Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Intro:
Bb Gm Cm Eb
Verse 1:
Bb Gm
I went with you up to the place you grew up in
Cm Eb
We spent a week in the cold
Bb Gm
Just long enough to Walden it with you
Cm Eb
Any longer, it would've got old
Bb
Singing "Ace of Spades" when Lemmy died
Gm Cm Eb
But nothing's changed, L.A.'s alright
Bb Gm
I'm sleeping in my bed again, and getting in my head
Cm Eb
And then, walk around the reservoir
Chorus:
Bb Gm
You
Cm Eb
You must've been looking for me
Bb Gm
Sending smoke signals
Cm Eb
Pelicans circling
Gm Bb Eb
Burning trash out on the beach
Bb Gm Cm Eb
Verse 2:
Bb Gm
One of your eyes is always half-shut
Cm Eb
Something happened when you were a kid
Bb
I didn't know you then
Gm Cm Eb
And I'll never understand why it feels like I did
Bb Gm
"How Soon Is Now" in an 80s sedan
Cm Eb
You slept inside of it because your dad
Bb Gm
Lived in a campground in the back of a van
Cm Eb
You said that song'll creep you out until you're dead
Chorus:
Bb Gm
And you
Cm Eb
Must've been looking for me
Bb Gm
Sending smoke signals
Cm Eb
Pelicans circling
Gm Bb Eb
Burning trash out on the beach
Bb Gm Cm Eb
Verse 3:
Bb Gm
I want to live at the Holiday Inn
Cm Eb
Where somebody else makes the bed
Bb Gm
We'll watch TV while the lights on the street
Cm Eb
Put all the stars to death
Bb
It's been on my mind since Bowie died
Gm Cm Eb
Just checking out to hide from life
Bb Gm
And all of our problems, I'm gonna solve 'em
Cm Eb
With you riding shotgun, speeding, 'cause fuck the cops
Chorus:
Bb Gm
And you
Cm Eb
Must've been looking for me
Bb Gm
Sending smoke signals
Cm Eb
Pelicans circling
Gm Bb Eb
Burning trash out on the beach
Bb Gm Cm Eb
Verse 4:
Bb Gm
I buried a hatchet, it's coming up lavender
Cm Eb
The future's unwritten; the past is a corridor
Bb Gm
I'm at the exit, looking back through the hall
Cm Eb
You are anonymous, I am a concrete wall
Outro:
Bb Gm Cm Eb