Julian Casablancas

River Of Breaklights

Julian Casablancas


Tom: Ab

(intro) Bbm

B
We might be in for a late night
G#m
Stuck in a lava flow of brake lights
Db
I can hear a rattling bass drum
G#m
Driving back to where it came from

D#        Bb
Set back, Ohh
Db
I shop, therefore I am the cause
B                      C#m
Protect me from what I was

C#m
Getting the hang of it
Getting the hang of it
A
Getting the hang of it
Getting the hang of it
G
Getting the hang of it
Getting the hang of it
G#
Getting the hang of it
Getting the hang of it
C#m
Timing is everything
Timing is everything
A
Timing is everything
Timing is everything
G
Timing is everything
Timing is everything

Cm          G#
I'm at your feet
      D#       A#
Where critters meet
Cm          G#
Who should be asleep and not
D#       A#
Crossing roads or highways
Cm          G#
In the afterlife of supercities,
D#       A#
Rapidly devouring it's outskirts
Cm          G#
It's me or an octopus arm
D#       A#
Redecorating late at night

B
Robot game for kids who hate sports
G#
Mothers crying at the airport
Db
Fighting the dreams you left behind to-do
G#m
Waving goodbye, your young heart cries for you

D#        Bb
Set back, Ohh
D#
You're finding it hard
            Bb
To get very far

Db
We were born waiting in life
F
Grabbing the future by the eyes

Fm
Getting the hang of it, Getting the hang of it
Db
Timing is everything, Timing is everything
B
Getting the hang of it, Timing is everything
C
Getting the hang of it, Timing is everything

Fm
Timing the hang of it
Getting is everything
Db
Getting the time of it
Everything hanging is
B
Hanging the getting of
Timing the everything

Em             C
Like batteries we die
G              D
Like rivers we dry
Em            C          G       D
We fuel and recharge, that's humans and cars
Em      C
My fun, my sun
     G      D
Be my homework done
      Em      C
Where did you go?
    G       D
You were my ride home

                  Em
Is that what we want?
                 C
Is everything shot?
                 G
Is that what you ask for?
                       D
'Cause that's what we got

Em   C  A#  Db
Nothing stands still
Em   C  A#  Db
Nothing stands still