VERSE 1 G5 I grew up blind just like everyone's child in the warmth of milk and deceit smothered by love and the chemical dust there was never enough to believe BRIDGE: E5 They chewed me up D5 they spat me out G5 of their system and onto their street G5 F5 and the rest of my life was spent to forget D5 C5 G5 all the greatness that could never be CHORUS: E5 Oh beautiful town C5 G5 I remember you blacker than the night E5 the whores and the sick mouths C5 G5 the bad taste and the neon lights E5 Oh beautiful town, C5 G5 where are you now with your binge insecurities? E5 C5 I shot you down beautiful town F5 because you tear your children G5 into pieces VERSE 2 G5 Absence twisted with fondness is the horror I couldn't forget programmed into great art of family, lies and debts BRIDGE 2: E5 D5 too much expectation G5 followed by hope and then hate in the mess G5 F5 and the rest of my life was a glorious test D5 C5 G5 of my will and my selfish neglect CHORUS: E5 Oh beautiful town C5 G5 I remember you blacker than the night E5 the whores and the sick mouths C5 G5 the bad taste and the neon lights E5 Oh beautiful town, C5 G5 where are you now with your binge insecurities? E5 C5 I shot you down beautiful town F5 because you tear your children G5 into pieces VERSE 3: G5 On the floor boards under insolent feet I mapped the hopscotch to my parents retreat with a lavender bag in my hand and words of desperation on my tongue BRIDGE 3: E5 D5 G5 goodnight father, goodnight mother F5 D5 C5 G5 Are you still awake?
