There's a great acoustic version by Broken Bells (DangerMouse and James Mercer)
who helped write the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_ifMD2QEE&feature=related
It's off the Dark Night of the Soul Album.
Intro: C G Dm G
Verse:
C G
How will it turn out?
Dm
Starling meets a waiting owl
G
On the way to the dead hotel
C G
Your silent, empty life
Dm
Falling into their pretty hands
G
All of them androids have a
Chorus
Am G C
One day's flight
F Am
Take you back in time
G C
To when it wasn't such a
F G
Brand upon your breast
F G
Strain upon your back
F Ab C
When a good life was enough
Verse 2
[ C G Dm G ]
Would it be so wrong
Danny needs you up in his place
Can your batteries replace this heart?
Lying in the yard
Wanted it to be natural love
A son for a mother
Chorus 2
Am G C
Dreams float up
F Am
To fishes in the flood
G
Adding new dimensions
F G
Leaving only parts to play
F G
Needs are forming again
F Ab
A good life might never be enough
Bridge:
Dm Em F G
Dm Em F G
Instrumental Verse:
[ C G Dm G ]
Chorus 3
Am G C
Dreams float up
F Am
To fishes in the flood
G
Adding new dimensions
F G
Leaving only parts to play
F G
Needs are forming again
F Ab G
A good life will never be enough
F Ab G
A good life will never be enough
F Ab C
A good life will never be enough
Enjoy and listen to Sparklehorse ;)
Play Ab as Emajor on 4th fret
e--4
B--4
G--5
D--6
A--6
E--4