xVERSE 1
C
High rise, veins of the avenue
C Am
Bright eyes and subtle variations of blue.
Am F
Everywhere balanced there like a rainbow above you.
C
Street lights glisten on the boulevard.
C Am
And cold nights make staying alert so hard.
Am F
For heaven’s sake, keep me awake so I won’t be caught off guard.
F Dm
Clearly I am a passerby but I’ll find a place to stay.
F G C
Dear pacific day, won’t you take me away?
VERSE 2
C
Small town hearts of the New Year
C Am
Brought down by gravity crystal clear.
Am C
City fog and brave dialogue converge on the frontier.
C
Make hast, I feel your heartbeat
C Am
With new taste for speed, out on the street.
Am F
Find a road to a humble abode where both of our routes meet.
F Dm
The silver sound is all around and the colors fall like snow.
F G C
The feeling of letting go, I guess we’ll never know.
CHORUS
C
Cheer up and dry your damp eyes
Am
And tell me when it rains
Dm
And I’ll blend up that rainbow above you
Am G
And shoot it through your veins.
C
Cause your heart has a lack of color.
Am
And we should’ve known
Dm
That we’d grow up sooner or later
F G C
Cause we wasted all our free time alone.
INTERLUDE 1
C Am C Am
(if you want to fingerpick the melody too, it's...)
C6 Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 A2 Am A2 Am
VERSE 3
C
Your nerves gather with the altitude
C Am
Exhale the stress so you don’t come unglued.
Am
Somewhere there is a happy affair, a ghost of a good mood.
C
Wide eyed, panic on the getaway
C
The high tide could take me so far away
Am F
VCRs and motorcars unite on the Seventh Day
F Dm
A popular gauge will measure the range of the new Post-Modern Age.
F G (Am)
Cause somewhere along the line all the decades align.
BRIDGE
Am G/B C F
We were the crashing whitecaps.
F
On the ocean (on the ocean).
Am G/B C G# D# F
What a lovely seaside holiday, away.
F G Am F
A palm tree in Christmas lights.
F
My emotion.
Am G/B C Dm
Struck a sparkling tone like a xylophone.
F G C
As we spent the day alone.
INTERLUDE 2
C Am Dm Am G
Repeat CHORUS
ENDING
C Am C Am F F Dm F G C
(for C & Am, you can play the INTERLUDE 1 alternate chords if you so desire)
That's all! Nice little song, I'd say. The first part in the bridge is my
favorite part so I had to sit down and figure it out. Enjoy!
