Sarah Slean - Book Smart, Street Stupid
From EP (2001) and Night Bugs (2002)
Transcribed by Kristilyn (sweetsangria81@yahoo.ca)

C               Am
I was born by a low streetlight
          G                     F
Where the men hang out of their windows at night
    C                   Am
And I was a lead in the orphan choir
      G                F
And I sang with all my might
Em                  F    G
Until I grew up too high


And oh all the notes I used to play
On the double bass in the b-list ballet
With only the night bugs to lead me home
With their sad-luck serenade

Em                 Am
The rain was never ending
    Em             Am  Am/G 
The sadness in the heart
       F          G            C    Am    G    F
Still lights and glows in the dark

   F               C       Emaj7/B
Oh this will never change
          F                C      Emaj7/B
Time just wears a prettier face
    Fdim7              Cmaj7
I'm book smart, street stupid

So don't look for me in confession booth
I'm with my paints and my pens and my dry vermouth
Trying to uncover some small truth
With these cards close to my chest

The rain was never ending
The sadness in the heart
Still lights and glows in the dark

Oh this will never change (No, no, no, no!)
Time just wears a prettier face
I'm book smart, street stupid

The rain still never ending
The wonder in the heart
Would light and glow in, 
It still lights and glows in the dark

Ending: C   Am  G    F