Intro pattern (repeat 2x)(riff)
               Dm
            E|---------------------1--------|     
            B|------------------3-------3---|
            G|---------------2----2---2----2|
            D|--0-(let ring)----------------|
            A|------------------------------|
            E|------------------------------|

            Verse 1:

            Dm            C                Bb     Am
            Just down the street from your hotel, baby
            Dm        C            Bb
            I stay at home with my disease
            Dm             C          Bb      Am
            And ain't this position familiar, darling
            Dm                C            Bbmaj7
            Well, all monkeys do what they see
            G7                        Bb
            Help me stay awake, I'm falling...

            Verse 2:

            Dm      C            Bb     
            Down on Virginia and La Loma
            Dm         C              Bb
            Where I got friends who'll care for me
            Dm          C         Bb            Am         
            You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted
            Dm         C         Bb
            I   got an attitude of need
            G7                      Bb 
            Help me stay awake, I'm falling...

            CHORUS:

            F         C            Gm
            Asleep in perfect blue buildings
            F          C           Gm
            Beside the green apple sea
            F              C       Gm       Bb
            Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby
            F             C     Bb   Bb     
            Try to keep myself away from     me

            (beginning riff twice)

            Verse 3:
                                    
            Dm        C         Bb
            It's 4:30 A.M. on a Tuesday
            Dm            C                 Bb
            It doesn't get much worse than this
            Dm         C               Bb               Am 
            In beds in little rooms in buildings in the middle
            of these lives
            Dm         C         Bb
            which are completely meaningless
            G7                       Bb
            Help me stay awake, I'm falling...

            Chorus:
 
            F         C            Gm
            Asleep in perfect blue buildings
            F          C           Gm
            Beside the green apple sea
            F              C       Gm       Bb
            Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby
            F             C     Bb      Bb      
            Try to keep myself away from     me

            Bridge:

            F        F       C        C       
        
            Gm       Gm      Bb       Bb
            Ahhhh...
            F        F       C        C
            Ahhhh...
            Gm       Gm      Bb       Bb
            Ahhhh...

            (beginning riff twice)

            Verse 4:

            Dm    C                Bb       Am
            I got bones beneath my skin, and mister...
            Dm                    C              Bb
            There's a skeleton in every man's house
            Dm          C                 Bb                           
            Beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody
            Dm                 C                Bb
            There's a dead man trying to get out
            G                              Bb
            Please help me stay awake, I'm falling...

            Chorus:

            F         C            Gm
            Asleep in perfect blue buildings
            F          C           Gm
            Beside the green apple seas
            F              C       Gm       Bb
            Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby
            F             C     Bb        
            Try to keep myself away  e a e a e a from me.

            F   C           Gm
            Perfect Blue Buildings  Yeah
            F          C          Gm 
            Beside the green apple sea
            F                 C         Gm     Bb 
            I  wanna get me a little oblivion, baby
            F               C      Bb         Bb
            And try to keep myself away from myself and me

            F        C 
  
            Gm         Bb
            Oh   in a Perfect Blue Building
            F        C
    
            Gm             Bb
            I can't keep myself away from me
            F          C

            Gm         C
            Oh   in a Perfect Blue Building

            Bb                 Bb
            Said how am I gonna keep myself away
            Bb                 Bb
            how am I gonna keep myself away from me
            Bb                 Bb
            Keep myself away
            Bb                  Bb
            how am I gonna keep myself away from me
            Bb                 Bb
            Keep myself away
            Bb                 Bb
            how am I gonna keep myself away from me