Key: F# major
Verse 1
E
F#m
E
(Ha ha haa)
(Ha ha haa)
F#m
E
F#m
(Ha ha haa)
A
Waiting for the bus stop
Verse 2
E
Esus4
E
F#m
Waiting for the concrete black top
E
F#m
to settle down
E
Long enough for me to get off
B
D
And get a little ground
(Ha ha haa)
F#m
A
F#m
I'm ready for the sea change
E
Esus4
E
F#m
Helpless felt this coming
E
F#m
from a mile away
E
And now you're looking at me babe,
B
D
And how we'll separate if we can
A
'Cause I still count on one hand
C#m
A
The number of good men I know
D
Verse 3
E
It's like I'm standing on the edge
F#m
with just a telephone wire
A
D
Trying to get to you first to say
A
D
E
the world's on fire
F#m
Holding my breath until I know
you're alright
D
Because the water will only rise
A
E
When will you realize (ha ha haa)
F#m
You must become an island
D
(Ha ha haa) you must
A
become an island
E
(Ha ha haa) you must
F#m
become an island
D
(Ha ha haa) and see for yourself
F#m
A
F#m
E
That's what I am
Verse 4
F#m
A
E
F#m
(Ha ha haa)
Verse 5
F#m
A
E
A
E
You always dirty up the windows
F#m
If you keep 'em at bay that way
E
no one's gonna surprise you
F#m
By getting too close
A
F#m
E
Anybody but me though
B
You've made ex
D
ceptions to you rules
A
And now we're staring down truth
C#m
Neither one of us wants to know
D
Verse 6
E
It's like I'm standing on the edge with
F#m
E
F#m
just a telephone wire
D
Trying to get to you first to say
A
D
E
the world's on fire
A
Holding my breath until I
F#m
know you're alright
D
Because the water will only rise
A
E
When will you realize (ha ha haa)
F#m
You must become an island
D
(Ha ha haa) you must
A
become an island
E
(Ha ha haa) you must become
F#m
an island
D
(Ha ha haa) and see for yourself the
A
E
F#m
horizon is all we have
D
A
See for yourself the horizon is
E
all we have
Interlude 1
E
F#m
D
Verse 7
E
(Ha ha haa)
(Ha ha haa)
Verse 8
E
F#m
Holding my breath until I know
you're alright
Because the water will only rise
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