Intro: (half time, repeat four times) Dmaj7 Em7 Verse: D A Bm G x 2 D A In a village in the hills Asus4 G House buried to the window sills in snow D A In a prison yard at night Asus4 G An Alsatian barking for the stars to go
D A In the attic of a house Asus4 G In the slats of light which creep across the room D A In a forest grove at dawn Asus4 G Where the animals sleep hidden in the gloom Chorus: Bb Bm On the 97th floor overlooking Tokyo Bb Bm In Camden road in a second floor flat with Dilworth down below Bb Bm There is only one thing Bb A D There is only one thing Verse: D A In a cancer ward where the patients sit Asus4 G Waiting patiently to die D A In an aeroplane high above the place Asus4 G You finally left behind D A In a cage where only one thing could be free Asus4 G And it's not you and I D A In a cage where only one thing could be free Asus4 G And it's not you and I Chorus: Bb Bm In every single place that has ever ever been Bb Bm Hiroshima, Los Angeles and each town in between Bb There is only one thing Bm Bb A There is only one thing Intro: (half time again, repeat four times again then straight into the verse) Dmaj7 Em One thing Verse: D A Asus4 G In the darkest part of you that you have ever seen D A Asus4 G In the smile of the child staring at the TV screen D A Asus4 G In the diary of a priest, in the sheets that lie upon his bed D A Asus4 G Out there amongst the waves and inside your lover's head Chorus: Bb There is only one thing Bm There is only one thing Bb There is only one thing Bm There is only one thing Bb There is only one thing Bm There is only one thing Bb A There is only N.C. one thing Outro: (tempo slows down) Em7 G D x 2 Em7 G D 20 years of sleep before we sleep... forever Em7 G D 20 years of sleep before we sleep... forever Em7 G D 10 years on the coast figuring out the weather Em7 Another decade getting high G until you're free D There's nothing after that but you and I Nothing after that buy you and me Em7 G D 20 years of sleep before we sleep... forever Em7 G D 20 years of sleep before we sleep... forever