Key: E-flat major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 135

Intro: 
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Eb5    <Freely>


Bb5   Eb5       Bb5      /C5  /D5  (X 2)

Verse 1: (0:28-)
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    Eb5                       
We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
  Bb5                       /C5  /D5  
Be-wildered, burned out hard-ly  able
  Eb5                              
To   sit astride the high wire cable
Bb5                                 /C5  Bb5  
   It's hard to balance, a little un-sta-ble.


Ab5                       Ab5             
       Through broken eyes and contact lenses
       I Watched you draw your future tenses
Bb5                   Bb5                
       See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
       Bb5                Bb5         
 You're back telling me your A-pocalypse.


Chorus 1: (0:57-)
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Ab5                        Bb5     C5
 Don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
                       G5        F5  Bb5 6/8 
When the slowburn sunset come along
Ab5              Bb5  4/4  Eb5        
   You've gotta stay        the night

G5    F5   Bb5  6/8 

Ab5        Bb5            4/4  C#5        
   I gotta think that you       might.


Interlude: (1:18-) 
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Bb5   Eb5         Bb5        /C5  /D5  (X 2)


[Verse 2] (1:33-)

 We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
 We've tried making movies from a volume of stills
 The words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet,
 Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.

 A chance to move, I take a shot
 I get cold - you get hot
 We look outside, lyin' awake
 See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.


[Chorus 2] (2:02-)

 But don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
 When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon

 Dont get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
 When the slow burn sunset come along
 You've got to stay the night
 I've got to think that you might.


Coda: (2:40-)
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F5      G5        
    Don't try to make it easy, 
     Ab5             Bb5  Bb/4  4/4
It'll cut you down to size
F5              G5        
    Darlin' we've got to trust in something
     Ab5                 Bb5  Bb/4  
We're   shooting down our skies


 |  | 3/4 Ab    |  |  (X 7 bars)

4/4 Ab5        C#5  Ab5         C#5     
        Shooting down,     shooting down our 


F5    G5    Ab5    Bb5     (X 2)
  Skies...

F5     G5    Ab5   7/4  Bb5  Bb5 4/4

F5     G5    Ab5               
                Shooting down our...

 |  | Bb7   |  |