Intro: Bm, G, Bm, G, D Asus4 (x2)

Verse 1: 
BmGoodbye (x24432@1)circus wheel
GMay (320003@1)you rest along the sea 
DI (xx0232@1)have given you the fire of my youth 
Asus4
And the triumph o're my enemies
BmGoodbye (x24432@1)fair weather home, and your faithless factories
GI (320003@1)have given you the blood and the truth
D (xx0232@1)                       Asus4from (x02230@1)the wounds they laid onto me
Bm (x24432@1)                    A (x02220@1)              GAnd (320003@1)whatever they left, well, I kept it for my own heart

Chorus: 
DAnd (xx0232@1)the lonesome all understand
Asus4
With the choirs in my head
BmAnd (x24432@1)we were orphans before
GWe (320003@1)were ever the sons of regret
AMy (x02220@1)baby
DAnd (xx0232@1)on and on and on
Asus4
the alphabet boys carry on
Bm (x24432@1)We were orphans before
GWe (320003@1)were ever the sons of these songs

Verse 2:
BmAnd (x24432@1)now my lights, they never go down
Gthey (320003@1)waltz the moon and stars for me now
DSo (xx0232@1)you can find some local libertine
Asus4 
to take your daughters out on the town
BmAnd (x24432@1)I can feel it in my aging bones
GHow (320003@1)the sound of the rain mixes up
D (xx0232@1)                                 Asus4into (x02230@1)the fountains where I drank my hero's blood
Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)        GSo (320003@1)I left you to find my very own hat full of rain

Chorus: 
DAnd (xx0232@1)the lonesome all understand
Asus4
With the choirs in my head
BmAnd (x24432@1)we were orphans before
GWe (320003@1)were ever the sons of regret
AMy (x02220@1)baby
DAnd (xx0232@1)on and on and on
Asus4
the alphabet boys carry on
Bm (x24432@1)We were orphans before
GWe (320003@1)were ever the sons of these songs

Bridge:
F#m 
Now I'm trying to keep it straight
BmLearning (x24432@1)all the streets and the alleyways
GAnd (320003@1)learning where they lead
DNow (xx0232@1)that I'm left alone here to drive
F#mBut (244222@1)it's so hard to stand on your own
Bm (x24432@1)Against mirror of glass, hard and cold
DBut (xx0232@1)the clothes I wore
GJust (320003@1)don't fit my soul anymore
DNo (xx0232@1)the clothes I wore
GJust (320003@1)don't fit my soul anymore

Chorus: 
DAnd (xx0232@1)the lonesome all understand
Asus4
With the choirs in my head
BmAnd (x24432@1)we were orphans before
GWe (320003@1)were ever the sons of regret
AMy (x02220@1)baby
DAnd (xx0232@1)on and on and on
Asus4
the alphabet boys carry on
Bm (x24432@1)We were orphans before
GWe (320003@1)were ever the sons of these songs

Outro:
D (xx0232@1)When we were young
BmWe (x24432@1)were diamond Sinatras
GLike (320003@1)something I saw in a dream
DWe (xx0232@1)kept our secrets in rooms
Bmlocked (x24432@1)up tight like a tomb
GWhere (320003@1)the ballerinas lay