Intro
F A# C A# F
F A# C A# F
F A# C A# F F A# C A# F
The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation
F A# C A# F F
Reacting to something nobody else could see
C Dm
While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation
C F A# C
Until the valet who wants to go home comes in and gives me my keys
A# F
And tonight every single star is shining
A# C
The power lines all sizzle and buzz
A# C Am
And now that it's too late, maria
C F
I see it all for what it was
F A# C A# F
F A# C A# F
F A# C A# F F A# C A# F
There's nothing sadder than a streetlight shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk
F A# C A# F F
Or maybe the fog that I've been living in has lifted for the first time in weeks
C Dm
Every day has been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk
C F A# C
So I never have to say something I really mean
A# F
But I remember all of those final words you told me
A# C
How I was green enough to be blue
A# C Am
But now that it's too late Maria
C F
I can see how that was true
F A# C A# F F A# C A# F
Now When I am in your city I come across the company you've been keeping
F A# C A# F
They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past
C Dm
It's hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them
C F A# C
Some wonder how I'm doing but most don't even ask
A# F
But now every single door stands open
A# C
I even signed some autographs
A# C Am
And now that it's too late, Maria
C F
We can both look back and laugh
(solo)
F A# C A# F F A# C A# F
There's always more to say but I'm just skipping to the ending
F A# C A# F
When you move back to Texas and I meet a girl who wants to change her name
C Dm
When we both start to forgert the problems that were never worth having
C F A# C
And everybody goes on living watching nothing really change
A# F
There will always be a part of you thats with me
A# C
And sure as hell had better feel the same
A# C Am
and now that it's too late Maria
C F
There is no one here to blame
------------------------------
Note: There are some Csus thrown in from time to time I think
idea for main riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----9-------10-------12-------10------9------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9----s11------s13------s11------s9---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|