Notes: on the "serious, so serious" ending to the chorus, skip the last

bar and immediately start into the next verse with the C-chord.



Riff 1                Riff 2                Riff 3

e|------------        e|------------        e|-----------------

B|------------        B|------------        B|-----------------

G|------------        G|------------        G|---0-------------

D|------------        D|-3--2--0----        D|-3---3-2-0-2-0---

A|-5--3--2--0-        A|----------3-        A|---------------3-

E|------------        E|------------        E|-----------------

(triplet feel)        (8th note run)        (16th note run)



Verse:

C             G       (riff 1)

  Night after night

Dm                 Am        F  G

  I try to make it all fit together

C             G       (riff 1)

  Night after night

Dm             Am          F  G

  I see you as someone I remember



Pre-Chorus:

C                   Dm

  You took me by surprise

               Em

  Opened up my eyes

               F              (riff 2)

  Now we gotta talk this over.



Chorus:

Am       F         G      C

  Can it really be so serious?

        Am         F      G     C

  To be all broken up and delirious

C         G            Am          F

  I guess we've really been out of touch

      Am     F         G      C  

  But can it really be so serious?

       Am   F      G

  (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 Am-F-G-C progression from chorus):

  Serious, so serious

  Serious, so serious...