xQuesting, Not Coasting
Maxïmo Park
Tabbed by rich-uk
10 June 2009
Intro:
Bm A
Bm A
Verse 1:
Bm A
Questing, I am not coasting.
Bm A
Nor will I ever, despite this weather. I said,
Prechorus 1:
D G
"Hey you, what's new? I know your face."
D G
"Hey you, what's new? Let's go some place."
D G
My thoughts that flit, my loosening grip.
D G
"I need to connect to you now."
Chorus 1:
D G
On our knees against the windowsill.
A G
Watching the sheet lightning fly.
A G
Our hands caught spray from the open window.
A G
A blanket of light, a whitewashed sky.
Verse 2:
Bm A
You move your frame into the shape.
Bm A
The window makes a lunar flame.
Bm A
Static headlights glow in the flooded streets below.
Bm A
The TV turns to snow, gutters weep with overflow. I said,
Prechorus 2:
D G
"Hey you, what's new? I know your face."
D G
"And I need to connect to you now."
Chorus 2:
D G
On our knees against the windowsill.
A G
Watching the sheet lightning fly.
A G
Our hands caught spray from the open window.
A G
A blanket of light, a whitewashed sky.
Bridge:
D Bm
D Bm D
Thanks for coming by, it's such a dreadful night.
Bm
A net curtain flashes, outside the rain it lashes.
D Bm
Frozen stardust falls, wide eyes can see it all.
G G
Chorus 3:
D G
On our knees against the windowsill.
A G
Watching the sheet lightning fly.
A G
Our hands caught spray from the open window.
D G
And we're on our knees against the windowsill.
A G
Watching the sheet lightning fly.
A G
Our hands caught spray from the open window.
D
Thanks for coming by.
