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

Intro: 
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Eb    


Bb   Eb       Bb      /C  /D  (X 2)

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


Ab7M                       Ab             
       Through broken eyes and contact lenses
       I Watched you draw your future tenses
Bb7M                   Bb                
       See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
       Bb7M                Bb         
 You're back telling me your A-pocalypse.


Chorus 1: (0:57-)
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Ab                        Bb     Cm
 Don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
                       Gm        F  Bb 6/8 
When the slowburn sunset come along
Ab              Bb  4/4  Eb        
   You've gotta stay        the night

Gm    F   Bb  6/8 

Ab        Bb            4/4  C#        
   I gotta think that you       might.


Interlude: (1:18-) 
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Bb   Eb         Bb        /C  /D  (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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Fm      Gm        
    Don't try to make it easy, 
     Ab             Bb  Bb43/4  4/4
It'll cut you down to size
Fm              Gm        
    Darlin' we've got to trust in something
     Ab                 Bb  Bb43/4  
We're   shooting down our skies


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

4/4 Abm        C#m  Abm         C#m     
        Shooting down,     shooting down our 


Fm    Gm    Ab    Bb     (X 2)
  Skies...

Fm     Gm    Ab   7/4  Bb  Bb4 4/4

Fm     Gm    Ab               
                Shooting down our...

 |  | Bb7   |  |