Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Back in the golden years
C
Soaking in ballroom tears
G Am
Where all the dresses once
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Had swayed
G
Like when the private eye
C
Was killed by the robber's wife
G Am
Just when you thought he
Em C Bm Am
Had 'em made
G
Out in the line of fire
C
Sinking in the mire
G Am
Or laying in wait behind
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Closed doors
G
All clues that lead nowhere
C
I would not try to compare
G Am Em
No, none of my pain to yours
[Chorus]
C
Oh maybe we'd be better off
A N.C.
Saying nothing
C G
Oh maybe we'd be better off
D
Gagged and bound
A
Something our oldest friends
D
Could tell us
B
But now our friends are
G A
Not around
C D
Oh now the heat is on
[Verse 2]
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I saw the heralds come
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Sing out the starting guns
G Am
All the women standing on
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Broken heels
G
Cadillacs of white
C
Came out of the sky
G Am
No one behind the
Em C Bm Am
Driving wheels
G
Arc'd in perfect row
C
Windshields all aglow
G Am
Slowly driving the clouds
Em C Bm Am
Apart
G
There in the light of day
C
I watched em drive away
G Am
With an aching in
Em
My heart
[Chorus]
C
Oh maybe we'd be better off
A N.C.
Saying nothing
C G
Oh maybe we'd be better off
D
Gagged and bound
A
Something our oldest friends
D
Could tell us
B
But now our friends are
G A
Not around
C D
Oh now the heat is on
[Verse 3]
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Something strange about
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The color of the air
G Am
The way the sun shines
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In a nightmare
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Up at the heavens gate
C
Standing in the your way
G Am
The things you want surrounded
Em C Bm Am
By all the things you hate
G
Pine and wish for when
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The past comes back again
G Am
But you don't really know
Em
How it was back then
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I know you like to think
C
This world was made for you
G Am
But any fool could see
Em
That never was true
[Chorus]
C
Oh maybe we'd be better off
A N.C.
Saying nothing
C G
Oh maybe we'd be better off
D
Gagged and bound
A
Something our oldest friends
D
Could tell us
B
But now our friends are
G A
Not around
C D
Oh now the heat is on