The filler notes (FILL) are just a little "tickling" of the first two strings (e and B) held at the 8th fret.
VERSES: D# FILL My eyelids said four-thirty D# FILL and the radio clock said six G# A# RIFF and I was thinking up a reasonable excuse D# FILL I might have slept through yesterday D# FILL but in the shape I'm in G# A# RIFF what's twenty-four hours more or less to lose
CHORUS: Gm Cm I burned up letters and I burned up souvenirs Gm Cm Leaving no traces that I was ever here D# G# A# RIFF And I won't be Louisiana lowdown and blue
BRIDGE: A# D# I saw a stranger smiling at me yesterday A# D# And it scared me almost half to death A# D# I wanted to hide I wanted to run away from them A# RIFF Instead I closed my eyes and I wasn't there