Tuning: standard
LAm x02210
LAm/SOL 302210
LAm/FA# 200210
FAmaj7 033210
FA 133211
MI 022100
Intro
LAm LAm/SOL LAm/FA# FAmaj7
Verse 1:
LAm LAm/SOL
Take the forward path. Have a big slice of the city
LAm/FA# FAmaj7
Get the upper hand while you're still pretty
LAm LAm/SOL
But you know what we're like. No, they will never respect you
LAm/FA#
The way you want them to respect you.
FAmaj7
I think it's very well understood..
Chorus
LAm LAm/SOL
That I... I'm gonna hold on to you
LAm/FA#
I'm gonna hold on to you
FAmaj7
You, you
Repeat chorus instrumental
Verse 2:
LAm LAm/SOL
Your cracked up shell. A dead opera house
LAm/FA# FAmaj7
You give yourself to them now in a game of cat and mouse
LAm LAm/SOL
From the storyboard to the bedroom scene
LAm/FA# FAmaj7
Through eleven World Wars, other people you have been
Chorus x3
Verse 3:
LAm LAm/SOL
I can come to terms with slowly going mad
LAm/FA# FAmaj7
Things we used to fear in the dark and whatever lies beyond us
LAm LAm/SOL
But I've come to resemble my own shadow
LAm/FA# FAmaj7
As it falls into the sidewalk I'm no longer anyone I know
Bridge:
FA MI
No one here reminds me of you
LAm FA MI
Yet I see no one else
LAm LAm/SOL LAm/FA# FAmaj7
On the crowded sidewalk
Repeat chorus to fade
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