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Tuning:Drop D
1.Raining in Kyoto
2.Pyramids of Salt
3.It Must Get Lonely
4.Sister Cities
5.Flowers Where Your Face Should Be
6.Heavens Gate(Sad & Sober)
7.We Look Like Lightning
8.The Ghosts of Right Now
9.When the Blue Finally Came
10.The Orange Grove
11.The Ocean Grew Hands to Hold Me
Key: D minor
Tuning: Drop D
[Verse 1]
DmRaining in FKyoto
It's flooding the Bbstreets
I'm nursing a Gmcoffee from a vending Dmmachine
I saw the god of Frice, a fox with a keyBb
DmI woke up blind with a Fheadache
Grinding my Bbteeth
Confused and Gmalone and taking pills to Dmsleep
They soften your Fabsence but they don't let me Bbdream, dream
Gm Bb Gm Bb F Em
[Verse 2]
DmRaining in FKyoto
My breath turns into Bbsteam
I'll buy you a Gcandle, not even sure what it Dmmeans
I'm cursed to the Fmatches
I'm drowning my Bbgrief
DmAn old man stood close Fby, smiled at Bbme
I rang the bell like he Gdid
I told you I'm Dmsorry
A makeshift Ffuneral, I tried to set you BbfreeF Em
[Chorus 1]
FYou're half aslCeep
And I bought you a Dmradio to drown out the macBbhinesF Em
FHospital Clight, you asked about the Dmweather wish, that they'd let you outBbsideF Em
Dm F Bb G
[Verse 3]
DmRaining in FKyoto
I'm starting to Bbshake
They'll hold a service Gtomorrow
I'm an ocean Dmaway
Reach into my Fpocket, found a small paper Bbcrane
DmIt's been over a Fyear now
April turns into BbMay
I barely stopped Gmoving, I've been so fucking Dmafraid
Too much of a Fcoward to even visit your BbgraveF Em
[Chorus 2]
FYou're half aCwake
And I bought you a Dmradio to play the blues BbawayF Em
FWith my hand to Chold, you asked about the Dmweather, wish they'd let you die at Bbhome
[Bridge]
Gm Am Bb C Dm
Dm
Gm Am Bb C
Dm
[Chorus 3]
FYou're half aCwake
And I bought you a Dmradio to play the blues BbawayF Em
FHospital Clight, you asked about the Dmweather, wish that they'd let you outBbside
[Outro]
CGoodDmnight, Goodnight, Goodbye
Dm
Key:C# minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Verse 1]
C#mI saw you hiding in the iEvy
F#mI know you're too afraid to calAl
C#mThey're getting ready for the winter heEre
ThF#mey've gathered pyramids of salAtG#m
YC#mou saw them having trouble breaEthing
F#mI know you think that it's your faAult
C#mI saw you hiding in the iEvy
KF#meeping quiet through the fAallG#m
C#m E F#m A
C#m E F#m A G#m
[Verse 2]
TC#mhere's a bird inside your rib caEge
F#mHe screams so I never forAget
C#mI wanna break open your sterEnum
F#mI wanna rip him from his nAestG#m
AC#mnd sow you back up like a garEden
GF#mrowing flowers from your cheAst
ThC#mere's a bird inside your rib cEage
F#mI keep trying to forAgetG#m
C#m
[Chorus]
I drew a lAine in the sEand with these worC#mthless fucking haBnds
I drew a lAine in the sEand, you washed it aC#mway againB
[Verse 3]
C#mI saw you hiding in the iEvy
WaF#mtched the night start to deAcay
AC#mnd you wonder in the mornEing who's gonna drag
TF#mhe sun out of the laAkeG#m
YC#mou move gently off the sore spEots
I Dcan see that you're in Apain
EC#mverything left in the light here loEng enough
F#mIs someday gonna faAdeG#m
C#m
[Chorus]
I drew a liAne in the saEnd with these wortC#mhless fucking haBnds
I drew a liAne in the saEnd, you washed it aC#mway againB
I drew a liAne in the saEnd with these goddC#mamn worthless hBands
I drew a liAne in the saEnd, you washed it C#maway againB
E A
[Bridge]
We're so Evacant
These Abodies
ColElapsing
So Agracefully
And I Elove you
And I'm Asorry
And I Eunderstand if you Ablame me
And I'm Ehelpless
And you're Adrowning
And I'm Ebeating at the water here so dC#mesperatelyB
So C#mdesperately
[Chorus]
I drew a lAine in the Esand with these woC#mrthless fucking hBands
I drew a lAine in the Esand, you washed it aC#mway againB
I drew a lAine in the Esand with these C#mgoddamn worthless Bhands
I drew a lAine in the Esand, you washed it awaC#my againB
Don't wash me away againC#m
Key: E minor
Tuning: Drop D
[Intro]
Bm C Bm C Bm Am G
[Verse 1]
GI'm a raw nerve in the Csunlight
GAfter two weeks in the Cdark
GIf you've gotta tell me you're not Cusing
GIt's probably 'cause you Care
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI saw you there
Just a Gblock off to see your Amrowhome
On an Cempty street where the Emothers have been torn Gdown
And you're the last one Cstanding
[Chorus 1]
It must get lonelyBm C Bm C Bm C Bm Am G
It must get lonelyBm C Bm C Bm C Bm Am G
[Verse 2]
GWhen the grace starts to swallow Cgrey
Where the sky meets the Irish Gsea
Like a suit that's been to too many Cfunerals
And starts fraying at the Gseams
I saw a bag of clemenCtines split right open on an English Gstreet
And the contrast made me Cfeel so goddamn dizzy
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI saw you there
Just a Gblock off to see your Amrowhome
On an Cempty street where the Emothers have been torn Gdown
And you're the last one Cstanding
[Bridge 1]
AmIt must get obvious eEmnough that I'm not Cever gonna change
AmIt must get obvious eEmnough, I'm the one Cwho staysG
[Chorus 2]
But it must get lonelyBm C Bm C Bm C Bm
It must Amget lGonely
But it must get lonelyBm C Bm C Bm C Bm
But it must Amget lGonely
[Verse 3]
GI'm a Dspecter Bmin the Cdim light on the flowers by the grave
GIn the DMontmartre in CParis
CWhere the crows seem to know my Gname
And they left Dfootprints Bmin the Csnow
CAlong the fence on Palmer GStreet
CigaDrette butts on the Cheadstones
CThat you left for me
[Pre-Chorus]
EmI saw you there
Just a Gblock off to see your Amrowhome
On an Cempty street where the Emothers have been torn Gdown
And you're the last one Cstanding
[Bridge 2]
AmIt must get obvious eEmnough that I'm not Cever gonna change
AmIt must get obvious eEmnough, I'm the one Cwho stays
AmIt must get obvious eEmnough that you're not Cever gonna change
AmIt must get obvious eEmnough, you're the one Cwho stays
[Chorus 3]
But it must get lonelyBm C Bm C Bm C Bm
It must Amget Glonely
(it must get lonely)Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
It must Amget Glonely
(it must get lonely)Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
It must Amget Glonely
(it must get lonely)Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
It must Amget Glonely
You know, it must get Bmlonely
Key:B minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Intro]
Bm D
[Verse]
BmThe moon is hanging low oDver the central Emstation
BmI watch the buses leave in siEmlence, bound for foreign distant places
BmThe Andes hold me close. DA mothers oEmnly son
BmI feel weightless in the vaEmlley, like I'm everywhere at once
[Chorus]
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the sGtreet
You took me Dhome
F#mWe’re sister cities
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the Gstreet
You took me F#mhome
F#mWe’re sister cities
Bm D
Bm
[Verse]
BmWe came here abDandoned An old brick fEmaced apartment
BmRusted swing set in the coEmurtyard like the one that I was born in
BmI'm guarded like I'm wounded, Dmy first instinct's always “Emrun”
BmI wanna turn the scene, I wanna call it Emoff, I want a light in the dark
EmI wanna swallow the sun!
[Chorus]
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the sGtreet
You took me Dhome
F#mWe’re sister cities
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the Gstreet
You took me F#mhome
[Bridge]
GI wAas just mBmange and skin and bone
GYou took Ame iDnto yF#mour homeG
AKept warm on a C#mblanket Dfrom your Eworn out winter coatF#m
G
[Chorus]
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the sGtreet
You took me Dhome
F#mWe’re sister cities
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the Gstreet
You took me F#mhome
F#mWe’re sister cities
GI'm laying Dlow
A stray dog in the sGtreet
You took me Dhome
F#mWe’re sister cities
[Outro]
Bm DWe're sister cities
Bm D
Bm
Key:D Major
Tuning:Drop D
[Verse 1]
DBright blue hydrangeas
GLost in the weedsD
Bus stops and barbed wire on the way to sGtare
At the heart of the earth from the Poas Empeak
Just like the ones that we grew back in JGerseyEm
Hung upside down, drying out for the Gwedding
[Verse 2]
DThere's a man with his head in his hands on the Gsidewalk
DHis wife's there behind him just off of the Gstreet
DShe scratches his back as he sobs on the aGsphaltD
And what strikes me most is the sGymmetry
How they're framed just like Emyou and me
When the light from the hospital's eGastern wing
Tangles Emup in your hair and the sadness it pooled in my hGeart
Starts emptying sloGwly
[Chorus]
Well DI C#msaw yBmou last niAght in my dGream
And there were hDydraC#mngeas Bmwhere Ayour face should Gbe
[Verse 3]
DThe redwoods feel lonely and lunar and GdistantD
The sun comes in fragments through breaks in the tGreesD
And I feel further from home than I've ever Gbeen
These thin lines of light across space tether you tGo me
They pull in my mEmemories, back to our apartment on 2Gnd Street
Through tEmhe South-facing window the light catches lengths of your Ghair
[Chorus]
Well DI sC#maw yoBmu last nAight in my dGream
But there were aDzalC#meas wheBmre your fAace should Gbe
[Bridge]
Pieces of uD/F#s in the morning Emsun
Sleeping bags under the G101
She takeD/F#s off his gEmlasses and she falls asleep again
They don't got much but gGoddamn they got love
[Chorus]
Well DI C#msaw yBmou last nAight in my dGream
I'm gonna DmarrC#my you uBmnderneath driAftwood from Crescent GCity
[Outro]
D C#m Bm A G
D A Bm A G
D C#m Bm A G
D A Bm A G
Key:B minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Intro]
G Bm A
[Verse 1]
I've been thinking a Glot about
GWhen the furnace goes
It's the absence of Bmheat that hurts more than the Acold
And I got caught in the Girony of walking alone
Down an enBmtire block that's just funeral Ahomes and the ground below
[Chorus]
DSad and sober Sunday afternoon
GSad and Dsober Sunday afternoonBbm
You disappear in Bmfragments and Aphases of the moon
GSad and Dsober Sunday afternoonBbm
You disappear in Bmfragments and Aphases of the moon
G Bm A
[Verse 2]
I watched parts of Gyou dissolve
Turn to ash and then get carried Bmup
I watched your memory Afade
Shadows burned into the Gwall
And no, I felt my lungs turn into atom Bmbombs
Choke on the Florida Aheat until the oxygen's gone
[Chorus]
GSad and Dsober, Sunday afternoonBbm
You disappear in Bmfragments and Aphases of the moon
GSad and Dsober, Sunday afternoonBbm
You disappear in Bmfragments and Aphases of the moonEm Bm
Or an empty GroomD F#m
Or the twelve-bar EmbluesBm
Or a light in GJuneD F#m
[Bridge]
You were a Embandit, and I was a Bmcar wreck
You were the Gdecades on my feet
I was Dunder purple F#mblankets
You were a Embandit, and I was a Bmcar wreck
You were the Grifle on the wall
And it was Dalways gonna F#mend
You were a Embandit, and I was a Bmcar wreck
You were the Gfalse rain that falls
From a Dwindow AC F#munit
You were a Embandit, and I was a Bmcar wreck
You were the Grifle on the wall
Key:B minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Chorus 1+2 Riff]
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---7-4-|
A|---------------------5---5-----5---5-----|
D|-2---2-----5---5-------------------------|
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4-|
A|---------------------|
D|-2---2-----5---5-----|
[Chorus 3 Riff]
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---7-4-|
A|---------------------5---5-----5---5-----| x2
D|-2---2-----5---5-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---7-4-|
A|---------------------5---5-----0---0-----|
D|-2---2-----5---5-------------------------|
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4-|
A|---------------------|
D|-2---2-----5---5-----|
[Verse 1]
BmI forgot what Dmonth it is againG
I'm half Bmawake
I know it's Dwrong but I swear to GGod it's almost Christmas
BmIn a language DI don't understandG
There's a shaking Bmvoice on the PDA
The other Gpassengers seem nervous
[Chorus 1]
EmWhat song do Gyou want to Ddie to?
EmWhat song do Gyou...
[Verse 2]
BmI'm suddenDly aware of our Gspeed
Sew the Bmworld together Dtightly
Cinch the Ggaps with pins and string
BmAnd the beacon Dout there on the wingG
It lights the Bmclouds from inside Dout
And from the Gground we look like lightning
[Chorus 2]
EmWhat song do Gyou want to Ddie to?
EmWhat song do Gyou...
Bm- D- G
[Verse 3]
BmI'm everyDwhere at once Gagain
I hear the Bmocean in the Dengine
I feel the Gmoonlight creeping in
BmMaybe Dit's all in my headG
An unknown foreign Bmpresence in your Dbloodstream
I'm a Gstranger in my bed
[Chorus 3]
EmWhat song do Gyou want to Ddie to ?
EmWhat song do Gyou want to Ddie to?
EmWhat song do Gyou want to Ddie to?A
EmWhat song do Gyou?
Bm- D- G(With Flanger)
[Bridge]
BmI'm flashing back to us one night Din a Gprairie town
G(Tornado alley, outrunning a storm)
BmThey can see the dirt there Dunder my Gfingernails
G(I'm just a pile of bones left on an airport floor)
BmThe bags under my eyes have got Dspace when you Gbottom out
G(To pack your things and make a break for the door)
BmOne day the things you love are gonna Dput you Gin the ground
G(But I'm planning on running 'til I can't anymore)
[Outro]
EmWhat song do Gyou, want to Ddie to?
EmWhat song do Gyou, want to Ddie to?
EmWhat song do Gyou, want to Ddie to?A
EmWhat song do Gyou?
EmWhat song do Gyou?
EmWhat song do Gyou?
Key:D minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Fill]
E||--------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-----0-1-0-----|
D|-3-5-------5-3-|
[Intro]
Dm[VeFrse 1]
I wanna Dmtake you someplace safer
Pull your Fpain out with my teeth
I wanna Dmtake away the ulcers burning Fholes into your cheeksA
And I wanna Dmbring you back to water, turn your Fbranches evergreen
I wanna Dmtake you someplace safer
I wanna leaveF Dm
[Chorus]
BbI wanted to Dmsee how the Flight collects in the Bbhigh desert Fheat
And you Apoint to where the BbSouth Sister should Dmbe beFhind the Bbclouds
I'm Fhaunted by the Emghosts of right now
Dm[VeFrsAe 2]
DmThe entire coast is out of water
It's turning Fdifferent shades of Agrey
Like watching Dmsomebody you love
As they Fslowly waste Aaway
And you looked Dmskinny at my wedding
Sick of Fcarrying the Aweight
Of all the Dmdoctors and all the treatments and all the Freasons to be afraid
[Chorus]
BbI wanted to Dmsee how the Flight collects in the Bbhigh desert Fheat
And you Apoint to where the BbSouth Sister should Dmbe beFhind the Bbclouds
I'm Fhaunted by the Emghosts of right nowDm C# Bb
The ghosts of right nowDm C# Bb Dm
[Bridge]
Dm C# Bb A Gm Dm C#
DmI wanna take you someplace saferF A
DmI wanna take you someplace saferF A
A[CC#horDmus]
BbI wanted to Dmsee how the Flight collects in the Bbhigh desert Fheat
And you Apoint to where the BbSouth Sister should Dmbe beFhind the Bbclouds
I'm Fhaunted by the Emghosts of right now
Dm F Dm
Key:D major
Tuning:Drop D
[Verse 1]
DWatch the sun burn out and dig itself a Ggrave
EmIn the ocean south of Sydney off the Ginterstate
DAnd I hold out my hand trying not Gto shake
EmWatched you jump off of a cliff
And start to Glevitate
[Chorus]
And yeah I'm aBmfraidG
But I'll follow you aDnyway
When the blue finally BmcameG
It swallowed up Deverything
[Verse 2]
DIn the sea of trees
I thought that I'd hear Gghosts in the waves
EmWhen the wind blew through
I heard Gjoy return to a cold and lonesome place
DI made out your voice, but I can't Gask you to stay
EmWatched you walk into the woods
And start to Glevitate
[Chorus]
And yeah I'm aBmfraidG
But I'll follow you aDnyway
When the blue finally BmcameG
It swallowed up Deverything
Key:D Major
Tuning:Drop D
[Intro]
Bm G
[Verse 1]
God, take me back to the Bmorange grove
That I found deep in the Gdesert
The air sweet as a Bmmiracle
It can't survive but it Ggrows and grows and F#mgrows
West Texas is Bmdying slow
An oil rig in the Gsunset
The air is heavy and Bmfilled with smoke
There ain't no quit in the Ghands that built this F#mhomeA
A dog barks in the GdistanceA
Rusted frames take root in the Gbrush
[Chorus]
You'll watch it Ddecay
Lie through your Dmaj7teeth and say you'll Emresurrect a GghostGmaj7
The paper tigers you Dmade then swore to Dmaj7keep awayBm A
You're a Emknife there at my GthroatGmaj7
God, take me back to the orange groveBm G
[Verse 2]
Fall came quiet and Bmsudden
They're smoking out of their Gstorm doors
Work left town with the Bmsummer
We're just trying to Gkeep warmF#m
That cough don't sound any Bmbetter
Another month, trying to Gpush through
Blood in your spit in the Bmmorning
Give a fake Gname at the emergenF#mcy roomA
There at the edge of losing GeverythingA
Taking desperate swings in the Gdark
[Chorus]
You'll watch it Ddecay
Lie through your Dmaj7teeth and say you'll Emresurrect a GghostGmaj7
The paper tigers you Dmade then swore to Dmaj7keep awayBm A
You're a Emknife there at my GthroatGmaj7
[Bridge]
EmWhen your mom got sick so Dslow
Did you carry the weight aGlone?
EmWhen the bills started to Dgrow
Did you carry the weight aGlone?
EmWhen the bank came for your Dhome
Did you carry the weight aGlone?
EmWhen you reap what they Dsow
Do you carry the weight aGlone?Gmaj7
[Chorus]
You'll watch it Ddecay
Lie through your F#minteeth and say Bm Ayou'll Emresurrect a GghostGmaj7
The paper tigers you Dmade then swore to Dmaj7keep awayBm A
You're a Emknife there at my GthroatGmaj7
God, take me back to the orange groveD G D G
Bm A D G D G
Key: F Major
Tuning: Drop D
[Intro]
Am[VeBbrse Dm1]C
I stopped making deals with AmGod
Right around when Bbyou left
I said that DmI would start believing
If they Cmade you well again
Guess they knew it was Dmbullshit
Never hold up Bbmy end
All the Fwalls are stained in your nicotine
I could Cfeel closing in
[Verse 2]
I heard somebody Amcry
I thought I was aBblone
I came to Dmnumb my lungs in the salt air
Let the Cbreakers heal my bones
I wish that the Dmcurrent would Bbcarry me home
I've been Frunning for a decade now
And I Cthink I'm ready to go
COh, I'm ready to go
F[VBbersDme 3C]
I stopped making deals with AmGod
When the light finally Bbdied
I'm gonna Dmguard what's left of the good in us
When the Cash blocks out the sky
And hold you with my Dmleft hand
And ball up Bbmy right
And if the Fbastards come for both of us
I'll be Cright there by your side
CI'm by your side
F[CBbhorDmus]C
When I was in Gshambles
When I got Bbtoo weak
The ocean Fgrew hands to Bbhold me
When I was in Gshambles
When I got Bbtoo weak
The ocean Fgrew hands to Bbhold me
[Verse 4]
I stopped blaming AmGod
When you said you were Bbsick
I learned to Dmlean on the people who love me
When the Csutures start to split
I trust in the Dmcurrent to pull you Bbback in
I miss Feveryone at once
But most of Call, I miss the ocean
[Outro]
F Bb Dm C
F
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Sister Cities
by The Wonder Years
Chords in this song · guitar
Dm
F
Bb
Gm
Em
G
C
Am
C#m
E
F#m
A
G#m
B
D
Bm
D/F#
Bbm
C#
Dmaj7
Gmaj7
F#min
Tuning:Drop D
1.Raining in Kyoto
2.Pyramids of Salt
3.It Must Get Lonely
4.Sister Cities
5.Flowers Where Your Face Should Be
6.Heavens Gate(Sad & Sober)
7.We Look Like Lightning
8.The Ghosts of Right Now
9.When the Blue Finally Came
10.The Orange Grove
11.The Ocean Grew Hands to Hold Me
Key: D minor
Tuning: Drop D
[Verse 1]
Dm F
Raining in Kyoto
Bb
It's flooding the streets
Gm Dm
I'm nursing a coffee from a vending machine
F Bb
I saw the god of rice, a fox with a key
Dm F
I woke up blind with a headache
Bb
Grinding my teeth
Gm Dm
Confused and alone and taking pills to sleep
F Bb
They soften your absence but they don't let me dream, dream
Gm Bb Gm Bb F Em
[Verse 2]
Dm F
Raining in Kyoto
Bb
My breath turns into steam
G Dm
I'll buy you a candle, not even sure what it means
F
I'm cursed to the matches
Bb
I'm drowning my grief
Dm F Bb
An old man stood close by, smiled at me
G
I rang the bell like he did
Dm
I told you I'm sorry
F Bb F Em
A makeshift funeral, I tried to set you free
[Chorus 1]
F C
You're half asleep
Dm Bb F Em
And I bought you a radio to drown out the machines
F C Dm Bb F Em
Hospital light, you asked about the weather wish, that they'd let you outside
Dm F Bb G
[Verse 3]
Dm F
Raining in Kyoto
Bb
I'm starting to shake
G
They'll hold a service tomorrow
Dm
I'm an ocean away
F Bb
Reach into my pocket, found a small paper crane
Dm F
It's been over a year now
Bb
April turns into May
G Dm
I barely stopped moving, I've been so fucking afraid
F Bb F Em
Too much of a coward to even visit your grave
[Chorus 2]
F C
You're half awake
Dm Bb F Em
And I bought you a radio to play the blues away
F C Dm Bb
With my hand to hold, you asked about the weather, wish they'd let you die at home
[Bridge]
Gm Am Bb C Dm
Dm
Gm Am Bb C
Dm
[Chorus 3]
F C
You're half awake
Dm Bb F Em
And I bought you a radio to play the blues away
F C Dm Bb
Hospital light, you asked about the weather, wish that they'd let you outside
[Outro]
C Dm
Goodnight, Goodnight, Goodbye
Dm
Key:C# minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Verse 1]
C#m E
I saw you hiding in the ivy
F#m A
I know you're too afraid to call
C#m E
They're getting ready for the winter here
F#m A G#m
They've gathered pyramids of salt
C#m E
You saw them having trouble breathing
F#m A
I know you think that it's your fault
C#m E
I saw you hiding in the ivy
F#m A G#m
Keeping quiet through the fall
C#m E F#m A
C#m E F#m A G#m
[Verse 2]
C#m E
There's a bird inside your rib cage
F#m A
He screams so I never forget
C#m E
I wanna break open your sternum
F#m A G#m
I wanna rip him from his nest
C#m E
And sow you back up like a garden
F#m A
Growing flowers from your chest
C#m E
There's a bird inside your rib cage
F#m A G#m
I keep trying to forget
C#m
[Chorus]
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand with these worthless fucking hands
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand, you washed it away again
[Verse 3]
C#m E
I saw you hiding in the ivy
F#m A
Watched the night start to decay
C#m E
And you wonder in the morning who's gonna drag
F#m A G#m
The sun out of the lake
C#m E
You move gently off the sore spots
D A
I can see that you're in pain
C#m E
Everything left in the light here long enough
F#m A G#m
Is someday gonna fade
C#m
[Chorus]
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand with these worthless fucking hands
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand, you washed it away again
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand with these goddamn worthless hands
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand, you washed it away again
E A
[Bridge]
E
We're so vacant
A
These bodies
E
Collapsing
A
So gracefully
E
And I love you
A
And I'm sorry
E A
And I understand if you blame me
E
And I'm helpless
A
And you're drowning
E C#m B
And I'm beating at the water here so desperately
C#m
So desperately
[Chorus]
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand with these worthless fucking hands
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand, you washed it away again
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand with these goddamn worthless hands
A E C#m B
I drew a line in the sand, you washed it away again
C#m
Don't wash me away again
Key: E minor
Tuning: Drop D
[Intro]
Bm C Bm C Bm Am G
[Verse 1]
G C
I'm a raw nerve in the sunlight
G C
After two weeks in the dark
G C
If you've gotta tell me you're not using
G C
It's probably 'cause you are
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
I saw you there
G Am
Just a block off to see your rowhome
C Em G
On an empty street where the others have been torn down
C
And you're the last one standing
[Chorus 1]
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm Am G
It must get lonely
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm Am G
It must get lonely
[Verse 2]
G C
When the grace starts to swallow grey
G
Where the sky meets the Irish sea
C
Like a suit that's been to too many funerals
G
And starts fraying at the seams
C G
I saw a bag of clementines split right open on an English street
C
And the contrast made me feel so goddamn dizzy
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
I saw you there
G Am
Just a block off to see your rowhome
C Em G
On an empty street where the others have been torn down
C
And you're the last one standing
[Bridge 1]
Am Em C
It must get obvious enough that I'm not ever gonna change
Am Em C G
It must get obvious enough, I'm the one who stays
[Chorus 2]
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
But it must get lonely
Am G
It must get lonely
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
But it must get lonely
Am G
But it must get lonely
[Verse 3]
G D Bm C
I'm a specter in the dim light on the flowers by the grave
G D C
In the Montmartre in Paris
C G
Where the crows seem to know my name
D Bm C
And they left footprints in the snow
C G
Along the fence on Palmer Street
D C
Cigarette butts on the headstones
C
That you left for me
[Pre-Chorus]
Em
I saw you there
G Am
Just a block off to see your rowhome
C Em G
On an empty street where the others have been torn down
C
And you're the last one standing
[Bridge 2]
Am Em C
It must get obvious enough that I'm not ever gonna change
Am Em C
It must get obvious enough, I'm the one who stays
Am Em C
It must get obvious enough that you're not ever gonna change
Am Em C
It must get obvious enough, you're the one who stays
[Chorus 3]
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
But it must get lonely
Am G
It must get lonely
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
(it must get lonely)
Am G
It must get lonely
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
(it must get lonely)
Am G
It must get lonely
Bm C Bm C Bm C Bm
(it must get lonely)
Am G
It must get lonely
Bm
You know, it must get lonely
Key:B minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Intro]
Bm D
[Verse]
Bm D Em
The moon is hanging low over the central station
Bm Em
I watch the buses leave in silence, bound for foreign distant places
Bm D Em
The Andes hold me close. A mothers only son
Bm Em
I feel weightless in the valley, like I'm everywhere at once
[Chorus]
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
D
You took me home
F#m
We’re sister cities
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
F#m
You took me home
F#m
We’re sister cities
Bm D
Bm
[Verse]
Bm D Em
We came here abandoned An old brick faced apartment
Bm Em
Rusted swing set in the courtyard like the one that I was born in
Bm D Em
I'm guarded like I'm wounded, my first instinct's always “run”
Bm Em
I wanna turn the scene, I wanna call it off, I want a light in the dark
Em
I wanna swallow the sun!
[Chorus]
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
D
You took me home
F#m
We’re sister cities
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
F#m
You took me home
[Bridge]
G A Bm
I was just mange and skin and bone
G A D F#m G
You took me into your home
A C#m D E F#m
Kept warm on a blanket from your worn out winter coat
G
[Chorus]
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
D
You took me home
F#m
We’re sister cities
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
F#m
You took me home
F#m
We’re sister cities
G D
I'm laying low
G
A stray dog in the street
D
You took me home
F#m
We’re sister cities
[Outro]
Bm D
We're sister cities
Bm D
Bm
Key:D Major
Tuning:Drop D
[Verse 1]
D
Bright blue hydrangeas
G D
Lost in the weeds
G
Bus stops and barbed wire on the way to stare
Em
At the heart of the earth from the Poas peak
G Em
Just like the ones that we grew back in Jersey
G
Hung upside down, drying out for the wedding
[Verse 2]
D G
There's a man with his head in his hands on the sidewalk
D G
His wife's there behind him just off of the street
D G D
She scratches his back as he sobs on the asphalt
G
And what strikes me most is the symmetry
Em
How they're framed just like you and me
G
When the light from the hospital's eastern wing
Em G
Tangles up in your hair and the sadness it pooled in my heart
G
Starts emptying slowly
[Chorus]
D C#m Bm A G
Well I saw you last night in my dream
D C#m Bm A G
And there were hydrangeas where your face should be
[Verse 3]
D G D
The redwoods feel lonely and lunar and distant
G D
The sun comes in fragments through breaks in the trees
G
And I feel further from home than I've ever been
G
These thin lines of light across space tether you to me
Em G
They pull in my memories, back to our apartment on 2nd Street
Em G
Through the South-facing window the light catches lengths of your hair
[Chorus]
D C#m Bm A G
Well I saw you last night in my dream
D C#m Bm A G
But there were azaleas where your face should be
[Bridge]
D/F# Em
Pieces of us in the morning sun
G
Sleeping bags under the 101
D/F# Em
She takes off his glasses and she falls asleep again
G
They don't got much but goddamn they got love
[Chorus]
D C#m Bm A G
Well I saw you last night in my dream
D C#m Bm A G
I'm gonna marry you underneath driftwood from Crescent City
[Outro]
D C#m Bm A G
D A Bm A G
D C#m Bm A G
D A Bm A G
Key:B minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Intro]
G Bm A
[Verse 1]
G
I've been thinking a lot about
G
When the furnace goes
Bm A
It's the absence of heat that hurts more than the cold
G
And I got caught in the irony of walking alone
Bm A
Down an entire block that's just funeral homes and the ground below
[Chorus]
D
Sad and sober Sunday afternoon
G D Bbm
Sad and sober Sunday afternoon
Bm A
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G D Bbm
Sad and sober Sunday afternoon
Bm A
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G Bm A
[Verse 2]
G
I watched parts of you dissolve
Bm
Turn to ash and then get carried up
A
I watched your memory fade
G
Shadows burned into the wall
Bm
And no, I felt my lungs turn into atom bombs
A
Choke on the Florida heat until the oxygen's gone
[Chorus]
G D Bbm
Sad and sober, Sunday afternoon
Bm A
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G D Bbm
Sad and sober, Sunday afternoon
Bm A Em Bm
You disappear in fragments and phases of the moon
G D F#m
Or an empty room
Em Bm
Or the twelve-bar blues
G D F#m
Or a light in June
[Bridge]
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the decades on my feet
D F#m
I was under purple blankets
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the rifle on the wall
D F#m
And it was always gonna end
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the false rain that falls
D F#m
From a window AC unit
Em Bm
You were a bandit, and I was a car wreck
G
You were the rifle on the wall
Key:B minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Chorus 1+2 Riff]
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---7-4-|
A|---------------------5---5-----5---5-----|
D|-2---2-----5---5-------------------------|
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4-|
A|---------------------|
D|-2---2-----5---5-----|
[Chorus 3 Riff]
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---7-4-|
A|---------------------5---5-----5---5-----| x2
D|-2---2-----5---5-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---5-4---4---7-4-|
A|---------------------5---5-----0---0-----|
D|-2---2-----5---5-------------------------|
E|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---4---5-4---4---5-4-|
A|---------------------|
D|-2---2-----5---5-----|
[Verse 1]
Bm D G
I forgot what month it is again
Bm
I'm half awake
D G
I know it's wrong but I swear to God it's almost Christmas
Bm D G
In a language I don't understand
Bm D
There's a shaking voice on the PA
G
The other passengers seem nervous
[Chorus 1]
Em G D
What song do you want to die to?
Em G
What song do you...
[Verse 2]
Bm D G
I'm suddenly aware of our speed
Bm D
Sew the world together tightly
G
Cinch the gaps with pins and string
Bm D G
And the beacon out there on the wing
Bm D
It lights the clouds from inside out
G
And from the ground we look like lightning
[Chorus 2]
Em G D
What song do you want to die to?
Em G
What song do you...
Bm D G
- -
[Verse 3]
Bm D G
I'm everywhere at once again
Bm D
I hear the ocean in the engine
G
I feel the moonlight creeping in
Bm D G
Maybe it's all in my head
Bm D
An unknown foreign presence in your bloodstream
G
I'm a stranger in my bed
[Chorus 3]
Em G D
What song do you want to die to ?
Em G D
What song do you want to die to?
Em G D A
What song do you want to die to?
Em G
What song do you?
Bm D G
- - (With Flanger)
[Bridge]
Bm D G
I'm flashing back to us one night in a prairie town
G
(Tornado alley, outrunning a storm)
Bm D G
They can see the dirt there under my fingernails
G
(I'm just a pile of bones left on an airport floor)
Bm D G
The bags under my eyes have got space when you bottom out
G
(To pack your things and make a break for the door)
Bm D G
One day the things you love are gonna put you in the ground
G
(But I'm planning on running 'til I can't anymore)
[Outro]
Em G D
What song do you, want to die to?
Em G D
What song do you, want to die to?
Em G D A
What song do you, want to die to?
Em G
What song do you?
Em G
What song do you?
Em G
What song do you?
Key:D minor
Tuning:Drop D
[Fill]
E||--------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-----0-1-0-----|
D|-3-5-------5-3-|
[Intro]
Dm F
[Verse 1]
Dm
I wanna take you someplace safer
F
Pull your pain out with my teeth
Dm F A
I wanna take away the ulcers burning holes into your cheeks
Dm F
And I wanna bring you back to water, turn your branches evergreen
Dm
I wanna take you someplace safer
F Dm
I wanna leave
[Chorus]
Bb Dm F Bb F
I wanted to see how the light collects in the high desert heat
A Bb Dm F Bb
And you point to where the South Sister should be behind the clouds
F Em
I'm haunted by the ghosts of right now
Dm F A
[Verse 2]
Dm
The entire coast is out of water
F A
It's turning different shades of grey
Dm
Like watching somebody you love
F A
As they slowly waste away
Dm
And you looked skinny at my wedding
F A
Sick of carrying the weight
Dm F
Of all the doctors and all the treatments and all the reasons to be afraid
[Chorus]
Bb Dm F Bb F
I wanted to see how the light collects in the high desert heat
A Bb Dm F Bb
And you point to where the South Sister should be behind the clouds
F Em Dm C# Bb
I'm haunted by the ghosts of right now
Dm C# Bb Dm
The ghosts of right now
[Bridge]
Dm C# Bb A Gm Dm C#
Dm F A
I wanna take you someplace safer
Dm F A
I wanna take you someplace safer
A C# Dm
[Chorus]
Bb Dm F Bb F
I wanted to see how the light collects in the high desert heat
A Bb Dm F Bb
And you point to where the South Sister should be behind the clouds
F Em
I'm haunted by the ghosts of right now
Dm F Dm
Key:D major
Tuning:Drop D
[Verse 1]
D G
Watch the sun burn out and dig itself a grave
Em G
In the ocean south of Sydney off the interstate
D G
And I hold out my hand trying not to shake
Em
Watched you jump off of a cliff
G
And start to levitate
[Chorus]
Bm G
And yeah I'm afraid
D
But I'll follow you anyway
Bm G
When the blue finally came
D
It swallowed up everything
[Verse 2]
D
In the sea of trees
G
I thought that I'd hear ghosts in the waves
Em
When the wind blew through
G
I heard joy return to a cold and lonesome place
D G
I made out your voice, but I can't ask you to stay
Em
Watched you walk into the woods
G
And start to levitate
[Chorus]
Bm G
And yeah I'm afraid
D
But I'll follow you anyway
Bm G
When the blue finally came
D
It swallowed up everything
Key:D Major
Tuning:Drop D
[Intro]
Bm G
[Verse 1]
Bm
God, take me back to the orange grove
G
That I found deep in the desert
Bm
The air sweet as a miracle
G F#m
It can't survive but it grows and grows and grows
Bm
West Texas is dying slow
G
An oil rig in the sunset
Bm
The air is heavy and filled with smoke
G F#m A
There ain't no quit in the hands that built this home
G A
A dog barks in the distance
G
Rusted frames take root in the brush
[Chorus]
D
You'll watch it decay
Dmaj7 Em G Gmaj7
Lie through your teeth and say you'll resurrect a ghost
D Dmaj7 Bm A
The paper tigers you made then swore to keep away
Em G Gmaj7
You're a knife there at my throat
Bm G
God, take me back to the orange grove
[Verse 2]
Bm
Fall came quiet and sudden
G
They're smoking out of their storm doors
Bm
Work left town with the summer
G F#m
We're just trying to keep warm
Bm
That cough don't sound any better
G
Another month, trying to push through
Bm
Blood in your spit in the morning
G F#m A
Give a fake name at the emergency room
G A
There at the edge of losing everything
G
Taking desperate swings in the dark
[Chorus]
D
You'll watch it decay
Dmaj7 Em G Gmaj7
Lie through your teeth and say you'll resurrect a ghost
D Dmaj7 Bm A
The paper tigers you made then swore to keep away
Em G Gmaj7
You're a knife there at my throat
[Bridge]
Em D
When your mom got sick so slow
G
Did you carry the weight alone?
Em D
When the bills started to grow
G
Did you carry the weight alone?
Em D
When the bank came for your home
G
Did you carry the weight alone?
Em D
When you reap what they sow
G Gmaj7
Do you carry the weight alone?
[Chorus]
D
You'll watch it decay
F#min Bm A Em G Gmaj7
Lie through your teeth and say you'll resurrect a ghost
D Dmaj7 Bm A
The paper tigers you made then swore to keep away
Em G Gmaj7
You're a knife there at my throat
D G D G
God, take me back to the orange grove
Bm A D G D G
Key: F Major
Tuning: Drop D
[Intro]
Am Bb Dm C
[Verse 1]
Am
I stopped making deals with God
Bb
Right around when you left
Dm
I said that I would start believing
C
If they made you well again
Dm
Guess they knew it was bullshit
Bb
Never hold up my end
F
All the walls are stained in your nicotine
C
I could feel closing in
[Verse 2]
Am
I heard somebody cry
Bb
I thought I was alone
Dm
I came to numb my lungs in the salt air
C
Let the breakers heal my bones
Dm Bb
I wish that the current would carry me home
F
I've been running for a decade now
C
And I think I'm ready to go
C
Oh, I'm ready to go
F Bb Dm C
[Verse 3]
Am
I stopped making deals with God
Bb
When the light finally died
Dm
I'm gonna guard what's left of the good in us
C
When the ash blocks out the sky
Dm
And hold you with my left hand
Bb
And ball up my right
F
And if the bastards come for both of us
C
I'll be right there by your side
C
I'm by your side
F Bb Dm C
[Chorus]
G
When I was in shambles
Bb
When I got too weak
F Bb
The ocean grew hands to hold me
G
When I was in shambles
Bb
When I got too weak
F Bb
The ocean grew hands to hold me
[Verse 4]
Am
I stopped blaming God
Bb
When you said you were sick
Dm
I learned to lean on the people who love me
C
When the sutures start to split
Dm Bb
I trust in the current to pull you back in
F
I miss everyone at once
C
But most of all, I miss the ocean
[Outro]
F Bb Dm C
F
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