ranscribed by Jason Finestone [jasonf@bu.edu]) 

      Note: 
           C* is played like [x32033]
           D/F# is an open D chord with an F# in the bass


 Verse:

 Main lick:
     h h             p          h h       h p
 E--------------I------------I-----------------I---------
 B--0-1-3-3-----I-/5--3------I-0-1-3-3---0-1-0-I---------
 G--------------I--------0---I-----------------I-0-0-0---
 D--------------I------------I-----------------I---------
 A--------------I------------I-----------------I---------
 E--------------I------------I-----------------I---------

 G        D/F#  Em    C
    There is no space

 G               D/F#    Em    C
    For what you need to know

 G  D/F#    Em         C      G        D/F#  Em  C
    On  the forms that I must fill out.


 I'm happiest alone
 I'm miserable that way
 All this stuff just wants to spill out.


 Pre-chorus:

 C*         G    (bass: G  F#  E)
 I take pleasure

 Em                  A
    in the simple things

 C*            G     (bass: G  F#  E)
 I love my headphones

 Em                   D
    and my wedding ring


 Chorus: (same rhythm as verse)

 G               D/F#         Em             C
 Are you talking to me now or reading from a script?

 G                       D/F#             Em           C
 What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself?

 G                 D/F#             Em                C
 I don't think you really know just who the hell that is.


 Em           Am
    You spend half your life

    C                                  (back to verse pattern)
 pretending you're like everybody else.

 (like everybody else)


 Verse 2:

 I tell the same joke
 many different ways
 but you never seem to get it.

 You're jerking off
 to catalogs
 don't you feel a bit pathetic?

 [Pre-chorus]

 Chorus:

 You spend half your life remembering your life when you were young
 half your life dreaming how much better life can get
 well every time you make a choice, hey half your life is gone

 All you've got's a few good dreams
 divided into many small regrets.
 (like everybody else)

 Solo (over verse)

 Verse 3:

 I never take any pictures
 just try to remember
 all I remember is trying.

 Here's a story I like
 I think it happened to me
 I don't even know
 if I'm lying
 if I'm lying
 if I'm lying


 Chorus:

 Are you talking to me now or reading from a script?
 What's that supposed to mean you say you wanna be yourself?
 Well I don't think you really know just who the hell that is
 No I don't think you have a clue just who the hell that is
 So what's your half life?
 So what's your half life?
 So what's your half-life?
 So what's your half life?

 You spend half your life
 pretending you're like everybody else.

 G  D/F#  Em  C
 G