First Verse:
So the wind the blows across your room
E
Carry cheap perfume onto your dresser
A E
It rained for jewelery and for credit cards
(continue with E)
Two tickets to a film I don't remember
A E
One day you'll kiss your rabbit's nose pick up the phone
A
To find I've been turned over
E
You grab that piece of gold
A
Only to find that the smell has taken over
E
And all the things you had
A
They aren't the same
B
As what you hold
E
Second Verse:
Now I'm standin' in a room
E
That's filled with older folks
A
They're pleading baby listen
E
And I scream as loud as anyone
(continue with E)
But when asked to make a point
A
I tend to whisper
E
Now highways turn the tidal waves
A
An' they're askin' me to export all of your insecurities
E
But that wind that blows across your room
A
It's gonna' set the sails
(continue with A)
And send me back to yooou ooh
Chorus
Sometimes when sailors are sailin' they
E
Think twice about where they're anchorin'
A
And I think I could make better use
E
Of my time on land
A
I'll drink less
E
Cause Lord knows I could use a
A
Warm kiss Instead of the call goodbye
B
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them
A
Hey Yeah I'm doin' allright
Bridge/Fast Part:
(E, A, E, A, A, B)= repeat once!
It's a shame what your father did
E A
To your brothers head he smashed it with the telephone
E A A B
Your mother got scared and locked the door
E A
You were only four but Lord you remember it
E B A A
So now you're scared of love
A
I'm here to tell you love's not some fucking blood on the receiver
(continue with A) (E, A, E, B, A, A)
Love is speaking in code
A
It's an inside joke love is coming home
(continue with A)
Repeat Chorus but a little faster
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Yeah I'm doin' just fine
A
An' if she seems as lonely as me
B
Let her sink
A
Yeah I'm doin' alright
E
Yeah I'm doin' just fine
A
An' if she seems as lonely as me let her
B
Sink you let her sink well let her
A
(E, A, E, A, A, B)= 3 times
(E, A, E, B, A, A, E, let ring on last note!)