The Corner
by Cory Branan

Capo 2

Chords below are relative to capo

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)    Bm (x24432@1)e|-0-  e|-3-  e|-x - e|-0-
B|-1-  B|-0-  B|-x-  B|-1-
G|-0-  G|-0-  G|-2-  G|-2-
D|-2-  D|-0-  D|-3-  D|-2-
A|-3-  A|-2-  A|-x-  A|-0-
E|-3-  E|-3-  E|-1-  E|-0-

D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)Out on the corner of what I want, and what I intend to get
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)       Aday (x02220@1)drinking and dreaming of you, I let
D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)    Athe (x02220@1)ashtray smoke my last cigarette

Once I had a casual acquaintance with my impending doom
years ago he promised me some day soon
I'd howl at the moon from room to room

G (320003@1)                  DI (xx0232@1)ain't transcending much of nothing
               A (x02220@1)            DI've (xx0232@1)been down in it, I ain't free

Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)        DWeren't (xx0232@1)no experiment - these seven years they went
       A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)(progressively down to G)  C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1)  A (x02220@1)  Glike (320003@1)a life out of me

Clowning on the corner of almost gone but maybe not just yet
there's still a little left to pawn and the bones aren't set
The cast is slack, the plaster's wet

Stepping up the escalator singing hell I am out of here
past the predetermined terminals of tears
the wings are warm, the runway's clear

I ain't transcending much of nothing
I'm still down in it, I ain't free

Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went
like a life out of me

Maybe all the world's a hollow recreation, my desperate bretheren
hallowed blue hallucination we play to win
put your right foot out, put your right foot in

But it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song
in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on

and it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song
in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on

I ain't transcending nothing
I'm still down in it, I ain't free
weren't no experiment - hell every tear was ran
like a life out of me

Out on the corner what I want, what I intend to get
day drinking and dreaming of you, I let
the ashtray smoke my last cigarette