C (x32010@1)               FAcross (133211@1)the street the river runs
C (x32010@1)                FDown (133211@1)in the gutter life is slipping away
C (x32010@1)                FLet (133211@1)me still exist in another place
C (x32010@1)                 FRunning (133211@1)under cover of a helicopter blade
C (x32010@1)                           FThe (133211@1)flames are getting higher in effigy
C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)Burning down the bridges of my memory
C (x32010@1)                     FLove (133211@1)may still be alive somewhere someway
Cwhere (x32010@1)they're downing only deer 
Fa (133211@1)hundred steel towns away

C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)Oh rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C (x32010@1)                                    F (133211@1)with the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C (x32010@1)                  FNo (133211@1)never will I roam for I know my place is home
Cwhere (x32010@1)the ocean meets the sky 
GI'll (320003@1)be sailing      

INTERLUDE: C
C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)     
Photographs and kerosene light up my darkness
F (133211@1)          Flight (133211@1)it up, light it up
C (x32010@1)                        FI (133211@1)can still feel the touch of your thin blue jeans
C (x32010@1)                    FRunning (133211@1)down the alley I've got my eyes all over you babe
Oh babe

C (x32010@1)                       FOh (133211@1)the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C (x32010@1)                         Gwith (320003@1)the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C (x32010@1)                  FNo (133211@1)never will I roam for I know my place is home
C (x32010@1)                           Gwhere (320003@1)the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing

C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)       
Oh I've got lightning in my veins
C (x32010@1)                           Gshifting (320003@1)like the handle of a slot machine
C (x32010@1)                  FLove (133211@1)may still exist in another place
CI'm (x32010@1)just yanking back the handle
Fno (133211@1)expression on my face

C (x32010@1)                       FOh (133211@1)the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C (x32010@1)                         Gwith (320003@1)the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C (x32010@1)                  FNo (133211@1)never will I roam for I know my place is home
C (x32010@1)                           Gwhere (320003@1)the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing

C (x32010@1)                       FOh (133211@1)the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C (x32010@1)                         Gwith (320003@1)the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C (x32010@1)                  FNo (133211@1)never will I roam for I know my place is home
C (x32010@1)                           Gwhere (320003@1)the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing

(Now, let each of the chords ring until shift to the next [strum each once down 
until end of chorus])

C (x32010@1)                       FOh (133211@1)the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
C (x32010@1)                         Gwith (320003@1)the words "I love you" rolling off my tongue
C (x32010@1)                  FNo (133211@1)never will I roam for I know my place is home
C (x32010@1)                           Gwhere (320003@1)the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing