Vernie

 
              
Intro 
E A 
 Oooh... 
E A 
 Ooooh... 
E A 
 Ooooooohhh... 
D B 
 
verse 1 
E          A 
Is it the way you're speakin'? 
E        A 
Is it because I'm peakin'? 
E              A              D   E 
Twistin' your face, thumb in haaand 
 
   A                          F# 
But you gotta have your own space to play in 
A                F# 
  A collection of glass chickens 
A              F#                E 
  Oh, Vernie, what a garden you have 
 
verse 2 
  E                   A 
Maybe its the snuff under your lip 
     E                 A 
Or maybe caramel cake covered in Christmas 
 E                 A          D    E 
Oh, a flower, you are, to my laaaaand 
 
But I 
 
 A            F# 
No, I cannot deny the beauty 
A                 F#                    A 
 If I had a heart, I would want it to be, like Vernie's 
 F#                        E 
Oh, what a heart that she has 
 
B A E 
no lyrics 
B A E 
eee... 
 
Outro 
   B 
Roaming through the cupboard 
          A                          E 
Jar of pickles never opened since 1983 
   B 
Peanuts in a pile 
      A                                  E 
And Elvis down the aisle, singing gallantly... 
 
B A E 
                B                  A                 F#m E 
I wish I could be, I wish I could be, I wish I could beeeee 
                B                 A                     F#m  E 
I wish I could be, I wish I could be a little more like Ver-nie 
             B 
Oh, I wanna be, 
         A                     F#m  E 
I wanna be, a little more like Ver-nie