Eugene
Proper Chords (for the whole song)
E (x x 2 4 5 4)
F# (x x 4 6 7 6)
B/D# (x 6 9 8 7 x)
A/C# (x 4 7 6 5 x)
A (x x 7 9 10 9)
G#m (x x 6 8 9 7)
B (x 2 4 4 4 x)
C#m (x 4 x x 5 x)
E/B (7 x 6 4 5 x)
A#13 (6 x 8 6 7 x)
G#m (4 x 6 4 4 x)
G#m13 (4 x 6 4 5 x)
B (x x 9 11 12 11)
A#m6 (x x 8 11 11 9)
B/D# (x 6 9 8 6 x)
F# (x 9 11 11 11 x)
Verse 1
E F# B/D# A/C#
Light struck from the lemon tree
A G#m F# E B C#m B
What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
E/B B A#m13 G#m
Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
A#m13 G#m13
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
B C#m B
I just wanted to be near you
Verse 2
E F# B/D# F#
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
A G#m F# E B C#m B
The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
E B A#m13 G#m A#m13
Like a Father he led community water on my head
G#m13
And he called me “Subaru”
B C#m B
And now I want to be near you
Verse 3
B A#m6 G#m F# E D#m6 F#
Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
B A#m6 G#m F# E
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
D#m6 F#
Where you hid your cigarettes
E/B
No I’ll never forget
B C#m B
I just want to be near you
Verse 4
E F# B/D# A/C#
Still I pray to what I cannot see
A G#m F# E B C#m B
In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
E/B B A#m13 G#m A#m13
From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
G#m13
Far away the falcon flew
B C#m B
Now I want to be near you
Verse 5
E F# B/D# A/C#
What’s left is only bittersweet
A G#m F# E B C#m B
For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
E/B B A#m13 G#m A#m13
Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
G#m13
What’s the point of singing songs
B C#m B
If they’ll never even hear you?
Transcription by Martín Ferroni
