Intro A5 C#5 x 4 A5 C#5 Is it all so very simple D5 E5 And horribly complex D5 E5 You're suffering the thimble A5 D5 And there's nothing coming next A5 C#5 Your mom smokes in the kitchen D5 A5 Her voice a cutting drone D5 E5 They're creeping out, you pass the bar A5 D5 Your father's second home A5 D5 - E5 That leaves you on your own A5 C#5 At nights I'd often watch you D5 E5 Float across the ground D5 E5 Out the gate to the motorway A5 D5 What secrets have you found? A5 C#5 You had to know I wanted D5 A5 Something from you then D5 E5 Too young to know just what it was A5 D5 Something more than a friend A5 D5 - E5 Is that you at the end F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) Well, you play in the street at night F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) You blow like a broken kite F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) My girl, you're giving up the fight A5 C#5 G5 Are you gonna let these Americans E5 Put another dent in your life? A5 C#5 x2 A5 C#5 My mother says your dirty D5 E5 They're gonna find you dead D5 E5 But have you got that final chapter A5 D5 Written in your head A5 C#5 Cause every single story D5 A5 Is a story about love D5 E5 Both the overflowing cup A5 D5 And the painful lack thereof A5 D5 - E5 You got the heart of a dove F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) But, you play in the street at night F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) You blow like a broken kite F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) My girl, you're giving up the fight F#5 E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) You have to lose all them childish notions A5 C#5 G5 If you're gonna let these American boys E5 Put another dent in your life Instrumental break B5 D5 E5 D5 x4 F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) you play in the street at night F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) You blow like a broken kite F#5 - E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) My girl, you're giving up the fight F#5 E5 D5 ( D5 - E5 ) You have to lose all them childish notions A5 C#5 G5 Or you're gonna let these Americans E5 Put another dent in your life A5 C#5 x 7