Me Around

Written by Michael Penn, of course...

Special Things to Note:

• I figured this song out with a capo on the 3rd fret. Your choice, your transposition.
• Tempo: Beats me. :-) Maybe 120 or so. Make sure you Swing this baby. Get down and dirty... Time Signature: 4-4.
• As usual with my transcriptions, if you see 2 chords within one measure, assume that they're each worth 2 beats, unless otherwise noted.

|E7|E7|

|Am  C|  The fire that this 
|Dm E7|  Town can see
|Am  C|  Is me alight in 
|Dm E7|  Effigy
|  C  |  I suppose  
|Dm E7|  Baby don't want me around
|Am  C|
|Dm E7|

|Am  C|  She threw my stuff
|Dm E7|  Into a pit
|Am  C|  And laughed aloud as I dove
|Dm E7|  After it
|  C  |  I suppose
|Dm E7|  Baby don't want me around
|Am|Am|

| Dm  |  Is this the place you want to 
|Am E7|  be?  Out of the 
|Am E7|  woods; Out of 
| Am  |  control. And is it 
| Dm  |  really only 
|Am D7|  me who never gets 
|G |G |  here with you

|Am  C|  She changed the number
|Dm E7|  Changed the lock
|Am  C|  A rubber door in 
|Dm E7|  Case I knock
|  C  |  I suppose
|Dm E7|  Baby don't want me around
|Am|Am|

| Dm  |  Is this the place you want to 
|Am E7|  be?  Out of the 
|Am E7|  woods; Out of 
| Am  |  control. And is it 
| Dm  |  really only 
|Am D7|  me who never gets 
|G |G |  here with you

|Am  C|  Looking up your
|Dm E7|  Balcony
|Am  C|  By the light of the moon
| Dm  |  I will be
|  C  |  I suppose
|Dm E7|  Baby don't want me around

|Am  G|
|F  E7|

|Am  C|  The stars above me
|F  E7|  Are not real
|Am  C|  They are the sparks from 
|F  E7|  Smitten steel
|  C  |  I propose
|Dm E7|  Forging is making that 
|Am  C|  Sound
|Dm E7|  Baby don't want me 
|Am  C|  Around
|Dm E7|  Baby don't want me
|  C  |  I suppose
|Dm E7|  My baby don't want me 
|-Am--|  Around

June 27, 1997