Verse
    A  E  D  C  E  D  C  A
E|--0--0--0--0-(3)-0--0--0--|
B|--0--0--3--0-(3)-3--0--1--|
G|--2--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--|
D|--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--|
A|--0--2-----3--2-----3--0--|
E|-----0--------0-----------|

Chorus
    G  D  C  A
E|--3-(2)(3)-0--|
B|--0--3-(1)-1--|
G|--0--2--0--2--| X 2
D|--0--0--2--2--|
A|--2-----3--0--|
E|--3-----------|

    G  D  C  A
E|--3-(2)-0-(3)-|
B|--0--3--1-(1)-|
G|--0--2--2--0--|
D|--0--0--2--2--|
A|--2-----0--3--|
E|--3-----------|

    G  D  C  A
E|--3-(2)(3)-0--|
B|--0--3-(1)-1--|
G|--0--2--0--2--|
D|--0--0--2--2--|
A|--2-----3--0--|
E|--3-----------|


C* (the last chord)

E|--3--|
B|--0--|
G|--0--|
D|--2--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|


A  E   D   C   E  D   C
A


A          E
the words flow
D         C
decisions made
E        D
idea's mine
C              A
but the inspiration not
A          E
dreams of hangers-on
D            C
dreams of getting well
E            D
spells of esmeralda
C            A
amarose fortold

G           D       C      A
splinters in the eye
G         D       C      A
sentiments remain
G              D
bones are never asked
A              C
where are we going to
G               D
it was never up to me
   C                      A
and yet i pushed until it broke


A  E   D   C   E  D   C
A


A              E
i love the open road
D                C
and all that it suggests
E           D
wheelwagon dust
C              A
weeds and infidelities
A                   E
and always swore our love
D                C
never questioned why
E            D
in a wooden house
C              A
immovable and silent

G             D          C      A
and drinking strawberry wine
G         D       C      A
forever lost in town
G                        D
and through the sleeping streets
A               C
nightbound and heavy
G              D
wheels in a spoke
C                    A
just a spoken foreign sound


A  E   D   C   E  D   C
A

A                 E
know my gates are high
D                C
my friends even higher
E               D
forgotten in my mind
       C                  A
yet the scars still lingering
A                 E
cloud the blue skies
D                   C
i'm jealous of you birds
E            D
was the only truth
C                   A
in a world full of words

G         D          C      A
hear the prairie sound
G         D          C      A
in a friend called neil
G                        D
the heart is pointed down
      A               C
but my spirit pointed up
G              D
his voice the siren
C               A
of greek mythology

A                 E
i pause with my pen
D               C
i begin to defend
E              D
every action taken
 C                  A
every moment sealed
A             E
when i was quick
D                   C
it coursed through open veins
E            D
the will to live
C                A
the urgency to move
A                 E
behind a panel door
D                C
sealing cherry stain
E               D
i played my guitar
       C                  A
and lived those lonesome notes


G         D          C      A
like a dog that's down
G         D          C      A
in a corner just aside
G                 D
waiting to be called
 A               C
waiting to be yours
G              D
ghosts of a machine
C               A
without purpose or will

A  E   D   C   E  D   C
A

A                  E
i'll often speak of you
    D                C
but the you was always me
      E               D
'cause when i speak of me
      C               A
it's me i ask of you
A                   E
so let there be no truth
    D              C
just trickery in rhymes
E               D
time the only thing
  C                  A
waiting still is death

G         D          C      A
i hope for resolution
G         D          C      A
pray one defining moment
G                 D
pause without restraint
 A               C
barren without child
G               D
a child is who i was
C                 A
a child is who i'll die
G                 D
(bar played with no lyrics)
C                 A
a child is who i'll die

G              D
soot in my hair
C               A
and stars in my hands
G              D
soot in my hair
C               A
and stars in my hands
G              D
soot in my hair
A                  C*
and stars in my hands