Intro
A  C#m x 4

A                   C#m
Is it all so very simple
     D           E
And horribly complex
 D                    E
You're suffering the thimble
              A             D
And there's nothing coming next

      A                  C#m
Your mom smokes in the kitchen
      D               A
Her voice a cutting drone
D                    E
They're creeping out, you pass the bar
        A              D
Your father's second home
             A       D - E
That leaves you on your own

A                  C#m
At nights I'd often watch you
D                  E
Float across the ground
D           E
Out the gate to the motorway
      A                D
What secrets have you found?

A               C#m
You had to know I wanted
D                   A
Something from you then
D                  E
Too young to know just what it was
           A            D
Something more than a friend
         A      D - E
Is that you at the end


           F#m - E          D             ( D - E )
Well, you play     in the street at night
F#m - E           D          ( D - E )
You blow like a broken kite
F#m - E                D           ( D - E )
My girl, you're giving up the fight
     A           C#m        G
Are you gonna let these Americans
             E
Put another dent in your life?


A  C#m x2


     A             C#m
My mother says your dirty
         D              E
They're gonna find you dead
D              E
But have you got that final chapter
A                D
Written in your head

       A            C#m
Cause every single story
      D           A
Is a story about love
D             E
Both the overflowing cup
           A            D
And the painful lack thereof
              A      D - E
You got the heart of a dove


           F#m - E          D             ( D - E )
But,  you play     in the street at night
F#m - E           D          ( D - E )
You blow like a broken kite
F#m - E                D           ( D - E )
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m         E               D           ( D - E )
You have to lose all them childish notions
     A           C#m        G
If you're gonna let these American boys
             E
Put another dent in your life

Instrumental break
Bm  D  E D x4


           F#m - E          D             ( D - E )
         you play     in the street at night
F#m - E           D          ( D - E )
You blow like a broken kite
F#m - E                D           ( D - E )
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m         E               D            ( D - E )
You have to lose all them childish notions
     A           C#m        G
Or you're gonna let these Americans
             E
Put another dent in your life



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