Intro
D A D F#m A
[Verse]
D
He takes another drink
A
Of what, who knows, no time to think
G#m C#m
He'll wake up here tomorrow
Bm
Always alone
D
The letter next to him
A
Begins: "I miss you, Evelyn"
G#m C#m
Then nothing more is written
Bm/F#
This is no TV show
D/A
This is real and he knows
[Pre-Chorus]
E
And the shadows from the window
Are casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
D A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
D A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
[Verse]
D
Decisions he has made
A
The failures of a new decade
G#m C#m
Inform his every movement
Bm Bm7
He has visions of atonement
D
The television says:
A Gadd4
"Beware, we're in our final days"
G#m C#m
And a Blonde Canary Game Show
Bm
Fills up the screen
D/A
Oh Lord, she must be sixteen
[Pre-Chorus]
E
And the shadows from the window
Are casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
D A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
D A Gadd4
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
[Bridge]
D
And believing he could
F#m Bm
He painfully stood
D
Holding the frame
E
And launched his aging body into the rain
[Verse]
D
She couldn't take the facts
A
She just could not keep up the act
G#m C#m
She goes about her business
Bm
She is never alone
D/A
And this is no TV show
[Pre-Chorus]
E
And the shadows from the window
Still casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
D A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
D F#m A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhhhh
D A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
D F#m A
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh