[Intro]
G#m F#m E A
(hold A for three bars)
[Verse I]
G#m C#m
The whole town lined up outside the tent
F# E
What those kids thought they saw-
A
Do you really want to remember this?
G#m C#m F# E
Today, think of all the alien shots in the dark
A
That at one time, all at once, coexisted
F#m D
I mean aside from all the burning
F#m D
Hurry by the shanties beside the road
A
Sunset on a cart
E F#
Pulled home by a white horse
A E F#
Conscience of the husband was righteous and coarse
C#m
There must be a limit
F#m
If we only circle around
B
There's no hurry in reaching it
[Verse II]
G#m F#m E A
G#m
Shirt bloodstained
C#m F# E
And yet it was not Abel but Cain who got to hear
A
The voice that for so long had been a stranger
G#m C#m E
Not one word of all the time they spent growing up brothers
A
Even love, yes, even love, yes, even love
Something to lose
F#m D
What if the details there were suddenly shared?
F#m D
Tender moments siblings keep secret
A E F#
Sunset on a time when no words could be spared
A E F#
Unknowing mother rocks soft in her chair
C#m
There must be a limit
F#m
This has happened
This will happen
B
This is happening
[Bridge]
D A E
Voice on the radio again
D A E
Strange to be shaped by such strange men
D A E
It's the hottest summer again
D A E
Strange to be shaped by such strange men
(Hold E) (Rest)
But where will you go? Where?
[Conclusion]
A E F# (x3)
A
Where, where?
E F# A E
When you asked me that question it sounded like a joke
F#
A rubber hand extended to shake
C#m F#m
Outside my kitchen the sound of fists on the door
B
In the early morning light
A E F#
A death so small and sentimental
A E F#
Daddy giving the middle finger to the Kodak lens
C#m
When I saw her face she smiled
F#m E B
"I don't know why I saved it all this time"
[Outro]
A E F# (x2)
C#m F#m B
(Repeat then fade out)