Intro Chords: G, Em

Em                 G
We drove after the show
Em                 G
On dark and windy roads
Em                 G
The fog was so thick
C                  D
We couldn't see through it
Em                 G
We had to take it slow
Em                 G
But little did I know
Em                          G
That while I did my best to keep us alive
C                               D
You were dying out there on the west coast


        C                             D
And the blue and red lights looked so bright in the fog
        G                    C
With no seatbelts on and an expired license plate
       Am                               D
That vermont state police man must have known what was to come
            G                 C
She took it easy on us and she let us drive away
    Am                      D                       G                 C
The road seemed to go on forever that night and the hour kept getting late
    Am                     D
The cell phone towers that we drove past
      G         Gmaj7    C
Had a grim look on their face
         Am                    D
Cuz they knew what they had to do
         G                        C
But they didn't want to break the news
        Am             D               G
It's an awful job that no one wants to do


Em                   G
Kept awake by crazy dogs
Em                     G
Too much baking powder used
Em                   G
I had seven missed calls
C                     D
So I knew that it was bad bad news
Em             G
I went to the van
Em                       G
The taste of metal in my mouth
Em                        G
I played the message back again and again
C                          D
Just hoping that I heard it wrong somehow


C                                    D
And the people on the streets, they stared at me
G                    C
As I stared off into space
      Am                               D
Like a statue in the back seat, like a coffin in the grave
     G                 C
I sat frozen in purple rain
     Am                           D
And I waited for the phone call to come to tell me
    G                     C
That this was one of your pranks
      Am                  D
And I waited for weeks and weeks to let a
G        Gmaj7    C
Tear roll down my face
     Am                    D
And I knew what they had to do
      G                        C
But I didn't want to break the news
       Am              D               G
It's an awful job that no one wants to do


Em                   G
So this is where you went
Em                       G
When you left to try and kill the president
Em             G
We tracked you down
C                           D
And we dragged you back into the van somehow
Em                   G
I threw you against a fence
Em                      G
I felt so bad for doing it
Em                      G
The next morning I just left
C                          D
I drove home alone feeling so fuckin sick


C                D
And somewhere in Pennsylvania
        G                     C
I saw a dozen Amish women on a bridge
    Am                 D
They waved at me when I drove underneath
     G                     C
I was worried about what it meant
        Am          D
This was years ago I know I know
   G             C
But now I'm back again
       Am           D
And the goddamn telephone's telling me
G           Gmaj7  C
That I don't have a best friend
Am                 D
I don't what to go home
G                              C
Because it's home's not where I live
    Am                   D               G
So I played that message one more time again