Key: A major
Verse 1
A
D
A
D
A
What a thing
to be
a witness to the sunshine
What a dream to just be
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A
walking on the ground
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C#m
What a time to live amon
E
A
looking for that now
Verse 2
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D
A
It took centuries to build these twisted cities
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C#m
And all the tour guide could say was
D
A
"Take your pictures folks it's late,
E
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try your best please to remember what was done."
Verse 3
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F#m
Don't you look so scared
Verse 4
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D
Verse 5
A
I used to think that time
was of the essence
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A
Now I just wish I could get some sleep
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C#m
All this strange parade of sound
D
A
to my dreams
Verse 6
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D
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Sometimes I get mistaken for this actor
D
A
D
And I guess that I can see
A
E
A
it from the side
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C#m
Maybe no one really seems to be
D
A
the person that they mean to be
E
A
I hope I am forgotten when I die
Verse 7
Verse 8
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Verse 9
E
E
D
Love was the message. Full stop
Verse 10
F#m
C#m
D
We ramble on and on
F#m
C#m
A
D
We ramble on and on
A
Verse 11
I stole all the rhinestones out of Carolina
D
A
Sold them out in Bakersfield for cash
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C#m
The bandshell got a band sounds
E
D
A
that feeling back
Verse 12
D
A
boredom into violence
D
A
D
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A so ciopath riding on a bus
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C#m
His irises are black from his
D
A
novelty contacts
He looks around but he can't
E
A
F#m
see the rest of us
Verse 13
A
F#m
the blinding light
Verse 14
E
D
To get through the day
Just find one
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D F#m C#m E
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