E D` C G` e | -x---x---x---x | B | -8---7---5---5 | G | -0---0---0---0 | D--x---x---x---0 | A | -7---5---3---x | E | -x---x---x---3 | G Em9 Cigarette smoke dances back in the window C9 Em7 D And I can see the haze on the dome light. G Em9 I`m conjuring ghosts on a forty-hour ride home. C9 Em7 D And they keep asking me what I`m doing with my life, C9 D Em7 While my cousins go to bed with their wives. C9 D A74 I'm feeling like I've fallen behind. G Well the highway won. Em9 I`m listening to traffic reports, C9 Em7 D One on one, coming quietly undone. G Em9 I was born to run away from anything good C9 An escape artist`s son Em7 D With sun-drenched pavement in my blood. C9 D Em7 The first thing that I do when I walk in C9 D A74 Is plan a way out for when shit gets bad E D' C G` E And I`ve been looking for tears in the screen door. D` C (tears in the screen door) E D` C G` E I`ve been waiting for another disaster. D` C (another disaster) G - Em9 - C9 - Em7 - D G Em9 I`m terrified like a kid in the sixties, C9 Em7 D Staring at the sky waiting for the bomb to fall. G Em9 It`s all a lie, what they say about stability. C9 It scares me sometimes, Em7 D A74 The emptiness I see in my eyes. Em9 C9 D All the kid`s names I?ve ever liked are tied to tragedy A74 Em9 C9 D And I don?t want my children growing up to be anything like me. Em7 D C9 I`ve been looking for G Em7 Tears in the screen door. D C9 (tears in the screen door) Em7 D C9 I`ve been waiting for G Em7 Another disaster D C9 (another disaster) Em7 C9 D But I was kind of hoping you`d stay. Em7 C9 G I was kind of hoping you`d stay. C9 - G - D Em7 I keep a flashlight C9 G D And a small knife in the corner of my bed stand. Em7 C9 I keep a flashlight and the train times, G But you wouldn?t understand. D How could you understand? Em7 C9 Jesus Christ. I`m twentysix. G C9 All the people I graduated with Em7 C9 All have kids, all have wives, G C9 All have people who care if they come home at night. Em7 D Jesus Christ, did I fuck up? Em7 D C9 I`ve been looking for G Em7 Tears in the screen door. D C9 (tears in the screen door) Em7 D C9 I`ve been waiting for G Em7 Another disaster D C9 (another disaster) Em7 C9 D But I was kind of hoping you`d stay. Em7 C9 G I was kind of hoping you`d stay. Em7 D G I was kind of hoping you`d stay.