Stranger than Fiction - Joe Jackson From the album "Laughter & Lust" Intro thing: (during first na na's) E|-------| B|-------| G|-----0-| D|-----0-| A|---2---| E|-3-----| C G D G C G D G Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na C D G C D G Na na na na na na na na na na na na Verse 1: C G D G Please mister can you help me try to find my baby's house - C G D G It's 3 in the morning and it's pourin' rain. C G D G I can't find the house and I forgot the number, C G D G But I gotta give her these roses to relieve her pain Pre-Chorus 1: C D G C G D G Don't laugh, just tell me you've been there before C G D G So we fight, but we fight every evening, C G D G And I tell ya every morning I just love her more Chorus 1: C G D G C G D G And life goes on, filled with disasters and friction C G D Em And life can be strange C D G But love can be stranger than fiction C D G Only love can be stranger than fiction Na Na Bridge: C D G C D G Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na C D G C D G Na na na na na na na na na na na na Verse 2: C G D G Excuse me operator, tell me what time it is - C G D G Me and my lover been in bed all day C G D G I think I strained a muscle I didn't know I had C G D G Mmm, tell me what day is it anyway? Pre-Chorus 2: C D G C G D G Don't laugh, just tell me you hear what I'm saying C G D Em I love her so much I don't even know what planet I'm on C G D G Love her so much, wish she'd just go away Chorus 2: C G D G Am G D G And life goes on, filled with bizarre contradictions C G D G And life can be strange C D G But love can be stranger than fiction C D G Only love can be stranger than fiction Bridge: Cmaj7 D G I know that sometimes love goes Dm7 Em7 but sometimes it comes back to get ya C D G Am And when love grows, it grows like a flower it grows like a tumor Am7/G D (G) Love shows that god has a sense of humor Pre-Chorus bridge: C G D G C G D G Chorus 3: C G D G C G D G Ya know that life goes on, ever immune to prediction C G D Em And life can be strange C D G But love can be stranger than fiction C D G Only love can be stranger than fiction F G Stranger than fiction F G Stranger than fiction F G Stranger than fiction F G Stranger than fiction F G Stranger than fiction End Bass Lick: E|------------| B|------------| G|----------2-| D|--------3---| A|------3-----| E|-1/>5-------| F F F F G F F F F G F F F F (end lick) G