Rotting Strip / Crooked Fingers

G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   
Blurry eyes half bent and I can't take you sober
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)      
Tricking off the rotting strip that we've been 
         Dtrudging (xx0232@1)under

Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             DWe (xx0232@1)ducked into a dim lit room out where the river bends
G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)            
And turned to walk the burning bridge that we would build
     D (xx0232@1)                      CAnd (x32010@1)crossed our hearts half hoping
     G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)        CThat (x32010@1)we could both quit smoking
     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)kick the booze and blow
     G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)one day go make something of ourselves
G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   
Glory came and went the night we both slipped under
G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   
'Neath the row of oil slicks and ancient ugly lovers
Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             DSome (xx0232@1)they say the price you pay is far too much to spend
G (320003@1)                      C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)            
But they don't know the cost is fair if for a while
     D (xx0232@1)                      CIt (x32010@1)keeps your heart from crumbling

G (320003@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)we'd take what we want when we knew what we wanted
         D (xx0232@1)                        GWhen (320003@1)we wished we had something to lose
          C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)             
You were a fine young thing crammed in your tight red vinyl
 Gjeans (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)                 DI (xx0232@1)was a third rate going nowhere burning for nothing to do

G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)   
Boredom settled in and I can't take you sober
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                 
Strewn across the rotting strip that we've been building 
Dover (xx0232@1)
Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)             D'Til (xx0232@1)nothing made its wicked way slow creeping into view
G (320003@1)                    C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)            
Where we could watch the burning bridge that we half built
D (xx0232@1)                    CAcross (x32010@1)our hearts now broken
     G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)we could both quit smoking
     G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)        CAnd (x32010@1)kick the booze and blow
     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)one day go make something of ourselves

G (320003@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)we'd take what we want when we knew what we wanted
         D (xx0232@1)                        GWhen (320003@1)we wished we had something to lose
           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)             
You were a fine young thing crammed in your tight red vinyl jeans
         C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)                   DI (xx0232@1)was a third rate going nowhere burning for nothing to do

G (320003@1)                        CSo (x32010@1)we branded our hearts and we toasted the stars
         D (xx0232@1)                        GGetting (320003@1)wasted by the light of the moon
           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)   Gyou (320003@1)were a two bit tramp - I was a low life lying scum
          C (x32010@1)             Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)             DWe (xx0232@1)were a bad lay coming undone burning for someone to use