Tom: E5

Intro: N C /E5  |  N C /E5  |  N C /E5  |  N C /E5

       N C /E5  |  N C /E5  |  N C /E5  |  N C /E5

       B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5

       B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5

    N C /E5                             D5        A5     D5  |  D5
He likes to have the morning paper's crossword solved    hey
 N C /E5                      D5            A5                  D5  |  D5
Words go up words come down Forwards backwards twisted round     hey
     N C /E5                         D5        A5
He grabs a pile of letters From a small suitcase
                                                      D5

       E-                        D5              C#-  |  C#-
Disappears into an office It's another working day
D5         B-7  C#-7                  D5      E5
And his thou.....ghts are full of strangers
      B-7  C#-7          D5      E5
Corridors      of naked lights    And his
 B-7  C#-7              D5      E5
mind      once full of reason     Now there's

                               d.     | 
B-7   C#-7                D5   |  D5     D5   F#-              D5       A5        | 

A5
mo...re    than meets the eye    Now a   stranger's face he carries with him
    ( E-)                          D5      A5          D5  |  D5
He likes a bit of reading On the subway home  ooh oooh ooh
  ( E-)                                  D5       A5   D5  |  D5
A distant radio's whistling tunes That nobody knows     hm
   ( E-)                       D5            A5
At home a house awaits him he unlocks the door
                                                               D5

         E-                                   D5          C#-  |  C#-  
Thinking once there was a sea here but there never was a door
D5         B-7  C#-7                 D5      E5
And his thou....ghts are full of strangers
        B-7  C#-7              D5   E5
And his eyes      too numb to see
     B-7    C#-7            D5      E5
And nothing       that he knows of
                                      d     | 

     B-7  C#-7                  D5    |  D5   D5  |   F#-    D5          A5   |  A5
And no........where where he's been      wa..s   never quite like this
 E-  |  ( E-)  |  E-  |  ( E-)  |  E-  |  ( E-)  |  E-  |  ( E-)  | 
yeah!
B5  |  C#5    |  D5  |  C#5     |  B5  |  C#5   |  G5  |  G5 A5
            he!             oh oh           oh oh       and his
  B-7  C#-7                  D5      E5
thou.....ghts are full of strangers
      B-7  C#-7          D5      E5
Corridors      of naked lights    And his
 B-7  C#-7              D5      E5
mind      once full of reason     Now there's

                               d.      | 
B-7   C#-7                D5   |  D5      D5  F#-              D5       A5     |  A5
mo...re    than meets the eye    Now  a  stranger's face he carries with him
B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5  | 

B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5
                          and at
B5  C#5                D5     C#5
hea.....rt he's full of strangers        dodging
B5 C#5                D5   C#5
on         his train of thought        train of
  B5     |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5  |  B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5  | 
thought
B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5  | 

B5  |  C#5  |  D5  |  C#5  |