[VERSE] D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B In the white room, with black curtains, near the station. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Silver horses, ran down moonbeams, in your dark eyes. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 Dawn light smiles, on you leaving, my contentment.
[CHORUS] C G Bb A I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines; C G Bb C D | D N.C. | Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.
[VERSE] D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B You said no strings, could secure you, at the station. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B I walked into, such a sad time, at the station. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 As I walked out, felt my own need, just beginning.
[CHORUS] C G Bb A I'll wait in the queue when the trains come by; C G Bb C D Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.
[BRIDGE] [5/4] | Gm | F | Dm | C | (x2)
[4/4] | Am7 |
[VERSE] D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B At the party, she was kindness, in the hard crowd. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Consolation, for the old wound, now forgotten. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Yellow tigers, crouched in jungles, in her dark eyes. Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 D5 Csus2 G/B Bb5 C5 She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.
[CHORUS] C G Bb A I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd; C G Bb C D Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves.
[BRIDGE] [5/4] | Gm | F | Dm | C | (x2) | Am7 | % |
[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 125 - 'Deh' starts off beat prior to first 1 - remember to play G 3x0003 as B is important to melody] [Chug chords with Vocals - bass drum on all 4] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo BxSB - x B S x - B B S x
(sing C to G for C chords, then B to G twice for G and Em chords, then A to G for D chord) [C][G][Em][D] (x2)
[Verse 1 - Drums B-B- ---- ---- ---- Guitar X-X- X-xx xxX- X---] [C] I was left [G] to my own de [Em] i i i i ces [D] [C] Many days [G] fell away with [Em] nothing to [D] show
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum on all 4] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Deh deh in background - Full drums - bass drum on all beats] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? (stop)
[Verse 2 - No drums - Chugging guitar] [C] We were caught [G] up and lost in [Em] all of our [D] vices (light drums in BxSlap xxSlap) [C] In your pose [G] as the duh uh ust [Em] settles a [D] round us
[Pre-Chorus - Bass drum] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] (to make more drummy - add bass drums now each 8th note BB(B+S)B) Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this?
[Deh etc section - Full drums] Deh ... deh do ... ded doo [C][G][Em][D] (stop)
[Bridge - No drums - Quiet] [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins? (big harmonies come in) [C] Oh where do we beg [G] in? The [Em] rubble or our [D] sins?
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum and funky strumming] And the [C] walls kept tumbling [G] down In the city that we [Em] l-o-v-e- [D] Great [C] clouds roll over the [G] hills Bringing darkness from [Em] a-b-o-v- [D] e [Vamp on D / drum fill to stop]
[Chorus - Full drums - bass drum on all 4] But if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? And if you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] You've been here be [D] fore? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? How .. [C] am I gonna be an [G] optimist a [D] bout this? If you close your [C] eyes, Does it [G] almost feel like [Em] Nothing changed at [D] all? (stop drums)
[Outro - No drums - Deh ... deh do ... ded doo] [C][G][Em][D] (x2) [Tempo check - 19/11/23 - 120 - actual 125 - OK - prefer slower everytime]