[Verse 1]
F#5 Esus2
Tel-ling fa-mi-liar sto-ries
B/D# D6
in-vi-ted us to o-ur home
F#5 Esus2
for some soup, bo-thered by steam
B/D# D6
we clipped our wing so we can't fly
[half pattern]
F#5 Esus2 B/D# D6 F#5 Esus2 B/D# D6
e|---------------5---------------5---------|
B|-----------6---------------6-------------|
G|-------7-----7---------7-----7---------7-|
D|---7-----7---------7-----7---------7-----|
A|-5---8-----------5---8-----------5---8---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
* . . . . * . . . . * . . . . * . . . .
[Verse 2]
F#5 Esus2
Bet-ter than bet-ter than what?
B/D# D6
Some dy-ing off a rocket ship
F#5 Esus2
Looks as if a day is gone
B/D# D6
Looks as if a day is missing
F#5 Esus2
E-very-bo-dy's trying to leave
B/D# D6
Lor-ries dri-ving to the sea
F#5 Esus2
Who is, that, who slammed the door?
F#5 D6
Looks as if a day has gone
A B F G A B F G
a-waaaaaaaaaaay...
[interlude]
F#m B5/F# F#m B5/F#
e|-1---0-1-------------1---0-1-------------|
B|-3---3-3---3---3-----3---3-3---3---3-----|
G|-2---0-2---0---0-----2---0-2---0---0-----|
D|-0---0-0---0---0-----0---0-0---0---0-----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
* . . . . * . . . .
[Verse 3]
F#5 Esus2
More ac-tive than scraps alive
B/D# D6
Sleep for weeks but of-ten stirring
F#5 Esus2
More a-live_tha-an_a-ny-one swears
B/D# D6
As born were we, from hol-low trees
F#5 Esus2
Tel-ling fa-mi-liar sto-ries
B/D# D6
In-vi-ted us to o-ur home
F#5 Esus2
for some soup, bo-thered by steam
F#5 D6
We clip our wing so we can't fly
A B F G A B F G
a-waaaaaaaaaaay...
[interlude]
F#m B5/F# F#m B5/F#
e|-1---0-1-------------1---0-1-------------|
B|-3---3-3---3---3-----3---3-3---3---3-----|
G|-2---0-2---0---0-----2---0-2---0---0-----|
D|-0---0-0---0---0-----0---0-0---0---0-----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
* . . . . * . . . .
[loop 11 times]
F#5 Esus2 B/D# D6
[Verse 4]
F#5 Esus2
Looks as if a day is gone
B/D# D6
Looks as if the day is play-ing
F#5 Esus2
Looks as if a day is gone
B/D# D6
Looks as if a day has gone
A B F G A B F G
a-waaaaaaaaaaay...
A B F G A B F G
[outro]
F#m B5/F# F#m B5/F#
e|-1---0-1-------------1---0-1-------------|
B|-3---3-3---3---3-----3---3-3---3---3-----|
G|-2---0-2---0---0-----2---0-2---0---0-----|
D|-0---0-0---0---0-----0---0-0---0---0-----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
* . . . . * . . . .
F#m B5/F# F#m B
e|-1---0-1-------------1---0-1---3---------|
B|-3---3-3---3---3-----3---3-3---0---------|
G|-2---0-2---0---0-----2---0-2---0---------|
D|-0---0-0---0---0-----0---0-0---0---------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------3---------|
* . . . . * . . . .