Riff 1                Riff 2                Riff 3 
 E|------------        e|------------        e|----------------- 
 B|------------        B|------------        B|----------------- 
 G|------------        G|------------        G|---0------------- 
 D|------------        D|-3--2--0----        D|-3---3-2-0-2-0--- 
 A|-5--3--2--0-        A|----------3-        A|---------------3- 
 E|------------        E|------------        E|----------------- 
 (triplet feel)        (8th note run)        (16th note run) 
  
 Verse: 
 C             G       (riff 1) 
   Night after night 
 Dm                 Am        F  G 
   I try to make it all fit together 
 C             G       (riff 1) 
   Night after night 
 Dm             Am          F  G 
   I see you as someone I remember 
  
 Pre-Chorus: 
 C                   Dm 
   You took me by surprise 
                Em 
   Opened up my eyes 
                F              (riff 2) 
   Now we gotta talk this over. 
  
 Chorus: 
 Am       F         G      C 
   Can it really be so serious? 
         Am         F      G     C 
   To be all broken up and delirious 
 C         G            Am          F 
   I guess we've really been out of touch 
       Am     F         G      C   
   But can it really be so serious? 
        Am   F      G 
   (Serious, so serious) 
  
 Verse (same as first verse): 
   Day after day 
   I know it's not the way that you wanted it 
   Day after day 
   I try to find the key, but it don't fit 
  
 Pre-Chorus: 
   But you know how it is 
   No matter what I did 
   We gotta talk it over. (riff 3 instead of riff 2) 
  
 Chorus: 
   Can it really be so serious? 
   To be all broken up and delirious 
   I guess we've really been out of touch 
   But can it really be so serious? 
   (Serious, so serious) 
  
 Verse: 
   Tonight, tonight 
   I'm thinking over everything you said to me 
   Tonight, tonight 
   I'm sorry, but I just didn't see 
  
 Pre-Chorus: 
   And now it's up to you 
   There's nothing else to do 
   We've gotta talk it over. (riff 3) 
  
 Chorus: 
   Can it really be so serious? 
   To be all broken up and delirious 
   I guess we've really been out of touch 
   But can it really be so serious? 
  
 Ending (use the Am F G C progression from Chorus): 
   Serious, so serious 
   Serious, so serious...