C2                  G5
                      This is the story of a girl
                                                           Dsus4                                 D
                      Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
                                              Bm                     C
                      And while she looked so sad in photographs
                        A7sus4                    A7 (pause)          G5        D C  G5 D C
                      I absolutely love her            when she smiles

Bm                            C2
How many days in a year
       G5                                       Dsus4        D
She woke up with hope but she only found tears
And I can be so insincere
Making her promises never for real

As long as she stands there waiting
Wearin' the holes on the soles of her shoes
How many days disappear
When you look in the mirror and say how do you choose

                    Em                              G5/F#
           Your clothes never wear as well the next day
                           G5                         A7sus4              A7
           And your hair never falls in quite the same way
                  Em                        G5/F#                       A7sus4   A7
           But you never seem to run out of things to say

                      This is the story of a girl
                      Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
                      And while she looked so sad in photographs
                      I absolutely love her when she smiles

How many lovers would stay
Just to put up with this every day and all day?
How did we wind up this way
Watching our mouths for the words that we say?

As long as we stand here waiting
Baring the clothes of the souls that we choose
How do we get there today?
We've been walkin' too far for the price of the shoes

           Your clothes never wear as well the next day
           And your hair never falls in quite the same way
           But you never seem to run out of things to say

                      This is the story of a girl
                      Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
                      And while she looked so sad and lonely there
                      I absolutely love her when she smiles
                                         *Solo*   (bridge & verse)

           Your clothes never wear as well the next day
           And your hair never falls in quite the same way
           But you never seem to run out of things to say

                      This is the story of a girl
                      Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
                      And while she looked so sad in photographs
                      I absolutely love her

                      This is the story of a girl
                      A pretty face she hid from the world
                      And while she looked so sad and lonely there
                      I absolutely love her when she smiles

                      This is the story of a girl
                      Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
                      And while she looked so sad in photographs
                      I absolutely love her when she smiles
                      When she smiles...