Verse
G#m D#7 B
The time has come for colds and overcoats.
E/B
We're quiet on the ride,
F#7 G#m
we're all just waiting to get home.
D#7 B
Another week away, my greatest fear.
E/B
I need the smell of summer,
F#7 G#m
I need its noises in my ears.
D#7
If looks could really kill,
B
then my profession would be staring.
E/B F#7
Know we do this cause we care,
G#m
not for the thrill.
D#7
Collect calls to home
B
tell them that I realize
E/B F#7
that everyone who lives will someday die
B5
and die alone.
[Chorus 1]
E5
And we won't let you in.
F#5
Though we're down and out.
G#m D#7
No we won't let you in.
G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B
You win, you win, you win.
[Verse 2]
G#m D#7
I wrote more postcards than hooks.
B
I read more maps than books.
E/B
Feel like every chance to leave
F#7 G#m
is another chance I should have took.
D#7
Every minute is a mile.
B
I've never felt so hollow.
E/B F#7
I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews
G#m
and empty aisles.
D#7
My secrets for a buck.
B
Watch me as I cut myself wide open
E/B F#7
on this stage. Yes, I am paid
G#m D#7
to spill my guts. Won't see home till spring.
B
Oh, I would kill for the Atlantic,
E/B F#7
but I am paid to make girls panic
while I sing.
[Chorus 2]
B5 E5
And we won't let you in.
F#5
Though we're down and out.
B5
No we won't let you in.
E5
And we won't let you in.
F#5
We don't want what isn't ours.
G#m D#7
We won't let you in.
G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m
You win, you win, you win.
[Bridge]
B G#m
And the coastline is quiet.
D#7
While we're quietly losing control.
And we're silent but sure
F#7
we inventened the cure
that will wash out my memories of her.
G#m D#7
"The harpoon is loaded. The cage is lowered.
F#7
The water is red."
G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m D#7
Like you, like you.
[Final Chorus]
B5 E5
And we won't let you in.
F#5
Though we're down and out.
B5
No we won't let you in.
E5
And we won't let you in.
F#5
We don't want what isn't ours.
G#m D#7
We won't let you in.
G#m D#7 G#m D#7 G#m B
You win, you win, you win