[Am] [G] [C]
[Am] [G] [C]

[Am] I was scared of [G] dentists and the [C] dark,
[Am] I was scared of [G] pretty girls and [C] starting conversations,
[Am] Oh all my [G] friends are turning [C] green,
[Am] You're the magicians [G] assistant in their [C] dreams.

[Am] Ooh, [G] ooh [C] ooh
[Am] Ooh, [G] and they [C/] (stop) come unstuck

[Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide,
[C] Taken away to the [Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man.
[Am] I love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song and,
[C] I got a lump in my [Am] throat 'cause
[G] You're gonna sing the [C] words wrong

[Am] There's this movie [G] that I think you'll [C] like,
[Am] This guy decides to [G] quit his job and [C] heads to New York City,
[Am] This cowboy's [G] running from [C] himself.
[Am] And she's been living [G] on the highest [C] shelf

[Am] Ooh, [G] ooh [C] ooh
[Am] Ooh, [G] and they [C/] (stop) come unstuck

[Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide,
[C] Taken away to the [Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man.
[Am] I love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song and,
[C] I got a lump in my [Am] throat 'cause
[G] You're gonna [C] sing the words wrong

[Am] I just wanna, I just wanna [G] know,
[C] If you're gonna, if you're gonna [F] stay,
[Am] I just gotta, I just gotta [G] know,
[C] I can't have it, I can't have it [F/] (stop) any other way

[Am/] I swear she's [G/] destined for the [C/] screen,
[Am/] Closest thing to [G/] Michelle Pfeiffer [C/] that you've ever seen, oh

(quietly)
[Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide,
[C] Taken away to the [Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man.
[Am] I love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song and,
[C] I got a lump in my [Am] throat 'cause
[G] You're gonna sing the [C] words wrong

(louder)
[Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide,
[C] Taken away to the [Am] dark side,
[G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man.
[Am] I love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song and,
[C] I got a lump in my [Am] throat 'cause
[G] You're gonna sing the [C/] (stop) words wrong