Key: F# major
Verse 1
B
C#m
B
(Ha ha haa)
(Ha ha haa)
C#m
B
C#m
(Ha ha haa)
E
Waiting for the bus stop
Verse 2
B
Bsus4
B
C#m
Waiting for the concrete black top
B
C#m
to settle down
B
Long enough for me to get off
F#
A
And get a little ground
(Ha ha haa)
C#m
E
C#m
I'm ready for the sea change
B
Bsus4
B
C#m
Helpless felt this coming
B
C#m
from a mile away
B
And now you're looking at me babe,
F#
A
And how we'll separate if we can
E
'Cause I still count on one hand
G#m
E
The number of good men I know
A
Verse 3
B
It's like I'm standing on the edge
C#m
with just a telephone wire
E
A
Trying to get to you first to say
E
A
B
the world's on fire
C#m
Holding my breath until I know
you're alright
A
Because the water will only rise
E
B
When will you realize (ha ha haa)
C#m
You must become an island
A
(Ha ha haa) you must
E
become an island
B
(Ha ha haa) you must
C#m
become an island
A
(Ha ha haa) and see for yourself
C#m
E
C#m
B
That's what I am
Verse 4
C#m
E
B
C#m
(Ha ha haa)
Verse 5
C#m
E
B
E
B
You always dirty up the windows
C#m
If you keep 'em at bay that way
B
no one's gonna surprise you
C#m
By getting too close
E
C#m
B
Anybody but me though
F#
You've made ex
A
ceptions to you rules
E
And now we're staring down truth
G#m
Neither one of us wants to know
A
Verse 6
B
It's like I'm standing on the edge with
C#m
B
C#m
just a telephone wire
A
Trying to get to you first to say
E
A
B
the world's on fire
E
Holding my breath until I
C#m
know you're alright
A
Because the water will only rise
E
B
When will you realize (ha ha haa)
C#m
You must become an island
A
(Ha ha haa) you must
E
become an island
B
(Ha ha haa) you must become
C#m
an island
A
(Ha ha haa) and see for yourself the
E
B
C#m
horizon is all we have
A
E
See for yourself the horizon is
B
all we have
Interlude 1
B
C#m
A
Verse 7
B
(Ha ha haa)
(Ha ha haa)
Verse 8
B
C#m
Holding my breath until I know
you're alright
Because the water will only rise
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