Intro
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The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation
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Reacting to something nobody else could see
C# D#m
While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation
C# F# B C#
Until the valet who wants to go home comes in and gives me my keys
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And tonight every single star is shining
B C#
The power lines all sizzle and buzz
B C# A#m
And now that it's too late, maria
C# F#
I see it all for what it was
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There's nothing sadder than a streetlight shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk
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Or maybe the fog that I've been living in has lifted for the first time in weeks
C# D#m
Every day has been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk
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So I never have to say something I really mean
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But I remember all of those final words you told me
B C#
How I was green enough to be blue
B C# A#m
But now that it's too late Maria
C# F#
I can see how that was true
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Now When I am in your city I come across the company you've been keeping
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They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past
C# D#m
It's hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them
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Some wonder how I'm doing but most don't even ask
B F#
But now every single door stands open
B C#
I even signed some autographs
B C# A#m
And now that it's too late, Maria
C# F#
We can both look back and laugh
(solo)
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There's always more to say but I'm just skipping to the ending
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When you move back to Texas and I meet a girl who wants to change her name
C# D#m
When we both start to forgert the problems that were never worth having
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And everybody goes on living watching nothing really change
B F#
There will always be a part of you thats with me
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And sure as hell had better feel the same
B C# A#m
and now that it's too late Maria
C# F#
There is no one here to blame
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Note: There are some C#sus thrown in from time to time I think
idea for main riff
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