Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
C#C#
Count the steps around the park
C7C7
Consider drinking in the yard
F#F# C#C#
Hang the words of a perfect stranger in the hallways of my heart
C#C#
'Cause all the blessings are somebody else's
D#D#
They're flowers in my neighbor's pot
F#F#
I'm torn exactly into two pieces
G#G#
One who wants you and one who's gone dark
Chorus:
C#C#
But I'm still in sight
F#F#
Your fast machine
A#mA#m F#F#
Always holding your love supreme
C#C#
Our 45's
F#F#
Spinning out of time
A#mA#m G#G# A#mA#m G#G# F#F#
But honey, I'm still on your side
Verse 2:
C#C#
Are my hopes finally gonna waste me
C7C7
A minorAm I the worst compass I could know
F#F#
So I took the bus across the bridge
C#C#
Sold my bedroom from my home
C#C#
Maybe it's the East Coast in the music
D#D#
Or the endless road from the past
F#F#
But while you're praying at the 90s
G#G#
They're carving up anything that lasts
Chorus:
C#C#
But I'm still in sight
F#F#
Your fast machine
A#mA#m F#F#
Always holding your love supreme
C#C#
Our 45's
F#F#
Spinning out of time
A#mA#m G#G# A#mA#m G#G# F#F#
But honey, I'm still on your side
Bridge:
C#C#
G#G# C#C# F#F# G#G#
Now you're just a stranger that I know best
G#G# C#C# F#F# G#G#
Now you're just a stranger that I know best
G#G# C#C# F#F# G#G#
Now I'm just a stranger that you know best
Verse 3:
C#C#
There ain't no book that I can live by
C7C7
Just these naggings I can't shake
F#F#
A augmentedA hum coming from the basement
C#C#
A augmentedA little crying out for crying out's sake
C#C#
'Cause if I can learn to love your shadow
D#D#
When your shadow hits the light
F#F#
And there ain't no trace of what we've been through
G#G#
Then I'll shout it till the day that I die
Chorus:
C#C#
I am still in sight
F#F#
Your fast machine
A#mA#m F#F#
Always holding your love supreme
C#C#
Our 45's
F#F#
Spinning out of time
A#mA#m G#G# A#mA#m G#G# F#F#
But honey, I'm still on your side
Outro:
C#C# G#G# F#F#
I'm still on your side