Intro pattern (repeat 2x)** D5 E | --------------------1--------- | **also play at end of first chorus B | ------------------3---3----3-- | G | ---------------2---------2---- | D | --0-(let ring)---------------- | A | ------------------------------ | E | ------------------------------ | D5 C5 Bb5 Just down the street from your hotel, baby D5 C5 Bb5 I stay at home with my disease D5 C5 Bb5 And ain't this position familiar, darling D5 C5 Bb5 Well, all monkeys do what they see G5 Bb5 Help me stay awake, I'm falling... Down on Virginia and La Loma Where I got friends who'll care for me You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted I got an attitude of need Help me stay awake, I'm falling... CHORUS: F5 C5 Bb5 Asleep in perfect blue buildings F5 C5 Bb5 Beside the green apple sea F5 C5 Bb5 Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby F5 C5 Bb5 1. D5 ** 2. F5 Try to keep myself away from | me | (myself and) me | | It's 4:30 A.M. on a Tuesday It doesn't get much worse than this In beds in little rooms in buildings in the middle of these lives which are completely meaningless Help me stay awake, I'm falling... (CHORUS) I got bones beneath my skin, and mister... There's a skeleton in every man's house Beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody There's a dead man trying to get out Please help me stay awake, I'm falling... (CHORUS)