e|-12h14p12-12---10h12p10-10---7h9p7-7-----12p10p9-10-7-----|
B|-------------------------------------8--------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7 |
chord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately. |
Basically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B |
string C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to |
the song, you can kind of tell. |
| Cmaj7 |
In | matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats |
| Cmaj7 |
From | stairway to station, we made a sensation |
| G |
with the | gadabout crowd |
| Cmaj7 |
And | oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets |
| G |
For the | old men at the off-tracks |
| Cmaj7 |
Who've | paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars |
| G |
Which we | squirreled away |
| Em | Am | Asus2 | Am |
In our | rat-trap hotel by the | freeway | | |
| C | Cmaj7-C | G |
And we | slept in Sundays | | |
| Cmaj7 |
Your | parents were anxious, your cool was contagious |
| Cmaj7 |
You | left without leaving a note for your grieving |
| G |
Sweet | mother while your brother was so cruel |
| Cmaj7 |
And | here in the alleys your spirits were rallied |
| G |
As you | learned quick to make a fast buck |
| Cmaj7 |
In | bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms |
| Em | Am |
Sucked our | lips into our lungs 'til we were | falling |
| Em | D | Am | C |
And | here in our | hollow we | fused like a family | |
| Em | D | C |
But | I will not | mourn for | you |
| Em | D | Am | C |
So | take up your | makeup and | pocket your pills away | |
| Am | Cm |
We're | kings among runaways | |
| Cm | G |
We're | down on the | bus mall |
| Cmaj7 |
| Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants |
| Cmaj7 |
We | reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball |
| G |
And we | never let the bastards get us down |
| Cmaj7 |
And we | laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks |
| G |
On the | colonnades of the waterfront park |
| Cmaj7 |
As | four in the morning came on cold and boring |
| Em | Am | Asus2 | Am |
In the | bus stop enclosure | enfolding | | |
| C | Cmaj7-C |
Our hands tightly | holding | |
| Em | D | Am | C |
But | here in our | hollow we | fused like a family | |
| Em | D | C |
But | I will not | mourn for | you |
| Em | D | Am | C |
So | take up your | makeup and | pocket your pills away | |
| Am | Cm |
We're | kings among runaways | |
| Cm | G |
We're | down on the | bus mall |
| Cm | G |
We're | down on the | bus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff) |
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