D A Bm
Like a child I can sit in the corner
G D A
with these pills I can barely get by
D A Bm
so I wait for the hour of approval
G A D
ten minutes until it's five
D A Bm
And it's Friday, so I don't feel so lonely
G D A
I know the wolves are out tonight
D A Bm
the sound of ice in a bottomless glass
G A D
tells me that all that is fine
Bm G
Playing guitar and I'm forgetting words
D A
like a baby who just learned to speak
Bm G
unfinished songs that I swear I'd get done
D A
but the premise was just kind of weak
D A Bm
Like the moon you are cold, you are distant
G D A
like the sun I can burn through the day
D A Bm
in the valley the echo gets longer
G A D
they've all gone away
Bm G
Playing guitar and I'm forgetting words
D A
like a baby who just learned to speak
Bm G
unfinished songs that I swear I'd get done
D A
but the premise was just kind of weak
(softly)
D A Bm
There is time to reflect and ponder
G D A
as the chips fall where they may
D A Bm
I will live for the sake of others
G A D
so they can do the same
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F Dm A# C F
Intro Riff:
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F
Every time I see it clearly
Dm
It's a time that you are near me
A# C F
I just don't see the world without you
F
Walkin' down the streets of munich
Dm
Where I tried to drink my self sick
A# C A7
Try to forget and soon it will be through
Chorus:
A#
But I sing your song
C
Where ever I go
F
You're along
Dm A#
Not actually, but in my mind
C
We cheers another day
Intro:
F Dm A# C F
Intro Riff:
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F
2 weeks left, the world is wasted
Dm
There's nothing poetic about it
A# C F
The fact is that I'm looking for a friend
F
One that doesn't talk to me
Dm
And kindly serves me until three
A# C A7
Not someone that will be there in the end
Chorus:
A#
But I sing your song
C
Where ever I go
F
You're along
Dm A#
Not actually, but in my mind
C Dm C
We cheers another daaaaaaaaay
A#
Nothing new to us
C F
But every time it does get worse
Dm A#
But nevermind, that's life
C
And all we have is time
Final:
F
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3. The Shortest Pier
D F#m
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D F#m
Put my eyes Where I can see
D F#m
Where the soul used to be
Bm G A
I feel the walls closin' in on me
D F#m
Shut my mouth I take it back
D F#m
It's no way For us to act
Bm G A D D7
I missed the boat but somehow sailed away
- Chorus:
G
But that's okay
Gm
I'll have a talk
D
With this divebar
Bm
On a long walk
G A Bm
Along the shortest pier
G A D
And watch it disappear
- Verse 2:
D F#m
There's a hole in my mind
D F#m
Where the sun used to shine
Bm G A
Memories in black and white
D F#m
Cut me off I've had enough
D F#m
Infect the wound and sew me up
Bm G A D D7
No more words mmmm hmmm mmmmm
- Chorus:
G
But that's okay
Gm
I'll have a talk
D
With this divebar
Bm
On a long walk
G A Bm
Along the shortest pier
G A D
And watch it disappear
G A Bm
Along the shortest pier
G A D
And watch it disappear
__________
G C G D
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G C
As the summer extends itself to the winter days
G D
The colors begin to fade away and the sun goes down too soon
G C
An old man walks down the road and he stops to look
G Em D
At his reflection from the window of a car by light of moon
- Chorus:
C D G Em
He says "I'm just burnin' time, let myself unwind till my life comes undone"
C D G
If you're looking for losses to win you've already won
- Post-Chorus:
G C G D
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G C
Pretty, perfect houses all lined up and stripped away
G D
Of any words that they had to say of anything that is true
G C
She put a sign out on her lawn that said that she's speakin' up
G
But that god damn schedule just won't let up
Em D
And bills, they don't bend or even move
- Chorus:
C D G Em
She says "I'm just burnin' time, let myself unwind till my life comes undone"
C D G
If you're looking for losses to win you've already won
C D G Em
She says "I'm just burnin' time, let myself unwind till my life comes undone"
C D G
If you're looking for losses to win you've already won
__________
C Em
Tired and awake
Am G
Write words you really mean without mistake
F
Push the pen until it doesn't work no more
G C
It's empty outside the door
C Em
Partially insane, Roman candle
Am G
Come and guide me through the dark
F
I'll be walking through the horror I once knew
G C
That wasn't really much
- Chorus:
Dm
This isn't a long catastrophe
C
It's all just a passing phase you'll see
Dm Am
And though I am scared of the sun light
G
I'm not scared if you're the night
- Verse:
C Em
Blanketed and bruised
Am G
Stumblin' to find the light switch on the wall
F
If this feeling goes, I won't do it again
G C
This time I swear it
- Chorus:
Dm
This isn't a long catastrophe
C
It's all just a passing phase you'll see
Dm Am
And though I am scared of the sun light
G
I'm not scared if you're the night
- Ending:
F
I'm not scared if you're the night
Em
I'm not scared if you're the night
Dm
I'm not scared if you're the night
C
I'm not scared if you're the night
F
I'm not scared if you're the night
Em
I'm not scared if you're the night
Dm
I'm not scared if you're the night
C
I'm not scared if you're the night
__________
D
our pockets are empty
A
the signal is lost
G
too many low times
D
at such a high cost
D
suddenly walking
A
no destination plan
G
the will so hard to hold
D
slips out of our hands
Bm
to much conversation
A
we're losing our voice
G
it's justification
D
for lack of a choice
Bm
the penniless preacher
A
the king of the hill
G
expired prescription
A#
that we couldn't fill
D
the trigger is so soft
A
and easy to squeeze
G
A miscalculation
D
missed enormously
D
a fruitless ambition
A
it would appear
G
i know a place that sells pride
D
not far from here
Bm
an aborted mission
A
that couldn't be saved
G
awards for submission
D
so nicely engraved
Bm
so perfect the world is
A
without any view
G
the smallest of hope is
A#
the biggest excuse
D A Bm
suddenly a change
A G
on expired time
A#
of an empty thought
D A Bm
systematic flaw
A G
in an open wound
A#
that nobody saw