Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Bridge:
C majorC E MajorE FF
Once you were the talk of the town
E MajorE G#G# A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
Once you were the life of the party, you're a buzzkill now
C majorC E MajorE FF
And it's so strange to see you caving in
E MajorE G#G# A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
Kicking up dust on the long road, honey, always trying to begin
Verse 1:
A augmentedA A minorAm
But you found forty bucks in a hotel Bible
D MajorD A augmentedA
In a rundown room with nothing on TV
A augmentedA A minorAm
And you acted out your lines there in the mirror
D MajorD A augmentedA
You could act out all that nothing perfectly
A augmentedA A minorAm
So you conjured up a borrowed voice and new suit
D MajorD A augmentedA
And you stole a light for all that shadowplay
A augmentedA A minorAm
And you won the crowd in Brooklyn with your cheap tricks
D MajorD A augmentedA
Like you won the crowd with sweet talk in LA
Chorus:
A augmentedA C majorC
Well you don't see the air you breath
D MajorD A augmentedA
And where there's warning, welcoming every day and night
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD
And you don't see the web they weave is one I made
D MajorD A augmentedA
hanging off the Hollywood sign
FF C majorC A augmentedA
But you ain't gonna shake my bones with all that caterwaul
FF C majorC A augmentedA
And you ain't gonna shake my bones with all that pretty talk
FF C majorC
On paper it's an empty room
FF C majorC
On paper it's an empty tomb
FF C majorC A augmentedA
A majorA paperboy's nothing new but you don't know at all
A augmentedA
You don't know at all
Bridge:
C majorC E MajorE FF
Once you were the talk of the town
E MajorE G+G # A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
Once you were the showboat honey but your ship sailed out
C majorC E MajorE FF
And it hurt bad when you heard the stranger say
E MajorE G#G# A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
That your bird in the hand was a flash in the pan when you let it fly away
Verse 2:
A augmentedA A minorAm
It was supposed to be the park on a billboard scene
D MajorD A augmentedA
And every passerby wonders where you've gone
A augmentedA A minorAm
You've been stowed up in your attic always thinking
D MajorD A augmentedA
About the next big plan for all your little songs
A augmentedA C majorC
And you don't keep bad company
D MajorD A augmentedA
Honey and not say a single thing when you talk that long
A augmentedA C majorC
When you don't see the air you breath
D MajorD A augmentedA
What's there to write about when nothing's going wrong?
Interlude:
A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
Outro:
FF C majorC A augmentedA
But you ain't gonna shake my bones with all that caterwaul
FF C majorC A augmentedA
And you ain't gonna shake my bones with all that pretty talk
FF C majorC
On paper it's an empty room
FF C majorC
On paper it's an empty tomb
FF C majorC A augmentedA
A majorA paperboy's nothing new but you don't know at all
A augmentedA
You don't know at all
A augmentedA
You don't know at all
A augmentedA
You never knew at all