Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Key: Dm Difficulty: Intermediate CHORDS g-C-E-A Am7 0-0-0-0 Intro: time signature: 5/4 | Gm | F | Dm | C | | Gm | F | Dm | C | 4/4 | Am7 |
Verse 1: Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | In a white room with black curtains near the station Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | Black roof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb | Dawn light smiles on you leaving, my contentment Middle 8: C G Bb A I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | C G Bb C | D | D D | Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves (break) Verse 2: Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | You said no strings could secure you at the station Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | I walked into such a sad time at the station Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb | As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning Middle 8: C G Bb A I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back C G Bb C | D | Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves Interlude: time signature: 5/4 | Gm | F | Dm | C | | Gm | F | Dm | C | 4/4 | Am7 | Verse 3: Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | Consolation for the old wound now forgotten Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes Dm C G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb | She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings Middle 8: C G Bb A I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd C G Bb C | D | Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves Interlude: time signature: 5/4 | Gm | F | Dm | C | | Gm | F | Dm | C | freely | Am7 | Outro: solo | Dm C | G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | | Dm C | G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | | Dm C | G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | | Dm F | G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | | Dm F | G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | | Dm F | G Bb C | Dm F | G Bb C | (fade out over last bars)