F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Boys wear overcoats in heat like this to keep themselves from showing.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Girls fill out prescriptions for the tricks that keep their hearts from growing.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Specialists review the year in tears and call for drastic measures:
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
"Send them to resorts for boys and girls to get their whits together!"


C#                Ab                Bb                F#
Sad, but true—the facts of life are bound to get you down.
              C#               Ab          Bb
Oh what's the use, dear Jenny? Anyway, the world is pretty...


F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Ashley talks to astronauts back home by way of fax transmission.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Andy gets a new tattoo each time he gets that bathroom privelege.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Weary, oh so drearily, we wave our flags into the camera.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Amber goes the hotline, their all friends but no one ever asks her


C#                Ab                Bb                F#
Sad, but true—the truth can turn your smile to a frown.
              C#               Ab          Bb
Oh what's the use, dear Jenny? Anyway, the world is pretty upside-down...


F                       Ab                 C#            Bb
The rates are better in the summer.
F                       Ab                 C#            Bb
The rates are better in the summer.
F                       Ab                 C#            Bb
Looks like old Jenny's doing better.
F                       Ab                 C#            Bb
The rates are better in the summer.


F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Back at home, the broadcast warning bounces off of an empty table.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Jenny asks the astronauts to sleep with her behind the stable.
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
Christmas hasn't been the same since Dad put in the central heating—
F                   Bb            Ab                     Bb
checks you before bedtime with a battery to keep your new heart beating.


C#                Ab                Bb                F#
And the world might turn a million times around before
              C#               Ab          Bb
they tell you, Jenny. Anyway, the world is happy...


Dm                 G                Dm                        
  G
Sometimes they let strangers in and other times they check their records;
Dm                 G                Dm                    G
When they check out in the morning, Dad puts out the lie detectors.
Dm             G                Dm                           G
Jenny prays to gods she's never heard of for a special warning.
Dm                 G                Dm                        
  G
All the walls stay dead as Jenny's head is but shes still observing.


Bb              F               G              D#
Sad to know the two of us might really make it through
              Bb               F                    G
oh what's the use, dear jenny? Anyway, the world is happy—world is sappy—world is happy 
you...


D             F             Bb                G
The rates are better in the summer....
D             F             Bb                G
Looks like old Jenny's doing better...


D                      F                    Bb