A C#m F#m E

[Verse 1]
A     E     F#m         D   A             E
   In every film she saw, a girl never wanted more
F5   F#m               D                A     E
Than some cool boy to love and hold her tight
A      E      F#m  D      A           E
   She wasn't so naïve to hope for Keanu Reeves
F5  F#m                    D                   A     E E6
But still, she thought a boy could make things right


[Chorus]
D               A      D             A
   How would it feel to hold someone real
  D           A                         Bm
To whisper "I love you" and lean on his shoulder?
D                A       D          A
   How would her heart react to the part
     D            A                         Bm
Where he puts his lips close to hers and he holds her
        E
He just holds her?


[Post-Chorus]
A        D        F#m
Melanie, Melanie, Melanie lies down to sleep
       Bm                 E    Bm                 E
With a head full of dreams and hatches up schemes
A        D        F#m
Melanie, Melanie, Melanie plays make believe
       Bm               E   Bm             E
With a heart so enthused if never yet used

A C#m F#m E

[Verse 2]
A        E   F#m        D        A                  E
   Well, Melanie looked cool and soon she had quite a pool
F5 F#m               D            A    E
Of hopeful lovers swooning at her feet
A      E    F#m        D       A                   E
   But only one stood out, the boy with the film star pout
F5  F#m              D               A      E E6
Was this the boy to make her life complete?

[Chorus]
D               A      D             A
   How would it feel to hold someone real
  D           A                         Bm
To whisper "I love you" and lean on his shoulder?
D                A       D          A
   How would her heart react to the part
     D            A                         Bm
Where he puts his lips close to hers and he holds her
        E
He just holds her?


[Post-Chorus]
A        D        F#m
Melanie, Melanie, Melanie lies down to sleep
       Bm                 E    Bm                 E
With a head full of dreams and hatches up schemes
A        D        F#m
Melanie, Melanie, Melanie plays make believe
       Bm               E   Bm         E
With a heart so enthused if never yet used


[Bridge] no guitar here. bass comes in halfway through, you could follow the bassline
N.C
Then one romantic day, he took her hand and led her away
N.C
He pushed her down, removed her clothes
N.C
Then put his body closer than close
   A          C#m     G
He held her mouth when she tried to scream
       A      C#m       G
It was all so different from in her dreams
   G       Bm    F            E
He never smiled, he never whispered
   G         Bm E
He bit her hard, but never kissed her

A   C#m G   G   A   C#m G   G
G   Bm  F   E   G   Bm  E   E
A   C#m G   G   A   C#m G   G
G   Bm  F   E   G   Bm  E   E
(this instrumental part follows the same rhythm as bass from earlier in the bridge)

[Chorus]
D              A      D         A
   Why does it feel so horribly real
     D      A                      Bm
When images of him float back into her mind?
D               A         D            A
   Why does her heart hurt most at the part
    D           A
When he gets up and disappears
        Bm               E
With no goodbye, with no goodbye?


[Post-Chorus] *barre the final A chord in the last line (577655)
A        D        F#m
Melanie, Melanie, Melanie lies down to sleep
       Bm                  E     Bm              E
With a head full of dreams, such horrible dreams
A        D        F#m                                Bm             E
Melanie, Melanie, Melanie, plays make believe with a heart so confused
    Bm           E      Bm           E    A*
And feeling so used, no love left to lose