Intro: G A C D Verse: G A C D Oh I heard her ask 'What time is it?' G A C D As she gently moved my fingertips Em C Em A And when she kissed me at the door to the sound of mowing lawns I knew C D I'd reached the top of her goodbye C D And now I faced the downhill slide C D So I stepped out into the void and plunged to my demise G Bm G Bm All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts. C D C D And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor. G A C D Oh I?ve been on many fruitless trips. G A C D And I?ve put my ear to countless lips. Em C Em A Everybody?s got their view but I never heard a word cut through. C D C I feel like I?m hanging on a vine. C D C Surrounded by monkeys all the time. C D And standing below me all the natives sharpening their knives. G Bm G Bm All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts. C D C D And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor. G Bm G Bm She left here so long ago and bought a house where winter?s cold. C D C D C Cm And always sends my letters back, ?Return to the address attached?. Em C Em C G Dm C And it?s so funny when worlds end I shrug my shoulders and pretend that they?ll return. Em C Em C G Dm C I?m missing something in my head or maybe underneath my ribs that I can?t learn. Cm D And that?s what burns. Solo over normal progression C D C I feel like I?m hanging on a vine. C D C Surrounded by monkeys all the time. C D And standing below me all the natives sharpening their knives. G Bm G Bm All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts. C D C D And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor. G Bm G Bm She left here so long ago and bought a house where winter?s cold. C D C D C Cm D G And always sends my letters back, ?Return to the address attached?.
