Standard (EADGBE)
(triplet feel) (8th note run) (16th note run)
Verse
Night after night
I try to make it all fit together
Night after night
I see you as someone I remember
Pre-chorus
You took me by surprise
Opened up my eyes
Now we gotta talk this over.
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)
Verse
same as first verse):
Day after day
I know it's not the way that you wanted it
Day after day
I try to find the key, but it don't fit
Pre-chorus
But you know how it is
No matter what I did
We gotta talk it over. (riff 3 instead of riff 2)
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
(Serious, so serious)
Verse
Tonight, tonight
I'm thinking over everything you said to me
Tonight, tonight
I'm sorry, but I just didn't see
Pre-chorus
And now it's up to you
There's nothing else to do
We've gotta talk it over. (riff 3)
Chorus
Can it really be so serious?
To be all broken up and delirious
I guess we've really been out of touch
But can it really be so serious?
Ending (use the --- progression from chorus):
Serious, so serious
Serious, so serious...