EXHAUSTING LOVER by BEN FOLDS from the album WHAT MATTERS MOST (2023) [VERSE 1] E I woke up in a truck stop parking lot Esus4 A girl in a red white and blue halter top was staring E Thick glasses like mine Esus4 And a low bored monotone vocal fry (I like that) E She said, who's the band on the bus? (What bus?) Esus4 That one, nerd. The one that you got off of E Oh - probably no one you've heard of [PRE-CHORUS 1] C#m Don't know what came over me G#m As I awkwardly dropped my room key A I said I think that's yours G/A A/B Bb/C C/D And three hours later I was banging this verse out [CHORUS 1] E A/E Oh no - head meet floor E I don't wanna do this no more A/E D/E Every kiss is a jam band solo A/E Never gonna say YOLO no mo' D/E My mind says no A/E My body says hell no E Let this be over B A A/B F#m7 E Exhausting lover [VERSE 2] E Not sure if she couldn't stop or if she wouldn't stop Esus4 As the motel carpet gave me five more raw spots Esus4 (What's that stabbing my back? Oh, that's a wire from her halter top) E There was an hour where her head kept banging against the bottom of a table top Esus4 I saw my life in a split screen but life's just one shot [PRE-CHORUS 2] C#m What the hell would I tell my girlfriend G#m A The thing is she's not my girlfriend anymore G/A A/B Bb/C C/D I traded it all for some third degree carpet burn N.C. (Oh, look out) [CHORUS 2] E A/E Oh no - head meet floor E I don't wanna do this no more A/E D/E Every kiss is a jam band solo A/E Never gonna say YOLO no mo' D/E My mind says no A/E My body says hell no E Let this be over B A A/B F#m7 Exhausting lover [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] A/B B/C# G/A G/A A/B Fmaj7/G C/D D/E D/E E/F# F#/G# G#/A# [VERSE 3] E Then she handed me a Hot Wheels track E I said, girl that's pretty weird, where did you get that? Esus4 She said never mind that E Here, nerd beat my ass in the bath like my dad did when I was a bad kid E I said, nah what's this? Let me up out of the Motel 6 Esus4 And tell me where my pants went, that's when I heard the door breaking Esus4 It wasn't housekeeping - it was her boyfriend [PRE-CHORUS 3] C#m Don't know what came over me G#m Out the door in my boxer briefs A Some dude live tweeted G/A A/B Bb/C C/D As I ran half-naked past a Cracker Barrel [CHORUS 3] E A/E Oh no - head meet floor E I don't wanna do this no more A/E D/E Every kiss is a jam band solo A/E Never gonna say YOLO no mo' D/E My mind says no A/E My body says hell no E Let this be over B A A/B F#m7 E Exhausting lover [Outro] E A/E E A/E D/E A/E I don't wanna this no more E A/E E Exhausting lover A/E I don't wanna do this no more