoke alarm

,

It was too lou

d for me to he

ar her speak,
             
And she had a 

        
broken arm,
           
It was close, 

             
so close that 

              
the walls were

              
 wet

And she wrote 

it out in letr

a-set
           
No, you can't 

              
call me her na

       
me

[Bridge]
             
Tell me where'

              
s your hiding 

    
place
             
I'm worried I'

        
ll forget your

 face

And I've asked

 everyone
            
I'm beginning 

              
to think I ima

             
gined you all 

                  (  
along

[Chorus]
             
And I elongate

              
d my lift home

               
,
           
Yeah, I let hi

              
m go the long 

                          
way 'round

I smelt your s

cent on the se

atbelt

And kept my sh

ortcuts to mys

elf

[Solo]
   x2
 
 

[Verse 3]

I saw your sis

ter in the cor

nerstone
             
On the phone t

              
o the middle m

  
an

When I saw tha

t she was on h

er own
             
I thought she 

              
might understa

  
nd
           
She was close,

              
 well you coul

     
dn't get much 

closer
           
She said i'm r

             
eally not supp

              
osed to but ye

              
s,
              
You can call m

              
e anything you

                     
 want.

(Fade out)