Fm                                Cm
Though my heart is full of things I want to say to you,
        C#                                   G#
I never seem to find the words, so please forgive me
       Fm                    Cm
When I woke up, I’d become a bug,
        C#            D#           G#
But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve heard quite enough

        Fm                         Cm
We’re a bit short on time, so I’ll have to try
          C#                              G#
To send a letter in the mail, but will it reach you?
               Fm                   Cm
Though there’s nothing good about today
               C#              D#         G#
I’ll board the first train and be on my way

[Bridge]
Fm   Cm   C#   G#
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
Fm   Cm   C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
Fm   Cm   C#   G#
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
Fm   Cm   C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ----

[Verse 2]
         Fm                             Cm
Though I know I have to learn to walk before I run,
             C#                                 G#
My legs just don’t appear to work, so please forgive me
     Fm                   Cm
The abelia’s are blooming bright,
            C#          D#       G#
Gazing down on the town sleeping tight

       Fm                          Cm
On the windowpane there was a tiny basking bug
             C#                                G#
And though I could have set it free, instead I crushed it
    Fm                       Cm
The summer breathes a gentle breeze
         C#            D#      G#
Over the white flowers swaying lovely

[Pre-Chorus]
       Cm              C#
In the books that I’ve read,
        D#              Fm
Nothing felt quite like this
        Cm          C#
Days we cherish and miss
         D#
Somebody fumbled with life
       C
And pretended to die

[Chorus]
       C#        D#    Fm        Cm    C#
We go along, singing a song, singing a song
   D#            Fm
To hear what our hearts have to tell
            C#       D#       Fm       Cm       C#
So might as well, oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
     D#        Fm
Grow roses for more than their smell
       C#        D#       Fm       Cm       C#
You go along, so long, so long, so long, so long
       D#           Fm
You’ve wandered off so far away
         C#     D#        Cm      Fm       C#
And as I try to put these quaking words to pen,
     D#                         Fm
I've run out of space to write again

[Bridge]
Cm   C#   G#
E|----| E|----| ----
Fm   Cm   C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ----

[Verse 3]
    Fm                         Cm
One morning I awoke and was surprised to find
        C#                              G#
That my legs had multiplied while I was sleeping
   Fm                    Cm
It seemed I had become a bug
        C#            D#           G#
But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve heard quite enough

        Fm                          Cm
Since I had no family my form could frighten, I
       C#                           G#
Looked down upon the town as it was dreaming
    Fm                       Cm
The summer breathes a gentle breeze
         C#             D#          G#
You were always just as gentle with me

[Pre-Chorus]
   Cm           C#
In time you may find
       D#                Fm
Humans lead such hateful lives
     Cm            C#
If I give up humanity,
        D#                           C
Could I see you again, and would you smile at me?

[Chorus]
            C#
I’ve always known,
 D#     Fm     Cm     C#
Alone, alone, alone, alone
     D#           Fm
That I would end up on my own
            C#
But still I will
  D#      Fm      Cm      C#
I will, I will, I will, I will,
      D#       Fm
Watch over the flowers until
            C#
I hear your song
   D#       Fm       Cm       C#
So long, so long, so long, so long!
    D#          Fm
You might never sing it again
         C#     D#        Cm      Fm       C#
And as I try to put these quaking words to pen,
     D#                        Fm
I've run out of time to write again

[Bridge]
Fm  D#    C#  Cm    Fm  D#    C#   D#
--- ----- --- ----- --- -E|----| E|----| ----
Fm  D#    C#  Cm    Fm  D#    A#m      Cm
--- ----- --- ----- --- -E|----| ----E|----| -----...

C#            D#
Ah, I knew, I knew
                  Cm               G#
That not a single word I wrote was true
                  C#                            D#
‘Cause there’s no way that I could turn into an insect,
               Fm                               G#
And there’s no way you’ll ever read the letters that I sent
C#          D#
Ah, I knew, I knew
                         Cm             Fm                    C#
That there’s a price you have to pay to make your dreams come true
              C         D#
I knew it all along…

[Chorus]
         C#     D#         Cm     Fm    C#
And even now, I grasp your letter in my hand
   D#          Fm
As if it’s the last thing I have
              C#         D#         Cm     Fm      C#
The words you wrote, the words I’ve always held so close
    D#          Fm
Are distant and fading like smoke
          C#        D#       Cm        Fm       C#
You went along, singing your song, singing your song
   D#           Fm
To hear what my heart had to tell
          C#       D#      Cm      Fm     C#   D#
I haven’t told you yet the words I put to pen,
N.C.
And once again

       D         E     F#m       C#m   D
We go along, singing a song, singing a song
   E             F#m
To hear what our hearts have to tell
            D        E        F#m      C#m      D
So might as well, oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
     E         F#m
Grow roses for more than their smell
        D        E        F#m      C#m      D
You go along, so long, so long, so long, so long
       E            F#m
You’ve gone to live so far away
         D      E         C#m     F#m      D
And as I try to put these quaking words to pen,
     E                         F#m
I've run out of time to write again
F#m  C#m
E|----| ----
D                                 E
  I've run out of space to write again

[Outro]
F#m  C#m  D    A
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
F#m  C#m  D  E  A
E|----| ---- -- -- ----
F#m  C#m  D    A
E|----| E|----| E|----| ----
F#m  C#m  D  E  A
E|----| ---- -- -- ----

          F#m                               C#m
Though my heart is full of things I want to say to you,
        D                                    E
I never seem to find the words, so please forgive me
       F#m                   C#m
When I woke up, I’d become a bug,
           D           E              A
That’s the plot of the song that I’ve sung