Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: C Difficulty: Novice Amazing song from an incredible album. Standard tuning, no capo. It's pretty easy and straight forward. To make it sound more jazzy try these substitutions: - C6 instead of C - G6 instead of G - F6 F9 or Fmaj7 instead of F Intro: C Cmaj7 C6 G F C C Cmaj7 C6 G F C
Verse 1: C I started missing the days G Where as soon as I'd wake G7 I'd make a cocktail G7 I'd spend the time that you took Giving me dirty looks C With my cocktail C7 F And just like every love affair C On the fault in my armor shows C7 G7 On a border shop full of hope C And I'd get a little green C7 F I could be dancing on one leg C And enjoying the masquerade C7 G7 Well I'm not making any lemonade C But I got lemons if you need Instrumental: C Cmaj7 C6 G F C Verse 2: C In my meandering way G G7 I'd sing a serenade and sip a cocktail G7 My very own world view I'd tell the people I knew C Through a cocktail C7 F Who can you turn to C When the world is bleeding you dry C7 G7 May I now turn you loose C And watch you wither in the day light? C7 F Sometimes I feel like a corpse C With a lifetime subscription C7 G7 Just a strange proposition C Oh, the thankless sacrifice Piano solo: C Cmaj7 C6 G F C C Cmaj7 C6 G F C Guitar solo: F C G F# F C C7 Verse 3: C7 F Now how is every day the same C In a variety of places C7 G7 All the damn and empty spaces C In the middle of a crowd C7 F I could be slipping off the wing of a dove C Or tied up onto the train tracks C7 G7 But either way I ain't coming back C The only way out is down G7 Yeah, the only way out, my friend C F C F C G7 C C7 C6 C Is falling dooooOOoOoOoOooOooown
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