Key: B major
Verse 1
Bb
C
F
Eb
Light struck from the lemon tree
F
Dm
F
C
What if I'd never seen hysterical
F
Bb
F
light from Eugene?
Bb
F
C
Lemon yogurt, remember I
Dm
F
C
pulled at your shirt
F
Bb
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
F
Bb
I just wanted to be near you
Verse 2
C
F
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
Eb
F
Dm
F
C
The man who taught me to swim,
Bb
F
he couldn't quite say my first name
Bb
F
C
Like a Father he led community
F
Dm
F
C
wa ter on my head
Bb
And he called me "Subaru"
F
And now I want to be near you
Verse 3
F
C
F
Dm
C
Since I was old enough to
Bb
F
C
F
speak I've said it with alarm
C
Dm
Some part of me was
C
Bb
lost in your sleeve
F
C
Where you hid your cigarettes
F
Bb
No I'll never forget
F
Bb
I just want to be near you
Verse 4
C
F
Still I pray to what I cannot see
Dm
C
In the sprinkler I mark the
Bb
F
evidence known from the start
Bb
F
C
From the bed near your death,
Dm
F
C
and all the machines that made a mess
Bb
Far away the falcon flew
F
Bb
Now I want to be near you
Verse 5
C
F
What's left is only bittersweet
Eb
Dm
C
For the rest of my life,
Bb
F
admitting the best is behind me
Bb
F
C
Now I'm drunk and afraid,
Dm
F
C
wishing the world would go away
Dm
Bb
What's the point of singing songs
F
If they'll never even hear you?
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