Key: E
Eb
G7
Cm
Ab
VERSE
Eb
Bb7
You had your grand illusion and wrestled with your fate
Fm
G7
The winter of your discontent came twenty years too late
Cm
F/A
Ab6
If it was love and I was there I've forgotten where it lives
Eb
Bb
Ab
We both stepped off a frozen rock onto a burning bridge
VERSE
Eb
Bb7
You came like an invasion all bells and whistles blowing
Fm
G7
Reaping the rewards of the fable you'd been sowing
Cm
F/A
Ab6
I saw you cross the landing and descending marble stairs
Eb
Bb
Ab
Like Caesar crossed the Rubicon you seemed to walk on air
Eb
G7
And yea I've seen your movie
Cm
And I read it in your book
Ab
Eb
The truth just flew off every page
G7
Your songs have all the hooks
Cm
You're seven wonders rolled in one
Am7
Ab6
You shifted gear to cruise
Eb
G
Ab
Oh you came to town in headlines
Bb9
Eb
And eight hundred dollar shoes
Instrumental
Eb
G7
Cm
Ab
VERSE
Eb
Bb7
Oh the bellboys are crying and moneys changing hands
Fm
G7
Your cloak and dagger legacy's gone home to no man's land
Cm
F/A
Ab6
The marquee lights are flickering your poster's fading fast
Eb
Bb
Ab6
Your being here just melts away like ice cubes in a glass
Eb
G7
And yea I've seen your movie
Cm
And I read it in your book
Ab
Eb
The truth just flew off every page
G7
Your songs have all the hooks
Cm
You're seven wonders rolled in one
Am7
Ab6
You shifted gear to cruise
Eb
G
Ab
Oh you came to town in headlines
Bb9
Eb
And eight hundred dollar shoes
Eb
G
Ab
Oh you came to town in headlines
Bb9
Eb
And eight hundred dollar shoes
OUTRO