C           Am                 F/A
I'm living in a waiting room on the tenth floor
      Dm            C
Of a New York City skyscraper
            Dm           F/C      C/G
Got the paperwork filled out my friend
         Dm                    F/C
Can you tell me how this story ends
    C                  Am              F/A         Dm
My best girl caught a taxi cab to an uptown bar to meet my band
    C/E                 Am      Dm             F/C      C/G
But I don't have the energy so she plugs my machines back in
         C              Am                F/A         Dm         C/E          Am
And the late night T.V. talks to me about God but God why can't I sleep?
    Dm           F/C       C/G
As she plugs my machines back in
        Dm                   F
But my machines back in now don't cha'


[Chorus]
  C
Diane
       F
(Diane)
         Dm        F                C
I'd by lying if I said this was my plan
       F
(Diane)
       Dm             F         C
We are all in this together Oh Diane
       F
(Diane)
         Dm           F           C
See I'm trying but I just don't understand
       F
(Diane)
        Dm                F              C
Well I can't predict the weather past the storm
        F               C
(The weather past the storm)


[Verse 2]
               C              Am
And there's mornings where I wake up quick
        F/A                   Dm              C
And my head it dreams and my stomach's sick alone
    Dm              F        C
To slowly pull the sun from bed
            Dm                 F/A
Below the fifty-ninth street bridge
       C               Am
And I feel like I'm a battle tank
             F/A              Dm
But there's peace for every pound of strength
      C/G            Am
I'm waiting for the enemy
       Dm            F/C        C/G
While she plugs my machines back in
      Dm
(Back in)


[Chorus]
  C
Diane
       F
(Diane)
         Dm        F                C
I'd be lying if I said this was my plan
       F
(Diane)
        Dm            F          C
We are all in this together Oh Diane
       F
(Diane)
         Dm            F             C
See I'm trying but I just don't understand
       F
(Diane)
               Dm          F               C
Well I can't predict the weather past the storm  
       F               C
(The weather past the storm)
       F               C
(The weather past the storm)
       F               C  
(The weather past the storm)
       F               C
(The weather past the storm)
       F               C
(The weather past the storm)
       F               C
(The weather past the storm)


[Outro]
      C            Am                F/A
I'm living in a waiting room on the tenth floor
      Dm            C
Of a New York City skyscraper
            Dm           F/C      C/G
Got the paperwork filled out my friend