Cory Branan - The Corner
From the LP "Mutt"
Capo 5
Intro
C G F C x3
C G F F
Verse 1:
C G F C
Down on the corner of what I want, and what I tend to get
G F C
day drinking and dreaming of you, I let
G F F9 C
the ashtray smoke my last cigarette
C G F G C
Once I had a casual acquaintance with my impending doom
G F C
years ago she promised me some day soon
G F F9 G
I'd howl at the moon from room to room
Chorus:
F C
I ain't transcending much of nothing
G C
I've been down in it, I ain't free
Am C
Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went
G C G F F9 G
like a life out of me-e-e-e-e
Verse 2:
C G F C
Clowning on the corner of almost gone but maybe not just yet
G F C
there's still a little left to pawn and the bones aren't set
G F F9 C
The cast is slack, the plaster's wet
C G F C
Stepping up the escalator singing hell I am out of here
G F C
past the predetermined terminals of tears
G F F9 G
the wings are warm, the runway's clear
Chorus:
F C
I ain't transcending much of nothing
G C
I'm still down in it, I ain't free
Am C
Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went
G C G F F9 G
like a life out of me-e-e-e-e
C G F C
Maybe all the world's a hollow recreation, my desperate bretheren
G F C
hallowed blue hallucination we play to win
G F F9 G
put your right foot out, put your right foot in
Bridge (x2, second time strum):
C G F G C G F
But it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song
C G F G C G F
in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on
Chorus
G F C
I ain't transcending nothing
G C
I'm still down in it, I ain't free
Am C
Weren't no experiment - hell, every tear was rent
G C G F F9 G
like a life out of me-e-e-e-e
C G F C
Down on the corner of what I want, and what I tend to get
G F C
day drinking and dreaming of you, I let
G F F9 C/G (strum)
the ashtray smoke my last cigarette
