A      Bm       F#m                D 
It's a shame that I don't love you better 
 A      Bm      F#m                D 
Fateful words emblazoned on your sweater 
 A      Bm  F#m            
Made to move him 
        D 
From a distance 
A      Bm      F#m            D 
Every line to outline your resistance. 

A Bm F#m D A           Bm   F#m 
Jennifer, why do you have to be so taciturn?  

A Bm F#m D A           Bm   F#m 
Jennifer, why do you have to be so taciturn?  

Fortunately he tries to placate her 
Tying notes to broken kitchenalia 
The way the ink blots 
On the sink stops 
Him from carving thoughts into the worktops 

Jennifer, why do you have to be so taciturn?  
Jennifer, why do you have to be so taciturn?  

D A 
The knots she ties 
            E 
In almost all her clothes 
     F#m      D             A 
Are growing greater by the day 

D A 
Her April showers 
           E    
Will have soon devoured 
      F#m D      A 
The alacrity of May. 

Jennifer, why do you have to be so taciturn?  
Jennifer, why do you have to be so taciturn?  

 Bm                  D                       
It was always going to end like this  
 F#m                 A 
It was always going to end like...