Intro
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[VERSE]
G#m B
I’ll call her Eliza, the girl with no name
F# C#m
All wrapped up in silence, in secrets, in pain
G#m B
In north country winter, both tied to the road
F# C#m
She Smiled and said nothing, I bared her my soul.
G#m B
And I knew that I loved her, but I couldn’t say why
F# C#m
And all of that silence might well have been lies
G#m B
She cried out “I love you, but I’ll never be free.
F# C#m
There ‘aint no use guessing, just forget about me.”
G#m F# C#m G#m F# C#m
[CHORUS]
B F# C#m Fb
Oooh, Oooh, It’s lonesome out here on the road
B F#
Where the last points of fire that light the night sky
G#m Fb
Burn down to their embers and flicker and die
B F# C#m Fb
And Oooh Oooh, My fingers go numb in the cold
B F#
Where the last little spark that’s disrupting the dark
G#m Fb
Is that last bit of feeling that’s left in my heart
G#m B F# C#m G#m B F# C#m
[VERSE]
G#m B
My footsteps were haunted for many long weeks
F# C#m
I couldn’t find shelter in those dull dusty streets
G#m B
So I found me a railcar with no windows, no doors
F# C#m
Poured out all my love on the cold rusty floor
[VERSE]
G#m B
And in the gray morning I was long gone, away
F# C#m
In a far eastern country where the language is strange
G#m B
Where the seabirds they circle no ocean nearby
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Like lost souls they’re crying, lamenting their plight
G#m F# C#m
[VERSE]
G#m B
The sun rises and sets in the same goddamn place
F# C#m
Shadows circle my body and laugh in my face
G#m B
Though I set out to find me a whole brand new life
F# C#m
I don’t want to forget her, I don’t want to die
G#m F# C#m G#m F# C#m
[CHORUS]
B F# C#m Fb
Oooh Oooh, It’s lonesome out here on the road
B F#
Where the last points of fire that light the night sky
G#m Fb
Burn down to their embers and flicker and die
B F# C#m Fb
And Oooh oooh, My fingers go numb in the cold
B F#
Where the last little spark that’s disrupting the dark
G#m Fb
Is that last bit of feeling that’s left in my heart
B F# C#m Fb B F# G#m Fb B F# C#m Fb B F# G#m Fb Dm