The Late Show - Jackson Browne (Album: Late for the Sky) ------------------------------ G (320003@1) CEveryone (x32010@1)I've ever known has wished me well G (320003@1) CAnyway (x32010@1)that's how it seems, it's hard to tell G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CMaybe (x32010@1)people only ask you how you're doing G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D#dim (2312xx@1) Em (022000@1) G'Cause (320003@1)that's easier than letting on how little they could care C (x32010@1) C#dim (3423xx@1) G/D (4x3121@7) B7 (x21202@1) EmBut (022000@1)when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere Am (x02210@1) DSuddenly (xx0232@1)all the others are so much easier to bear G (320003@1) CNow (x32010@1)to see things clear it's hard enough I know G (320003@1) CWhile (x32010@1)you're waiting for reality to show G (320003@1) DWithout (xx0232@1)dreaming of the perfect love C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)holding it so far above D (xx0232@1) D#dim (2312xx@1) Em (022000@1) GThat (320003@1)if you stumbled onto someone real, you'd never know C(You'd (x32010@1)never know) GYou (320003@1)could be with somebody who is lonely too C(Sometimes (x32010@1)it doesn't show) GHe (320003@1)might be trying to get across to you C(Words (x32010@1)can be so slow) C#dim (3423xx@1) G/D (4x3121@7) B7/D# EmWhen (022000@1)your own emptiness is all that's getting through Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) There comes a point when you're not sure why you're still talking GI (320003@1)passed that point long ago G7 (320001@1) C(Long (x32010@1)ago) GNow (320003@1)I'm so tired of all this circling D (xx0232@1) D#dim (2312xx@1) Em (022000@1) And all these glimpses of the end G (320003@1) (You know it's useless to pretend) CThat's (x32010@1)all the voices say: G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) Em"You'll (022000@1)go right on circling Am (x02210@1) DUntil (xx0232@1)you've found some kind of friend" G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)saw you through the laughter and the noise G (320003@1) CYou (x32010@1)were talking with the soldiers and the boys G (320003@1) DWhile (xx0232@1)they scuffled for your weary smiles C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)thought of all the empty miles D (xx0232@1) D#dim (2312xx@1) EmAnd (022000@1)the years that I've spent looking for your eyes G (320003@1) C(Looking (x32010@1)for your eyes) GAnd (320003@1)now I'm sitting here wondering what to say C(That (x32010@1)you might recognize) GAfraid (320003@1)that all these words might scare you away C(And (x32010@1)break through the disguise) C#dim (3423xx@1) D (xx0232@1) B7/D# EmNo (022000@1)one ever talks about their feelings anyway Am (x02210@1) Without dressing them in dreams and laughter D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) I guess it's just too painful otherwise Solo: |C |G |D D#dim (2312xx@1) |Em G (320003@1) | |C |G D/F# (200232@1)Em (022000@1)|Am |D | Look... D#dimIt's (2312xx@1)like you're standing in the window Em (022000@1) GOf (320003@1)a house nobody lives in C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I'm sitting in a car across the way C(Let's (x32010@1)just say) GIt's (320003@1)an early model Chevrolet C(Let's (x32010@1)just say) G (320003@1) D/F#It's (200232@1)a warm and windy day Em (022000@1) Em/D# You go and pack your sorrow G/D (4x3121@7) A7/C#The (042020@1)trash man comes tomorrow C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GLeave (320003@1)it at the curb and we'll just roll away Coda: |C |G |C |G | |C |G |C |G (car door) | |C |G (car door) |C D|Em (xx0232@1) Em/D# | |G/D A7/C#|C (042020@1) D (xx0232@1) |G || Tabbed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - may 2007 email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com