Am C Gm A Bb C


[Refrain]
Am     C
Pre-historic
Gm              A
flower on the window sill,
Bb
getting hit
        C
by the sun.

Am           C
Fluorescent cloud
Gm            A
hanging over top of you,
Bb
you don't know
              C
what you're saying.


[Chorus]
G             C     F
How long can you be in pain?
G          C    F
How long? oooh
G             C     F
How long can you be in pain?
G          C    F
How long? oooh


[Bridge]
C
Bare feet on wet griptape

I put it in the mail
   F
I send it to my sister 
   G
I send it to my sister 
   C
I tell her all my secrets, I tell her all my thoughts.
    F
I shake it like a tamborine,
      G
and shake it like a pan
  C
I do a stupid drawing on the corner of a page
   F
I love to watch it grow
   G
I love to watch it go
C
Everything is changing, and everything is strange,
     F
you spin it on your fingertip,
     G
you spin it on your thumb.

[Interlude]
C


[Refrain]
Am     C
Pre-historic
Gm              A
flower on the window sill
Bb
getting hit
        C
by the sun.

Am           C
Fluorescent cloud
Gm            A
hanging over top of you
Bb
you don't know
              C
what you're saying.


[Chorus]
G             C     F
How long can you be in pain?
G          C    F
How long? oooh
G             C     F
How long can you be in pain?
G          C    F
How long? oooh