[Verse 1]
F D F D
Call me morbid, call me pale
F D
I've spent six years on your trail
Am G F D G
Six long years on your trail
F D
Call me morbid, call me pale
F D
I've spent six years on your trail
Am G F D G
Six full years of my life on your trail
[Pre-Chorus]
Em F C G
And if you have five seconds to spare
Em F Fsus4 F
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
[Chorus]
C G E
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
Am F
I went to London and I
C G
I booked myself in at the wai(Y)
Em E
doubleu(W) si(C) ei(A)
F D
I said "I like it here, can I stay?
F D
I like it here, can I stay?
Am G F D G
Do you have a vacancy for a backscrubber?"
[Verse 2]
F D
She was left behind and sour
F D
And she wrote to me equally dour
Am G F
She said "In the days when you were hopelessly poor
D G
I just liked you more"
[Pre-Chorus]
Em F C G
And if you have five seconds to spare
Em F Fsus4 F
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
[Chorus]
C G E
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
Am F
I went to London and I
C G
I booked myself in at the wai(Y)
Em E
doubleu(W) si(C) ei(A)
F D
I said "I like it here, can I stay?
F D
I like it here, can I stay?
Am G F D G
And do you have a vacancy for a backscrubber?"
[Verse 3]
F D
Call me morbid, call me pale
F D
I've spent too long on your trail
Am G F D
Far too long chasing your tail
G
Oooh
[Pre-Chorus]
Em F C G
And if you have five seconds to spare
Em F Fsus4 F
Then I'll tell you the story of my life
[Chorus]
C G
Sixteen, clumsy and shy
E Am F
That's the story of my life
C
Sixteen, clumsy and shy,
G Em E
the story of my life
[Outro]
F D
That's the story of my life
F D
That's the story of my life
F D
That's the story of my life,
F D
story of my life
F D
That's the story of my life
F D
That's the story of my life
F D
That's the story of my life
F D
That's the story of my life
[Fade Out]
F D F D
That's the story of my life
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