Bb Ab Gb Eb
 
[Verse]
Bb                               Gm               C7/G
Laura calls me in the middle of the night
C7              Ebm7
Passes on her     painful information
Bb                            Bb/A                   Gm             C7/G
Then these careless fingers, they get caught in her vice
C7                               F#7
Til they're bleeding on my coffee table
 
[Chorus]
 
B7                        F7                    Gm
Living alone isn't all that it's cracked up to be
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                        F7                     Gm
I'm on her side, why does she push the poison on me?
F#7          B*    Bb
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa
 
(*First chorus only)
 
[Verse]
Bb          Gm               C7/G
Laura has a very hard time
C7                    Ebm7
All her life has been one long disaster
Bb                    Bb/A                           Gm             C7/G
Then she tells me she suddenly believes she's seen a very good sign
C7               F#7
She'll be taking some aggressive action
 
[Chorus]
B7                          F7                        Gm
I fight her wars while she's slamming her doors in my face
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                       F7                    Gm
Failure to break was the only mistake that she made
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
 
[Bridge]
 
Db                               Eb7
Here I am feeling like a fucking fool
Ebdim/A                Ab                 Db
Do I react the way exactly she intends me to?
Db                            Db /F                      Eb7
Every time I think I'm off the hook she makes me lose my cool
                  Ebdim/A                Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
                    Ebdim/A                F
And she can push any button I was programmed through
 
[Verse]
Bb                  Gm                    C7/G
Laura calls me when she needs a good fix
C7                         Ebm7
All her questions will get sympathetic answers
Bb             Bb/A         Gm                C7/G
I should be so immunized to all of her tricks
C7                    F#7
She's surviving on her second chances
 
[Chorus]
B7                         F7                   Gm
Sometimes I feel like this Godfather deal is all wrong
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                  F7                     Gm
How can she hold an umbilical chord for so long?
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
 
[Instrumental]
Db Eb7 Edim/A  Ab  Db
 
[Bridge]
Db                                                   Eb7
I've done everything I can what else am I supposed to do
        Ebdim/A             Ab
I'm her machine and she can punch all the keys
                    Ebdim/A                  F
And she can push any button I was programmed through
 
[Verse]
Bb                  Gm               C7/G
Laura loves me even if I don't care
C7                          Ebm7
That's my problem that's her sacred absolution
Bb            Bb/A                        Gm     C7/G
If she had to she would put herself in my chair
C7                 F#7
Even though I faced electrocution
 
[Chorus]
B7                      F7                         Gm
She always says I'm the best friend that she's ever had
F#7
Oh whoa whoa
B7                    F7                        Gm
How do you hang up on someone who needs you that bad?
F#7          B    Bb
Oh whoa whoa whoa whoa