Intro A (with riff) A D She was running... with a shotgun... I could hear the sirens E A but I couldn?t move... I couldn?t even catch my breath A D She was hiding... in the patterns... of her mother?s apron E A When I left that girl... she was just a little thing F#m D A But the summer?s gone and the leaves are turning over F#m D A It's another day gone I'm another year older E D A Desolation, lonesome lonely desolation
A D I was seeking... understanding... they took a 14-year-old boy E A Yeah, they locked him up... they tried to turn him into a man A D She told me what I need is... absolution... I said ?Absolution girl? E A Come on now... that?s gonna be hard to arrange? F#m D A But the summer?s gone and the leaves are turning over F#m D A It's another day gone I'm another year older E D A Desolation, lonesome lonely desolation Bridge Em G/F# G D Em G/F# G Bm D A (with riff) F#m D A Well the summer?s gone and the leaves are turning over F#m D A It's another day gone I'm another year older F#m D A And the tooth won't come out and you can't find another doctor E D A Desolation, lonesome lonely desolation riff e|------------0-----------------------2-0-----| B|---2--0--2---2-0-2-0--------2--0--2----2-0--| G|-2--2-----2---------2-----2--2------------2-| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------|