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