How Could You Want Him (acoustic)

	  		


Intro:  G G  C C   G G  C C  (4x)

verse 1: 

G          C            G        C 
I'm quite contented to take my chances 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G           C               G    C 
Against the Guildensterns & Rosenkrantzes 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G       C         G      C 
It's a matter of Cain & Abel 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

    G               C          G         C 
And I can feel your knee underneath the table 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  




Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A        C         G 
How could you want him when you know you could have me? 


Break:  G G  C C   G G  C C  



verse 2: 

G               C              G         C 
See the pigeons peck & peck to pay their dues 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

             G             C           G          C 
 But they'll peck a little extra to resole their shoes 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G             C        G        C 
He's with the pigeons pecking crumbs 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G          C         G                   C 
I'm on my deathbed bleeding with the cherubim 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  



Chorus: 
Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A     C         G 
How could you want him when you know you could have me? 

Break:  G G  C C   G G  C C  



Bridge: 

D                         C 
Ferocious angels send me falling stars 
    D                C 
But I know just how dangerous wishes are 
D                          C 
Ferocious angels watch me come and go 
D                           F            C           G        D 
But I'm not too smart to go barging off roof tops, though...  no 



Break/Solo:  G G  C C   G G  C C  x8  




verse 3: 

G           C             G      C 
Sit out September on the window sill 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

           G            C           G         C 
'Cause you can't drink wine from a two dollar bill 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

      G           C            G        C 
Saint Christopher lives on the end of a quill 

 G G  C C   G G  C C  

G          C    G    C            G        C 
Leave him a d-i-i-iamond in your la-a-ast will 

 G G  C C  



Bb                        A 
He doesn't dangle by the seraphim 
Bb                       A 
He only wants a pretty face by him so 
Bb                               A        C         G 
How could you want him when you know you could have me? 


 G G  C C   G G  C C  


Outro: 
Bb                               A        C         G 
How could you want him when you know you could have me?  
 
G G  C C   G G  C C     ( x 4)