Lua chords by Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch and Conor Oberst

Capo 2nd Fret
All chords relative to Capo.

C                                                 F
I know that it is freezing but I think we have to walk
       C                                                        F
I just keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off
    Dm                                            G
But Julie knows a party at some actor's west side loft
             Dm             F               Dm       G         C
Supplies are endless in the evening, by the morning they'll be gone

C                                               F
When everything is lonely, I can be my own best friend
           C                                            F
I'll get a coffee and the paper, have my own conversations
         Dm                                             G
With the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection
           Dm            F               Dm      G          C
The mask I polish in the evening, by the morning looks like shit


      F                                  C
And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss
   F                                           C                   Dm   G
So many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out trying to lift it
    Am                           C               F
But me I'm not a gamble, you can count on me to split
           Dm              F               Dm      G     C
The love I sell you in the evening, by the morning won't exist


C                                                             F
You're looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black
              C                                                 F
You just keep going to the bathroom, always say you'll be right back
         Dm                                                G
Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you've got it bad
              Dm          F               Dm        G      C
But what's so easy in the evening, by the morning's such a drag


C                                                      F
I got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train
           C                                                F
And if you promise to stay conscious, I will try and do the same
         Dm                                             G
We might die from medication but we sure killed all the pain
         Dm            F               Dm       G      C
What was normal in the evening, by the morning seems insane


            F                               C
And I'm not sure what the trouble was that started all of this
    F                                   C            Dm  G
The reasons all have run away but the feeling never did
         Am                                 C              F
It's not something I would recommend but it is one way to live
              Dm             F                 Dm       G     C
'Cause what is simple in the moonlight, by the morning never is


          Dm            F                   Dm      G     Am
It was so simple in the moonlight, now it's so complicated
          Dm                       Dm
It was so simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight
No Chords                          C