Verse 1: E You’re the tick I A found at summer’s Am E end Crawling around A Am the back of my neck G#m I thought you were F#m a sun spot I’d have A memories of But you’ve G#m embedded yourself and F#m you’re sucking my blood
Refrain 1: A Am I wish I was the kind G#m of girl who sat in F#m A cafes mid day Smiling Am G#m F#m with all my teeth showing Chorus 1: A Maybe I’m just a parrot on your B shoulder Maybe I’ll be your next favorite placeholder C#m Am or maybe I’ll E A Am E A Am just shine Verse 2: E Like fog that’s A grazing mountain Am E tops You barely A even touched my Am G#m arms And I knew F#m I wasn’t your girl A And I knew that Am you weren’t my girl Refrain 2: A And I wish I was Am the kind of girl G#m who danced and F#m played these games A Am Smiling with all G#m F#m my teeth showing Chorus 2: A Maybe I’m just a parrot on your B shoulder Maybe I’ll be your next favorite placeholder C#m Am or maybe I’ll Bridge: And I’ve been B practicing my party tricks E Moving the knife between my fingers B While I make my friends all nervous E Moving it faster and faster all B the while hoping Am that I miss Refrain 3: A And I know that Am I’m the kind of G#m girl whose fire F#m cannot be smothered A The kind who Am would meet their G#m F#m God my Mother Chorus 3: A Maybe I’m just a parrot on your B shoulder Maybe I’ll be your next favorite placeholder C#m Am but maybe I’ll E(hold) just shine