C
Midnight
F Am
I stare out the window from my room
G C
I hear the dogs, it's going to be dawn soon
F Am G
I wonder where you are
C
In my mind's eye
F Am
I’m floating alone in the night sky
G C
The treetops, the buildings beneath me
F Am G
I feel my heart beating
[Instrumental]
C F Am G
[Pre-Chorus 1]
C F Am
So I try to find anything
G C
To kill the time, to quiet my mind
F Am
There's got to be something
G N.C.
There's gotta be someone
[Chorus]
Am F C G
Else still awake, in this city I can't take
Am F
Another night, and I can’t stay
C G
I've got to break, a-break, a-break
C F Am G
These chains away, away
C F Am G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 3]
C
The bars close
F Am
We stumble around through the echoes
G C
Hiding our past in some old clothes
F Am G
Like it's some dirty secret
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C F Am
And I see your face in the passing light
G
It's so good tonight
C
I'm tired of putting up this fight
F Am
There's got to be somewhere
G N.C.
There's got to be someone
[Chorus 2]
Am F C G
Else still alive, in this city I can't hide
Am F
Another night, and I can't stay
C G
I've got to break, a-break, a-break
C F Am G
These chains away, away
C F Am G
These chains away, away
C F
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Am G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Middle 8]
Am F
They lead into the wind
C G
Riding on nerves and choking engines
Am F
Built for a time now fifty years gone
C G
I can hear them whispering at the dawn
Am F
When I'm alone in this cell
C G
With ten thousand words and nowhere to go
Am F C G
And I wish you could know, how much I still need you
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Am F
The spell of this town
C G
The graves on the hill lit up like a crown
Am F
The names on the signs, I can't even say
C G N.C.
How to break, a-break, a-break
C F Am G
These chains away, away
C F Am G
These chains away, away
[Instrumental]
Am F C G
[Outro]
C F Am G
Sometimes I feel the pain at the heart of this ember
C F Am G
All these ashes I choke on, does anyone remember
C F Am G
Where we came from, why we came to a place with no center
C F Am G
And no e---edge
C F Am G
And no e----end
[Instrumental]
C F Am G
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