Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) D can be played D7 🎸 Intro: Am Fm C D Am Fm C D 🎸 Verse 1: Am Fm Cities are fickle as the people in them C D I’m dying to arrive, and then I leave again Am Fm I felt so lonely in the maddening crowd C D A sad silver lining in the darkest cloud
Pre 🎸 Chorus: F G Em Am Can’t meet your parents cos they'll think I’m strange F G Em Am I’d dive into their pool when the water’s been drained F G Em Am but how do you fly if youre always afraid F G At least you know where you are fallin! 🎸 Chorus: C Gm7 I’m the bottom of your empty martini F Dm G a hummingbird at your windowpane C Gm7 I’ll be blooming but you still never see me F Dm E7 I’ll be the Alice to your John Coltrane Am Fm C D Am Fm C D 🎸 Verse 2: Am Fm If you could count my crooked crowded teeth C D And all the stains buried underneath Am Fm There You might find the greatest parts of me C D Might not win but the odds are free Pre 🎸 Chorus: F G Em Am How do you fly if youre always afraid F G At least you know where you are fallin! 🎸 Chorus: C Gm7 I’m the bottom of your empty martini F Dm G a hummingbird at your windowpane C Gm7 I’ll be blooming but you still never see me F Dm E7 I’ll be the Alice to your John Coltrane 🎸 Bridge: Am E Am F C F C E Am E Am F C F C E Pre 🎸 Chorus: F G Em Am Can’t meet your parents cos they'll think I’m strange F G Em Am I’d dive into their pool when the water’s been drained F G Em Am but how do you fly if youre always afraid F G At least you know where you are fallin! 🎸 Chorus: C Gm7 I’m the bottom of your empty martini F Dm G a hummingbird at your windowpane C Gm7 I’ll be blooming but you still never see me F Dm E7 I’ll be the Alice to your John Coltrane C Gm7 I’m the bottom of your empty martini F Dm G a hummingbird at your windowpane C Gm7 If nows the moment when finally can see me F Dm E7 I’ll be the Alice to your John Coltrane Am Fm C D Am Fm C D