Key: E
Introduction:
C G4 Am F G
Leave the bright blue door on the whitewashed wall
C G4 Am F G
Leave the death ledger under city hall
Am C/B C F G C
Leave the joyful air in that rubber ball today
Gsus4- Am- F- G
Leave the lilac print on the linen sheet
Leave the bird you killed at your father's feet
Am F
Everything must belong somewhere
Am F G
The train off in the distance, bicycle chained to the stairs
Am C/B C F G
Everything must belong somewhere
F G
I know that now, that is why I'm staying here
C- G- Am- F-
Leave the ocean's roar in the turquoise shell
Leave the widower in his private hell
Am F G
Yeah I know that now that's why I'm staying here
Leave the secret talk on the trundle bed
E Am
In truth the forest hears each sound
F G
Each blade of grass as it lies down
E Am
The world requires no audience
F Fm
No witnesses, no witnesses
Leave the old town drunk on his wooden stool
F G Am
You know it's true, why don't you leave me here?