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