No Myth

By Michael Penn ©1989
Transcribed by Bradley Bennett (7/2000) (Thanks for your patience with me getting this up, Bradley)

Notes:

• Capo 1^st (depending on how well you are in tune with Michael Penn)
• About 104 b/min

Time signature: 4/4

|: C  Am :| (Intro 4x)

| C  Am |  So,
| C  Am |  --- she says it's
| F  G  |  time she goes 
| G  -- |  --- but wanted to be 
| F  G  |  sure I know 
| G  -- |  --- she hopes we can
| C  Am |  be friends
| C  Am |
| C  Am |  I --- 
| C  Am |  think yeah, I guess we
| F  G  |  can say I 
| G  -- |  --- but didn't think to 
| F  Em |  ask her why
| Em -- |  --- she blocked her eyes and
| F  E7 |  drew the curtains with 
| Am G  |  knots I've got yet to un-
| D7 -- |  tie... what if I were
| F  F  |  Romeo in black
| Am C  |  jeans what if I was
| F  F  |  Heathcliff, it's no
| G G/F#|  myth maybe she's just 
| F  F  |  looking for
| Dm Bb |  someone to dance
| C  Am |  with
| C  Am |
| C  Am |  See,
| C  Am |  --- it was just too
| F  G  |  soon to tell
| G  -- |  --- and looking for some
| F  G  |  parallel 
| G  -- |  --- can be an end-
| C  Am |  -less game
| C  Am |
| C  Am |  We 
| C  Am |  --- we said goodbye be-
| F  G  |  -fore hello 
| G  -- |  --- my secrets she will 
| F  Em |  never know
| Em -- |  --- and if I dig a
| F  E7 |  hole to China I'll 
| Am G  |  catch the first junk to So-
| D7 -- |  -ho what if I were 
| F  F  |  Romeo in black
| Am C  |  jeans what if I was
| F  F  |  Heathcliff, it's no
| G G/F#|  myth maybe she's just 
| F  F  |  looking for
| Dm Bb |  someone to dance
| C  Am |  with
| C  Am |  --- Some-
| Bb Dm |  -time from now you'll bow to pressure some
| G  -- |  things in life you cannot measure
| C  C  |  by degrees 
| Am Am |  --- I'm be-
| Bb Dm |  -tween the poles and the equator
| G  -- |  don't send no private investigator to
| C  C/B|  find me please 'less he speaks
| E  E7 |  Chinese and can 
| Am G  |  dance like Astaire overseas
| D7    |  --- OK
| F  F  | 
| Am C  | 
| F  F  | 
| G G/F#| 
| F  F  | 
| Dm Bb | 
| C  Am | 
| C  Am | 
| C  Am |  --- what if I was
| F  F  | 
| Am C  |  --- so what if I
| F  F  |  was
| G G/F#|  --- maybe she's just
| F  F  |  looking for
| Dm Bb |  someone to dance
| C  Am |  with
| C  Am |  --- what if were
| F  F  |  Romeo in black
| Am C  |  jeans what if I was
| F  F  |  Heathcliff, it's no
| G G/F#|  myth maybe she's
| F  F  |  just looking for
| Dm Bb |  someone to dance with.
| C  Am | 
| C  Am |
| C  Am |
| C  Am |
| F  G  | 
| G  -- | 
| F  Em | 
| Em -- | 
| F  E7 | 
| Am G  | 
| D7 -- | 

Transcribed by Bradley Bennett (7/2000)