Sharpest Tool
Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet, 2024
Writers: Sabrina Carpenter
Producers: John Ryan, Ian Kirkpatrick
Label: Island
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A
Amaj7
I know you’re not
Badd4
the sharpest tool in the shed.
F#m
We stacked decks, I met your best
A
friends.
Then a bird flies by and you forget.
Amaj7
I don’t hear a
Badd4
word,
’til your guilt creeps in.
F#m
On a Tuesday, send a
A
soft
“hey,”
as if you really don’t recall the time
E
We were goin’ right, then you took a left,
E/D#
left me with a lot of things to second-guess.
A
Guess I’ll waste another year on wonderin’ if,
if that was friendly, then I am into it.
I’m
E
lookin’ for an answer in-between the lines,
G#7
lyin’ to yourself if you think we’rе fine
A
You’re confused and I’m upsеt, but
Am
We never talk about it
Amaj7
We never talk about it
Badd4
We never talk about it
F#m
A
Amaj7
All the silence just makes it worse, really,
Badd4
’cause it leaves you so top-of-mind for me.
F#m
All the silence is just your strategy,
Amaj7
’cause it leaves you so top-of-mind for me.
A
We never talk about how you
found bugs at your friend’s house, always
Badd4
made sure that the phone was face-down.
Seems like overnight,
I’m just the friend you know now.
F#m
We never talk it through how you
guilt-tripped me to open up to you.
Then you
Amaj7
logged out, leavin’ me dumbfounded, oh-oh
E
We were goin’ right, then you took a left,
E/D#
left me with a lot of things to second-guess.
A
Guess I’ll waste another year on wonderin’ if,
if that was friendly, then I am into it.
I’m
E
lookin’ for an answer in-between the lines,
G#7
lyin’ to yourself if you think we’rе fine
A
You’re confused and I’m upsеt, but
Am
We never talk about it
Amaj7
We never talk about it
Badd4
We never talk about it
F#m
A
E
We never talk about how you
E/D#
found bugs at your friend’s house, always
A
made sure that the phone was face-down.
Seems like overnight,
I’m just the friend you know now.
E
We never talk it through,
how you
G#7
guilt-tripped me to open up to you,
then you
A
logged out, leavin’ me dumbfounded,
Am
oh-oh
E
We never talk about it
E/D#
A
We never talk about it,
talk, talk, talk about it.
E
We never talk about it,
G#7
talk, talk, talk about it.
Amaj7
We don’t talk about it,
we don’t talk a
Am
bout it
E