E|-----------------------7p5-------------------------7p5---------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5----9---4----4--4----5--5--5----9--------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6------5-4----4--4----6--6--6------5------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------9\7--------------| x2 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| [Verse 1] You have torn your ballet shoe in the sailor-packed room. The new taste of your mouth is silt-wind and you. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4--4----6--6--6-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| You wake up screaming. I am so shocked that I am beside you E|------------------------------------------------------------7p5------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4---------------------------------9----------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4-----------------------------------5--------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------9\7----| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4--------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------7p5-------------------------7p5---------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5----9---4----4--4----5--5--5----9--------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6------5-4----4--4----6--6--6------5------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------9\7--------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| [Verse 2] Crazed constellation that I pretend not to see. Your heel lifts your body, you are a balancing peach E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4--4----6--6--6-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| That is the moment in my life that I will take in my hands as I fall into the sea E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----4-------------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4--4----4-------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----4-----4/9-----------------------| [Chorus] That red tear that fell in that room I was just a virgin;you were approaching something like that too E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9---10--10--10--9----7----7--7----9--9--9--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| And life became strage and beauty. Life became strange and beauty. Your corn neck that sang in the night. Molecules with their hats tipped at life. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2------6--6---6---6---6--6-----4----4--4---------| G|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2------5--5---5---5---5--5-----4----4--4---------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2-2----5--5---5---5---5--5-----4----4--4----4/7--| [Verse 3] E|-7p5-------------------------------7p5-------------------------7p5---------| B|-----9--------4----4--4----5--5--5----9---4----4--4----5--5--5----9--------| G|-------5------4----4--4----6--6--6------5-4----4--4----6--6--6------5------| D|---------9\7----------------------------------------------------------9\7--| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------| Remove your concentric earring, there's a flood in your head The bullshit I had been turning, for years - and you laying there instead E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4--4----6--6--6-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| Nun-like and nervous, asking if you could go out and drink instead! E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4----4----4-----------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4----4----4-----------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4----4----4-----4/9---------------------| [Chorus] Out of that window, as you put on the shoes to your feet I realized I was at last beneath the Lebanon tree E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9---10--10--10--9----7----7--7----7--7--9--7--------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| Making wine from the roses-carving out deals with the roses -as your grey eyes turned to blue. What was a boy to do? E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2-----6--6---6---6---6--6-----4----4--4----------| G|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2-----5--5---5---5---5--5-----4----4--4----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2--2--5--5---5---5---5--5-----4----4--4----4/7---| [Solo] E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----10-----10-9-7-------7-7-7-9-9-9\----------------------------| G|--9----9--9----9----9--9---8----8--8-----8---------------------------------| D|------------------11----------9--------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9-------9---9-------7-----7---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2h4h5-5--5-4-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------| G|--2----2---2----2---2---5---5---5---5--------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2----2---2----2---2---5---5---5---5----5/9-------------------------------| [Chorus] I should have written all this down. I forget it all now. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7--------------------------| G|--9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8--------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7--------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------7p5---------------| B|--2-5h4h2-2---2--2--2--2--2--6--6---6--6---6-----------------9-------------| G|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2--5--5---5--5---5-------------------5-----------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------9/7-------| A|------------4--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2--5--5---5--------------------------------------| E|-----------------------7p5-------------------------7p5---------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5----9---4----4--4----5--5--5----9--------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6------5-4----4--4----6--6--6------5------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------9\7--------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5--5--5-------------------------| [Verse 4] Dappled by yellow-wood tree, change your plane and don't go home We head to the leather skin boy bars, where we would talk and you would glow E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5-------------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4--4----6-------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----5-------------------------------| You would say you were so happy, and I would act so nonchalant and try to make like I was snow E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----4--4--4-------------------------| G|--4----4--4----6--6--6--------4----4--4----4--4--4-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--4----4--4----5--5--5--------4----4--4----4--4--4--4/7--------------------| [Bridge] Looking out that window Stan says it's Bangkok heat The car service driver took your bags and as I watched you leave E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9---10--10--10--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| I thought about the moon craters and they were flaming- I fell down to the floor feigning poisoning my chest filled with white pigment and June- the wild seals I had glimpsed that swam inside of you. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2------6--6---6---6---6--6-----4-----------------| G|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2------5--5---5---5---5--5-----4-----------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2----2--2----2---2---2--2-2/5--5--5---5---5---5--5-----4----------7------| [Chorus] I should have written all this down. I forget it all now. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2h4h5-5--5-4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-4------------------------------------| G|--2----2---2----2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------0---0---0---0--------------------------------------| E|--2----2---2----2---2------------------------------------------------------| I should have written all this down. There's no use now. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2-2-2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------------------------| G|--2----2-2-2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2----2-2-2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------------------------| [Bridge] Distracted by planets shaking- going crazy Thinking how little we all are- isn't that what you told me? Not your grey eyes that the sun makes blue I was snowed under though, busy guy, I had a lot of work to do E|-----------------------------------------------------------------2---------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------2---------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------2---------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------4---------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------4---------| E|-5---------------------5-3-2-----------------5-------------------2---------| [Chorus] I should have written all this down. Let's just forget it all now. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----2h4h5-5--5-4-2-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------| G|--2----2---2----2---2---2---4-2-4-2-4-2-2----------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------0---0---0---0---0----------------------------------| E|--2----2---2----2---2--------------------------------5/9-------------------| Wish I had written all this down. There's no time now. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| [Bridge] Those ninth-floor bricks would collapse the building, every evening. We would be falling to the street- me screamning you still sleeping Your shoe in my teeth - headlines shouting... BEAUTIFUL GIRL MAKES TERRIBLE E STAKE! E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--2------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2--2-2-2-2-5------------5-4-2----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-5-------5/9-----| [Chorus] I should have written it all down. I forget it all now. E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----8----8--8----8--8--8--8---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9---9--9----7----7--7----7--7--7--7---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--2----5p4p2-2-4-5-4-2--2--------------------------------------------------| G|--2----2---2---2---2-------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--2----2---2---2---2--2---5------------------------------------------------| [Vocal] Smudged as you wake- The oar on the lake The silt in the wind, and you [Outro] E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9----9--9----9---9--9---9--9---9--9----9---------------------------------| G|--9----9--9----9---9--9---9--9---9--9----9---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--9----9--9----9---9--9---9--9---9--9----9---------------------------------| ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************