Capo on 3
C
I've been away for far too long.
F G
I've had my mind wrapped around this one song
C
I heard last week on the radio while
F G C
Driving near that place we used to go
Am G
Where the track homes all look the same
F G
With their roofs and the tiles and the similar frames
Am G
All the streets are so wide and the cars are so lame
F G C
And on every block I heard the whisper of your name.
C
I spent so many evenings in my head
F G
I'd lie alone on an unmade bed
C
Counting the minutes like numbered clocks
F G
Should I call, should I write, should I read, should I stop?
Am G
I'm a child, I'm a ghost, I'm a slur, I'm a boast,
F G
I'm a prince, I'm a king, I'm a rhyme, I'm a ring,
Am G
I'm unable to sleep, I'm unable to sing,
F G C
I'm a desperate and lonely, frightened, unholy thing
Am G C
And you'd say la la la I'm so glad I'm over you
Am G C
As you reach for your drink and you tell me you like my shoes
Am G
And I smile like a wretch, there's not much else I can do
Am G
I say I know what you mean, yeah it's weird for me too
F G C
Besides what would I sing about... if I had you?
Kinda sounds like la la la...
Am G C
F G C
F G C Am F G C
C
I think maybe it was Radiohead
F G
That had this weird little beat and a keyboard instead
C
Of guitar playing chords, I remember how bored
F
You would get with those bands
G C
You always said they play the same three chords
Am G
And you'd dance around in your t-shirt and sing
F G
Don't you love Modest Mouse and adore Promise Ring?
Am G
Don't you wish that you could just avoid everything?
F G C
Join a band, go on tour, and think of me when you sing?
Am G C
And I'd think la la la yeah that sounds okay to me
Am G C
And you'd fall on the bed and I'd fall down to my knees
Am G
And I'd smile like my life depended on it
Am G
That's so weird I was mostly right about that
F G C
Always eager to love and eager to leave
La la la la...
Am G C
F G C
F G C Am F G C
Am G C
And I'd think la la la all these songs are so untrue
Am G C
As I stare at this fading side of you
Am G
And we don't belong and it's all so wrong
Am G
And you're beautiful with that gray scarf on
F G C
I think yeah okay but maybe it's just the song
F G C
And I miss you but it might just be the song
