Tono: A
D
She's never alone,
A
Bm
because she's scared of what she might say to herself
A
D
F#
Bm
A
G
Always drinking in the backroom of the bar where everyone turns in
A
A half-hearted grin
D
She won't be afraid
A
Bm
as long as that prescription keeps going through
A
D
F#
Bm
A
G
And all the happy pills make her look like cardboard cut out of someone
A
F#
I use to learn from
Bm
G
But on the phone, she's telling everyone,
D
that there was a blue sky,
A
F#
she left behind
Bm
G
And there's a place that no one knows about,
F#
Away from integrity
G
A
she writes a book in her head that nobody will read
D
ABm
AG
)
D
Whatever you say,
A
Bm
please don't talk about the time when she was young
A
Apparently that was a different person
D
F#
Bm
A
G
A
F#
and so long ago it's strange to me, there's no history
Bm
A
G
But there's a past and she's telling everyone
D
It must be a garden,
A
F#
that wouldn't grow
Bm
G
With roots of shame, too sensitive to blame
F#
to herself as we watch he drown,
G
A
I can't save the queen without a kingdom or a crown
D
ABm
AG
)
D
F#
Somewhere in this lonely game of sympathy
Bm
A
G
there is a selfish dream That makes me sick
D
A
Standing on the high wire while you're on the ground
Bm
A
G
To you what is dangerous is safe and sound...
You let me down
D
ABm
AG
D
ABm
AG
AD