Weezer - Across the Sea

Tabbed by: Pbill

I play the D/F# like this: 20023x

Tune down a half step to match the album recording.

[Verse 1]

        
You are 18 yea

             
r old girl who

           
 live in small

          
 city in Japan

.
          
You heard me o

       
n the radio.
           
About one year

             
 ago and you w

         
anted to know,
            
all about me a

     
nd my hobbies.
           
   My favorite

           
 food and my b

irthday


[Chorus]

           
Why are you so

            
 far away from

     
 me?
           
I need help an

              
d you're way a

           
cross the sea
             
I could never 

             
touch you - I 

    
think it would

 be wrong
         
Oh - I've got 

          
your letter
            
you've got my 

 
song


[Break 1]

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[Verse 2]

           
They don't mak

           
e stationery l

    
ike this
            
where I'm from

        
 - so fragile,
      
so refined
          
So I sniff and

   
 I lick
           
your envelope 

             
and fall to li

             
ttle pieces ev

    
ery time
            
I wonder what 

           
clothes you we

      
ar to school
            
I wonder how y

            
ou decorate yo

   
ur room
            
I wonder how y

           
ou touch yours

elf
           
and curse myse

             
lf for being a

         
cross the sea


[Chorus]

           
Why are you so

            
 far away from

 
 me?
           
I need help an

              
d you're way a

        
cross the sea
             
I could never 

           
touch you - I 

think it would

 be wrong
         
I've got your 

     
letter
            
you've got my 


song


[Break 2] 

          

        

        

      


[Verse 3]

    
At 10 I shaved

          
 my head and t

            
ried to be a m

 
onk
        
I thought the 

       
older women wo

             
uld like me if

   
 i did
     
You see mom, I

             
'm a good litt

             
le boy (good l

      
ittle boy)
        
It's all your 

       
fault, momma.
          
It's all your 

     
fault


[Verse 4]

           
Goddamn, this 

           
business is re

     
ally lame
            
I gotta live o

             
n an island to

         
 find the juic

e
          
So you send me

      
 your love
             
from all aroun

      
d the world
             
As if I could 

            
live on words 

            
and dreams and

          
 a million scr

eams
           
oh, how I need

            
 a hand in min

     
e to feel.


[Bridge]

           
Why are you so

            
 far away from

      
 me?
           
Why are you so

            
 far away from

  
 me?


[Outro]

             
I could never 

           
touch you - I 

think it would

 be wrong
         
I've got your 

      
letter
            
you've got my 


song
         
I've got your 

      
letter
            
you've got my 


song