Tone: [A]
Verse:
[D]lift up your [A]head, wash [D]off your mas[A]mascara
[Adim]here, take my kl[A]eenex, wipe that li[E]pstick awa[A]y
[D]show me your [A]face, [D]clean as the [A]mornin
i [Adim]know things were ba[A]bad, but no[E]now they're ok [A]
Chorus:
[A]suddenly [D]seymour is standing be[A]beside you
you don't need no [E]makeup[D]makeup, don't have to pre[A]pretend [A7]
suddenly [D]seymour is here to pro[A]provide you[A]you [Gbm]
sweet under[D]understanding[E]standing, seymour's your [D]friend [A]
Verse:
[D]nobody [A]ever [D]treated me [A]kindly
[Adim]daddy left ea[A]rly, ma[E]ma was po[A]or
[D]i'd meet a [A]man and i'd[D]i'd follow him [A]blindly
[Adim]he'd snap his fi[A]ngers at me, i[E]'d say su[A]re
Chorus:
[A]suddenly [D]seymour is standin be[A]beside me
he don't give me [E]orders,[D]orders, he don't conde[A]condescend [A7]
suddenly [D]seymour is here to pro[A]provide [A]me [Gbm]
sweet under[D]understandin[E]standing, seymour's my [D]friend [A]
Verse:
[D]tell me this [A]feeling [D]lasts till for[A]forever
[Adim]tell me the ba[A]d times are cl[E]ean washed awa[A]y
[D]please under[A]understand that it's [D]still strange and [A]frightening
for [Adim]losers like i'[A]ve been it's so[E] hard to sa[A]y
Chorus:
[A]suddenly [D]seymour, he puri[A]purified me
suddenly [E]seymour[D]seymour showed me i [A]can [A7]
learn how to [D]be more the girl that's in[A]inside m[A]me [Gbm]
with sweet under[D]understanding
with sweet under[Dm]understanding
with sweet under[A]understanding [E]
seymour's my [A]maaah-[Gbm]aaaah-[D]aaaaah-[A]aaan!