{intro.} 
 
C#m F# E x 4 
 
 
{verse} 
 

E           F#        C#m 
I've had it with this town 
E          F#        B        E 
I never    saw those shifting skies 
E        F#      C#m 
I never  saw the ground 
A                F# 
Or the sunset    rise 
A                    E        F#     C#m 
I want to live on an abstract plain 
 

E           F#        C#m 
I'm     building    a frame 
E          F#        B        E 
A place to put my    ten yard stare 
E        F#      C#m 
Thinking of that paint 
A                F# 
Painted in plein-air 
A                    E        F#     C#m 
I want to live on an abstract plain 
 
{brige} 
 

C#m            A 
I need a       new address 

I want some    new terrain 

Is it north or south 
A                    E        F#    C#m 
I want to live on an abstract plain 
    

E F# C#m E F# B E E F# C#m A / F# / A / E F# C#m 
 
 
{verse} 
 

E       F#         C#m          
I could sit on the roof           |  
E  F#          B        E         | --- slightly muted 
On top of that abstract house     |  
E          F#       C#m           |  
And see my abstract view        / 
A           F# 
An abstract mouse 
A                    E        F#     C#m 
I want to live on an abstract plain 
 
{bridge} 
 

C#m            A 
I need a       new address 

Tell me I'm    not insane 

Is it up or    down 
A                    E        F#     C#m 
I want to live on an abstract plain 
 
{outro} 
C#m F# E (x4)