The Living Room

	  		
verse 1 
Gm      B      F           Eb 
Forty-seven strings are pulled 
    Eb       Gm     F    Cm 
By this angelic beaten girl 
B       F             Gm     Cm 
And it breaks our hearts to hear 
Eb      Gm     F             Cm 
The music that comes out of her. 
Eb         Gm         F      Cm 
Shoulders hang on folded chairs 
Eb         Gm      F       Gm 
This will be our church tonight 
B        F         Gm     Cm 
We have dug our foxholes here 
Eb   Gm        F    Cm 
Not an atheist in sight. 

Cm        Eb      Cm     Eb 
Laughing shaking taking oaths 
Gm        B           F      Cm 
Breaking sacramental cups 
    Gm        B       F    Cm 
We pour the magic in our coats 
Eb       Gm      F          Cm 
Thinking it can leave with us. 

Eb                  Gm    F 
But it’s a long way out 
Eb           B           F 
20 steps but it’s so harming 
Eb                   Gm    F 
When they talk out loud 
Eb                  B         F 
banter breaks your fingers on me
 

verse 2 
Gm      B      F          Cm 
I’ve been breathing evil air 
Eb       Gm     F       Cm 
Sharing needles with the sky 
B          F      Gm     Cm 
Looking up remembering 
 Eb         Gm     F          C 
Regina said they're just old light. 
Gm         F     Cm   Eb 
But you somehow understood 
   Eb   Gm  F    Cm 
My oversaturated skin 
B         F      Gm     Cm 
You raised your hand up to my neck 
     Eb        Gm     F    Cm 
And played me like a theremin 

Cm     Eb       Cm     Eb 
I see London I see France 
Gm           B           F      Cm 
And all the things that we won’t do 
    Gm    B       F         Cm 
And if I never leave this chair 
 Eb      Gm     F          Cm 
Maybe I can go with you. 

Eb                     Gm    F 
But it’s the long way out 
Eb            B           F 
20 steps but it’s so harming 
Eb                   Gm    F 
When they talk out loud 
Eb                   B        F 
banter breaks your fingers on me 
Eb               Gm    F 
It’s a long way out 
Eb                B           F 
Past the bar and past the awning 
Eb              Gm    F 
Past the easy crowd 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end 


verse 3 
Gm      B      F     Cm 
I am finding solace here 
Eb       Gm     F    Cm 
In this unexpected place 
B        F      Gm     Cm 
Like a startled dying man 
Eb         Gm     F          Cm 
Kneels in prayer just in case 
Gm    B        F              Cm 
And while the night sky sadly lit 
    Eb     Gm        F            Cm 
All that we were sleeping through 
B      F          Gm     Cm 
Death took my friend Benjamin 
Eb     Gm        F            Cm 
But he left his keys with you 

Gm      B      F         Cm 
So I’ll kiss the air instead 
Eb      Gm     F         Cm 
As not to disturb your sleep 
B           F      Gm     Cm 
And if you never wake my love 
 Eb   Gm       F         Cm 
Maybe you can come with me 

Eb                     Gm    F 
But it’s the wrong way out 
Eb             B           F 
20 steps but it’s so harming 
Eb                 Gm    F 
When they talk out loud 
Eb                 B           F 
banter breaks your fingers on me 
Eb                 Gm    F 
It’s the wrong way out 
Eb                B           F 
Past the bar and past the awning 
Eb              Gm    F 
Past the easy crowd 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end of harmony 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end of harmony 
Eb             B           F 
Back into the end of harmony 
Eb            B    F   Cm B Cm 
Back into the eeeeeeeeeeeend