Tom: G
Em Am
a small riot in a passenger van
D G D/F#
seems you traveled a long way to get laid and get the glass in your hand
Em Am
a new fixture, a lease on the street
D G D/F#
how's it feel to be watched when you sit with the drunks in the cheap seats
Em Am
so come early it's the first of the month
D G D/F#
taking only beginners, ten below and it feels like a punch in the jaw
Em Am
There's so many to chase
D G D/F#
if i get out in front, they won't bother with the look on their face
C
two days from the southern state
Em D
who knows how long the ocean breaks for you so drown
Em
in the way things used to be
C
and hell waits on the sober dates
Em
for the young skinny pale by the summer lake,
D C
talking fast to avoid the begging questions they await
[Verse]
Em Am
Sole witness never taking the stand
D G D/F#
one hour to listen but seven nights to sleep with the band
Em Am
will you lie if you can't get along
D G D/F#
with the east village boys as they lean back and inhale the smog
Em Am
shoot straight with a crooked stare
D G D/F#
and stay out with the girls who put all the bright colors in their hair, do they talk
Em Am
so little do they care
Dㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ G D/F#
is this what you came for, or the late night's going nowhere
C
20 years and you can't relate
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEm
to the d-street girls who don't cooperate
D Em
with the elder state trying hard to teach them a lesson
C
when the wind and the water and the winter waste
Em
make you shake like a newborn in the nurse’s face
D C
and the neighbors have escaped with all the heat you can stay with me
[Chorus]
G Em
you came around
C Am
drank the bottom from this town
G D C
saying "this will bring us together"
G Em
you came around
C Am
fucked with all the boys in town
G D ㅤㅤㅤC
saying "we can live forever"
G
[Instrumental]
Em - Am - D - G D/F# (x4)
[Verse]
Em Am
Young able and socially tight
D G D/F#
she had one foot out the door and two boys for the rest of the night
Em Am
ten minutes tipping in her seat
D G D/F#
for someone to take the offer or a brawl to break out in the back streets
Em Am
so come early second day of the week
D G D/F#
and you'll get a straight answer from the poets making out with the deadbeats
Em Am
so Lord knows what you're doing here
D G D/F#
but if you sail through the winter you'll be hammered for the rest of the year
C
too fucking old to make so many mistakes
Em
you were fucking so young, you didn't know what to take
D Em
from your family and friends and they won't return your phone calls
C
street lights call a different race
ㅤEm
mixing vodka and wine in a cigarette case
D C
how many times can I pray for the morning after, amen
[Chorus]
G Em
you came around
C Am
drank the bottom from this town
G D C
saying "this will bring us together"
G Em
you came around
C Am
fucked with all the boys in town
G D ㅤㅤㅤC
saying "we can live forever"
G Em
you came around
C Am
drank the bottom from this town
G D C
saying "this will bring us together"
G Em
you came around
C Am
fucked with all the boys in town
G D ㅤㅤㅤC
saying "we can live forever"
[Outro]
G - Em - C - Am - G - D - C (x2)
G
