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