B
Didn't I say to you not too recent

It was never gonna stay

It was never gonna stay here
B
You're like the moon in a basket of wheat

You rose out of the roses

Right under my mouth


[Verse 1]
E                                     C#m
A far away cry from this petty little town
B
Shine back, we will notice

Though you never owed us
E                                        C#m
Some passionately painted creatures were meant
B
To descend from the bleachers

Without much more than a promise
E                              C#m  F#m
Well, you got it in your gut stinking
        G G#m
I could taste it in your paint
         G G#m
When you left and when you came
E                         B
Like a remarkable mellow feeling
E
But that won't make it remarkable feeling

E|-----------------2----------------------------2-------------|
B|--------0------------0----------------0-----------0---------|
G|------------1------------1----------------1-----------1-----|
D|--2-----------------------------2---------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------------2---------------------------|
E|--0-----------------------------0---------------------------|


[Verse 2]
E                              C#m
Didn't I taste it, feel it and know
B
In so many ways, so many ways
E                                          C#m
The feel of your honey in the corner of my mouth
B
Like a loop around the block

Like a shadow in your notebook
E                                      C#m  F#m
Oh c'mon what's based in rhyme doesn't matter
       G G#m                      G G#m
Now we pause the tape for some laughter
E                              B
I won't accept the conceit any further
E
I will return it to you in a fervor

E|-----------------2----------------------------2-------------|
B|--------0------------0-------0--------0-----------0---------|
G|------------1------------1----------------1-----------1-----|
D|--2-----------------------------2---------------------------|
A|--2-----------------------------2---------------------------|
E|--0-----------------------------0---------------------------|

Oh

 [Solo]     
                                                                         Hey! Hey!    Hey! Hey!
E|--9--7--6-------6--------7---7------7---7--------9--7--6------6---------7---7--------7---7--------|
B|------------7-------9----9---9------9---9-----------------7-------9-----9---9--------9---9--------|
G|-------------------------9---9------9---9-------------------------------9---9--------9---9--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7---9-----7---9-----0-----2--------2h4p2---2------------2---------2h4p2---2-----------2---------|
G|---------------------------------4---------------4----4---------4---------------4---4-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------14-------------14--------------|
B|------------------------------12-------------12---------|
G|---4/11---11---13------------------13-------------13----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
E
My sole cousin told me I was featured in a play
B
I was meant to take the stage, I turned to him okay
E
And in it we drove all night and you smiled so much
B
You got creases on your face, the kind that give you grace
E
And I try to keep cool regardless of what
B
I know to be true, I know to be true
        B    B              B      B
You got good timing and you listen blindly
         B      B           B     B
You're a street fighter, no prize fighter, well


[Chorus]
E
Desire, desire
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)
E
Desire, desire
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)

      B   B        B      B
Well, fictions are frightening
     B  B       B    B
Like statues in lightning
    B B       B    B
And I wore my boot sole
        B    B    B   B
And you gave it a new hole

Well


[Chorus]
E
Desire, desire
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)
E
Desire, desire
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)
B
It was never gonna stay (Never gonna stay)

Alternates between E and B for the rest.



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up