Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
E
D#m
E
B
E
F#
G#m
E
F#
Verse 1
E
F#
B
Let me down slow
E
F#
G#m
Help me go slow
E
F#
I've been carrying on
Verse 2
E
B
scared of nothing
B
E
B
I keep death on my mind
E
F#
Like a heavy crown
Verse 3
E
B
E
to heaven I'll be bored as hell
F#
B
E
B
C#m
Like a little baby at the bottom of a well
Interlude 1
B
Verse 4
E
D#m
Fair child, fair child
E
F#
How are you man?
B
E
F#
G#m
Did you fix that store front?
Verse 5
F#
E
B
Don't be scared of nothing
B
E
B
You bring peace to midnight
E
F#
Like a spotted owl
B
I'll be
Verse 6
E
F#
B
E
F#
rooting for you like my favorite team
E
F#
If somebody sweats you,
Interlude 2
B
C#m
Verse 7
C#m
D#
All the sights and sounds
This little world's too
crowded now
E
F#
And there's only one way
Interlude 3
out
B
C#m
Verse 8
C#m
D#
An elevator ride,
Through the tunnel, towards the light
E
F#
B
E
B
And I'm nowhere bound
E
D#
F#
Keep going up and down
E
B
Up and down
Verse 9
E
D#m
Newspaper, newspaper
E
F#
Can't take no more
B
E
F#
G#m
You're here every morning
E
F#
Waiting at my door
Verse 10
E
B
I'm just trying to kiss you
E
B
And you stab my eyes
E
B
Make me blue forever
E
F#
Like an island sky
Verse 11
E
F#
E
And I'm not pretending that it's all OK
F#
E
F#
Just let me have my coffee
Interlude 4
B
Verse 12
E
D#m
Lazarus, Laz arus
E
F#
Why all the tears?
B
E
F#
G#m
Did your faithful chauffeur
Verse 13
F#
E
B
What a lonesome feeling
B
E
B
Like some washed up actress
E
F#
In a tinsel town
Verse 14
E
F#
Before the record I'd come
E
F#
pick you up
F#
C#m
Just say when you've
Interlude 5
had enough
B
C#m
Verse 15
C#m
D#
All the light and sound
This little world's too fragile
now
E
F#
And there's only one way
Interlude 6
out
B
C#m
Verse 16
C#m
D#
But if you let me slide
I'll do my best to make things right
E
F#
D#m
B
E
B
And I'm nowhere bound
E
D#
F#
Just going up and down
E
B
Up and down
Verse 17
E
D#m
Milk Thistle, milk Thistle
E
F#
B
Let me down slow
E
F#
G#m
Just help me go slow
E
F#
I've been hurrying on
Verse 18
E
B
I was poised for greatness
E
B
I was down and out
E
B
I keep death at my heels
E
F#
Like a Bassett hound
Verse 19
E
F#
B
E
If I go to heaven I'll be bored as hell
F#
E
F#
Like a crying baby at the
Outro 1
B
E
B
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