Intro
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| G# Cm/G | Fm G#/D# |
[Verse 1]
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I’m walking through the summer nights
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Jukebox playing low
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Yesterday everything was going too fast
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Today, it’s moving too slow
C# Bb(sus2) C# Bb(sus2)
I got no place left to turn
C# Bb(sus2) C# D#
I got nothing left to burn
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Don’t know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
It probably wouldn’t matter to you anyhow
C# G# D# A#
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
C# G#
I got nothing to go back to now
[Verse 2]
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
The light in this place is so bad
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Making me sick in the head
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
All the laughter is just making me sad
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
The stars have turned cherry red
C# Bb(sus2) C# Bb(sus2)
I’m strumming on my gay guitar
C# Bb(sus2 C# D#
Smoking a cheap cigar
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
The ghost of our old love has not gone away
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Don’t look [it (?)] like it will anytime soon
C# G# D# A#
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
C# G#
Under the midnight moon
[Interlude]
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| G# Cm/G | Fm G#/D# |
[Verse 3]
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Maybe they’ll get me and maybe they won’t
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
But not tonight and it won’t be here
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There are things I could say but I don’t
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
I know the mercy of God must be near
C# Bb(sus2) C# Bb(sus2)
I’ve been riding the midnight train
C# Bb(sus2) C# D#
Got ice water in my veins
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
I would be crazy if I took you back
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
It would go up against every rule
C# G# D# A#
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
C# G#
Suffering like a fool
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
When the last rays of daylight go down
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Buddy, you’ll roll no more
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard
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I wonder who they’re ringing for
C# Bb(sus2) C# Bb(sus2)
I know I can’t win
C# Bb(sus2) C# D#
But my heart just won’t give in
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
Last night I danced with a stranger
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
But she just reminded me you were the one
C# G# D# A#
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
C# G#
In the dark land of the sun
[Interlude]
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| G# Cm/G | Fm G#/D# |
[Verse 5]
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
I’ll eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m dry
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
And live my life on the square
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And even if the flesh falls off of my face
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I know someone will be there to care
C# Bb(sus2) C# Bb(sus2)
It always means so much
C# Bb(sus2) C# D#
Even the softest touch
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
G# Cm/G Fm G#/D#
There’s no words that need to be said
C# G# D# A#
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
C# G#
Blues wrapped around my head
[Outro]
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| G# Cm/G | Fm G#/D# |
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| C# Bb(sus4) | C# Bb(sus4) |
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(fade)