The Ten O Clock Line chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Am   C   D
Am   C   D

Verse:
Am                       C                 D
Gone with the grace of a black-winged crow
     Am                 C         D
With all the tact of an exit poll
  F                       G
I banked the curve of the last back road
          C           G/B        D
While you washed your hands in a silver bowl
  F
I didn't want to know
                       G   Am
That's the way it goes

Verse:
                    C           D
Pretty words traced in the dirt
  Am              C               D
A whisper without weight or worth
F                        G
Nonsense symbols written on the wall
C           G/B        D
Read by the light of a mirror ball
  F
A final flat-line scrawl
                 G
And that was all

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
             G/B
I've seen it coming for some time
        Am
This is how it always ends
          D                 F
Up on the Ten O' Clock Line

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
        G/B
Take me only a space
    Am
For something that's been waiting
  D               F
Until I turned my face
                  E7
Until I turned my face

Instrumental:
Am   C   D
Am   C   D

Verse:
    Am                    C             D
The leaves recount with a rasping sound
  Am                 C             D
A shadow cast on the autumn ground
       F                   G
It's a lovely wish, it's a tender sight
  C       G/B     D
A promise made on shifting light
F
Bad news from the start
                    G
And still I gave my heart

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
             G/B
I've seen it coming for some time
        Am
This is how it always ends
          D                 F
Up on the Ten O' Clock Line

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
        G/B
Take me only a space
    Am
For something that's been waiting
  D               F
Until I turned my face
                  E7
Until I turned my face

Instrumental:
Am   C   D
Am   C   D
Am   C   D
Am   C   D

Verse:
  Am                     C           D
I always thought I would start again
    Am            C            D
But I was so much younger then
   F               G
Perhaps no more of just the same
      C      G/B         D
But a deeper song with a different name
    F
The last one had its time
                       G
Up on the Ten O' Clock Line

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
             G/B
I've seen it coming for some time
        Am
This is how it always ends
          D                 F
Up on the Ten O' Clock Line

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
             G/B
I've seen it coming for some time
        Am
This is how it always ends
          D                 F
Up on the Ten O' Clock Line

Chorus:
          C
There's a hole in the world
        G/B
Take me only a space
    Am
For something that's been waiting
  D               F
Until I turned my face
F
Until I turned my face
F
Until I turned my face