INTRO: F Am Bb C Dm F Am Bb C Dm Princess cards she sends me with her regards Gm Dm Bb C Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy to see her you gotta look hard F Am Bb C Dm Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted Gm Dm Bb C Bb Am To her Cheshire smile I'll stand on file she's all I ever wanted Gm Bb C F Am But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts Bb C F Am Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back Bb C F Am You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks Csus4 C You said here's your mirror and your ball and jacks Csus4 C Csus4 C But they're not what I came for and I'm sure you see that too Dm Am Gm Bb C Dm I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency Am Gm Bb C Dm I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Dm C and your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free F Am Bb C Dm Crawl into my ambulance your pulse is getting weak Gm Dm Bb C Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak F Am Bb C Dm Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks Gm Dm Bb C Bb Am But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask Gm Bb C F Am And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late Bb C F Am It's not your lungs this time it's your heart that holds your fate Bb C F Am Don't give me my money, honey, I don't want it back Csus4 C You and your pony face and your Union Jack Csus4 C Well take your local joker and teach him how to act Csus4 C I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked Csus4 C Dm Am Gm Bb Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive C Dm Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound Am Gm Bb And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive C Dm You could laugh and cry in a single sound SOLO: Fsus4 F Fsus4 F C Bb F And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds C Bb C Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the God F Am Bb C Dm Ah, you were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach Gm Dm Bb C Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach F Am Bb C Dm And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek Gm Dm Bb C Bb Am Yeah, that ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech Gm Bb C F Am But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way Bb C F Am Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way Csus4 C We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar Csus4 C Of some metal tempered engine on an alien distant shore Csus4 C So you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for Csus4 C And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for Csus4 C And it's not the way you're stretched out on the floor Csus4 C cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors Csus4 C And who am I to ask you to lick my sores Csus4 C And you should know that's true C Bb C Dm Am Gm Bb C Dm I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency Am Gm Bb C Dm I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency Fsus4 F Fsus4 F and your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free OUTRO: Dm C Bb Bb C Dm C Bb Bb C Dm C Bb Bb C Dm C Bb Bb C Dm Am Gm Bb ----------------------------------------- NOTES: SOLO: Fsus4 F Fsus4 F E----6-5-3---11-3-5---6-5-3---1-| B-------------------------------| G-6/7-----1/2------6/7-----1/2--| D-------------------------------| A-------------------------------| E-------------------------------| OUTRO: The last four chords... Dm Am Gm Bb E-1--0--3--6----8-----10-| B-3--1--3--6-------------| G-2--2--3--7-7/8--8/10---| D-0--2--5--8-------------| A----0--5--8-------------| E-------3--6-------------|