G5               C5  E5         C5                 G5 - C5 - E5
These hammers and strings      Been following me around 
        G5              C5        E5             C5        G5      C5           E5
From a box filled garage To the dark punk rock clubs Of 1000 American towns
       G5                 C5
And my friend calls me up, 
          E5                D5         G5                 C5
he says, "how have you been?" I say, "dear I've been well, 
         E5            D5         G5                C5
Yeah the money's coming   But I miss you like hell. 
        E5             D5      G5                C5 E5 D5          
I still hear you in this old piano, oh yeah." 

Verse 2 Chords:
           G5         C5         E5          D5
She says, "Andy, I know that we don't talk as much 
        G5              C5       E5                 D5
But I still hear your ghost in these   old punk rock clubs
        G5             C5        E5            D5
Come on, write me a song, give me something to trust 
      G5           C5          D5                       C5
Just promise you won't  let it be, just the keys that you    touch." 

Chorus:
                        G5                                D5
Give me something to believe in, a breath from the breathing
                    E5                              C5
So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes 
                         G5                                D5
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping?
                   E5                         C5
It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide
                  G5 - C5 - E5           G5 - C5 - E5
So I write you a lullaby     A lullaby 


These hammers and strings Been following me around 
Behind passenger vans Through the snow, dirt, and sands 
Of 1000 American towns.
And my friend calls me up With her heart heavy still She says, 
"Andy, the doctors Prescribed me the pills. But I know I'm not crazy. 
I just lost my will. So why am I, why am I taking them still?" 

Chorus:
I need something to believe in, a breath from the breathing 
So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes 
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping? 
It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide 

Post-Chorus:
         E5            D5       C5
To the sleepless, this is my reply: 
                       G5   D5  C5 D5       G5    D5  C5  D5 
I will write you a lullaby,           A lullaby. 

Final Chorus:
                      G5                  D5
Give me something to believe iiiiiiiiiiiiin, 
                      E5              D5            C5
So write it down, I don't think that I'll close my eyes 
                       G5                                D5
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming, so what's the point in sleeping? 
                  E5                         C5
It's just that at night, I've got nowhere to hide 
         E5            D5       C5
To the sleepless, this is my reply:
                    G5    D5 C5 D5        G5  D5  C5 D? (repeat till fade out)
I'll write you a lullaby          A lullaby,        a lullaby?