Intro
F#m E A C#m F#m E A C#m B
[Verse 1]
F#m C#m E F#m B E
Aw it's dark outside
F#m C#m F#m E A B
I've been trying to get a ride
B F#m E F#m
While my bo - dy waits
E B
My body waits
[Chorus]
A F#m
America
E A
Warm my face
F#m E A
I've been trying to turn the page
[Verse 2]
F#m E C#m
Once I was a little boy
F#m B E
Staring at my shoes
F#m C#m
You came along and found
A F#m A B
Me in the chicken coop
[Interlude]
A
But time takes over
F#m
I can't say when
A
Time takes over
B
May we do it again
[Bridge]
E F#m
Take me to the beachhead let's go over
F#m
All of those rocks
B
At the end of the road
E
Take me down to main
F#m
Street with no clothes on
C#m
With our bare feet on the
A E
Painted yellow lines with
F#m C#m
Our shadows far behind us
A E
Broke into that summer school
F#m B
And fooled around on the infirmary cot
A E
And we can be like all those fairies
F#m C#m
Making their rain angels in the eddies
A E
And I have no expectation
F#m A C#m F#m A C#m
Just an adolescent heart
[Verse 3]
B C#m F#m B F#m
Aw it's dark outside
C#m F#m A
I've been trying to get a ride
F#m
While my body waits
E B
My body waits
[Chorus]
A F#m C#m
America
A
Warm my face
F#m C#m A
I've been trying to turn the page
[Verse 4]
F#m E C#m F#m
Once I was a little boy
A B F#m
Staring at my shoes
E
You came along and found
A F#m
Me in the chicken coop
[Interlude]
A
But time takes over
F#m
I can't say when
A
Time takes over
B
May we do it again
[Bridge]
E F#m
Take me to the beachhead let's go over
F#m
All of those rocks
B
At the end of the road
B
Help me down the
E F#m
Seawall let's find Marci
C#m
See if she got that
A E
Invitation to the movie
E
The one where the
F#m C#m
Kids break out of juvie
A E
And then by their own admission
F#m B
They go and turn themselves all in
A E
Just as they get there to the station
F#m
The young one wheels
C#m
And begs the pavement
A E
For brother speed to make arrangements
F# B
With the spirits of the night
[Verse 5]
E
Take me to the race
F#m
Track let's go bet on
A
Aw the one that no
A B
One expects to win now
E
Let's bet on the skinny horse
F#m
He will surely try the
C#m
Hardest to come in first
A E
I bet you for the winner
F#m C#m
They put on some kind of fancy dinner
A E
Let's be like those Philadelphia sisters
F#m
That have prayed straight
B
For a hundred years
[Tag]
A E
I have no expectation
F#m C#m
Just to be here in the present
A E
And behold you for a second
F#m B
Before it all goes away
[Interlude]
C#m
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
A
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
C#m
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
F#m B
Before it all goes away
C#m
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
A
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah,
C#m F#m B
Ah, Ah, Ah, ah, ah, ah------
[Outro]
C#m
And those painted yellow lines
A
With our shadows far behind
C#m
Broke into that summer school
F#m B
And fooled around on the infirmary cot
C#m
And we can be like all those fairies
A
Making their rain angels in the eddies
C#m
And I have no expectation
F#m B
Just an adolescent heart