Intro: G5 A5 C5 D5 Verse: G5 A5 C5 D5 Oh I heard her ask 'What time is it?' G5 A5 C5 D5 As she gently moved my fingertips E5 C5 E5 A5 And when she kissed me at the door to the sound of mowing lawns I knew C5 D5 I'd reached the top of her goodbye C5 D5 And now I faced the downhill slide C5 D5 So I stepped out into the void and plunged to my demise G5 B5 G5 B5 All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts. C5 D5 C5 D5 And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor. G5 A5 C5 D5 Oh I?ve been on many fruitless trips. G5 A5 C5 D5 And I?ve put my ear to countless lips. E5 C5 E5 A5 Everybody?s got their view but I never heard a word cut through. C5 D5 C5 I feel like I?m hanging on a vine. C5 D5 C5 Surrounded by monkeys all the time. C5 D5 And standing below me all the natives sharpening their knives. G5 B5 G5 B5 All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts. C5 D5 C5 D5 And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor. G5 B5 G5 B5 She left here so long ago and bought a house where winter?s cold. C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 C5 And always sends my letters back, ?Return to the address attached?. E5 C5 E5 C5 G5 D5 C5 And it?s so funny when worlds end I shrug my shoulders and pretend that they?ll return. E5 C5 E5 C5 G5 D5 C5 I?m missing something in my head or maybe underneath my ribs that I can?t learn. C5 D5 And that?s what burns. Solo over normal progression C5 D5 C5 I feel like I?m hanging on a vine. C5 D5 C5 Surrounded by monkeys all the time. C5 D5 And standing below me all the natives sharpening their knives. G5 B5 G5 B5 All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts. C5 D5 C5 D5 And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor. G5 B5 G5 B5 She left here so long ago and bought a house where winter?s cold. C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 C5 D5 G5 And always sends my letters back, ?Return to the address attached?.
