Riff1 ===== E ----------------|-----------------| B ----------------|-----------------| G ----------------|-----------------| D ----------------|-----------------| A ------------2--2|-----------------| E 0--0--4--4------|0----------------| verse 1 I read a lot nowadays Much more than before you left me High and dry in a loveless land RIFF1 With nothing but time on my hands verse 2 I read a lot not just maga-zines But other more serious things To get me through the day night-time too Whilst wondering how in the world to go on with-out you Refrain Lonely isn't the word for me now Blue doesn't desc-ribe it somehow Inst ==== Blue 's not the word for me now verse 3 I read a lot I can't put it down While others are painting the town You'll find me in a world of fantas-y Popul-ation one that's me out So if you ask me how I stop Contemplating what I now have not I'll rep-ly I read a lot