Verse 1: F Dm F Bb It's newly summer, and Tony Bourdain died F Dm F I'm laying down in the shower staring up at a broken light F Dm F Bb There's something screaming out from in my vent at night F Dm It's shaking the house It's trying to get out F It wants to tell me another lie Dm What if, what if, what if, what if F Bb What if the magic's gone? Am Dm F I guess I should be glad that there was any at all Am Dm F Bb From 50th and Cedar to Richmond off of Front Am Dm F Bb I guess I should be glad that there was any at all
Pre—Chorus: Dm The city coughs me out Bb Like a splinter in my wrist Dm Getting pushed out of my skin Bb Dm The city coughs me out Chorus: C F Gm When I was seventeen Bb F Gm I wrote a song about how I'm drinking kerosene Bb To light a fire in my gut Gm Dm Bb And I'll be coughing out embers for decades to come F Gm Bb F I was seventeen with a fire in my gut Verse 2: Dm What if, what if, what if, what if F Bb What if the magic's gone? Am Dm F I guess I should be glad that I was still in the fight Am Dm It was right there waiting for me (Right there waiting for me) F Bb I lost it in the lights (I lost it in the lights) Am Dm F Bb I guess I should be glad that I was still in the fight Pre—Chorus: Dm The city coughs me out Bb Like a splinter in my wrist Chorus: F Gm When I was seventeen Bb F Gm I wrote a song about how I'm drinking kerosene Bb To light a fire in my gut Gm Dm Bb And I'll be coughing out embers for decades to come F Gm Bb F I was seventeen with a fire in my gut Instrumental: Gm Dm Bb Dm Fm Gm Dm F Gm Dm Bb Bbm F Gm Dm F Pre—Chorus: Bb Dm The city coughs me out Bb Like a splinter in my wrist Dm Getting pushed out of my skin Bb Dm It's getting forced out of my skin Chorus: D C F When I was seventeen F Gm I wrote a song about how I'm drinking kerosene Bb To light a fire in my gut Gm Dm Bb And I'll be coughing out embers for decades to come F Gm Bb I was seventeen with a fire in my gut F Gm Bb I was seventeen with a fire in my gut