Intro
C# G# C# Fm G#
[Verse]
C#
He takes another drink
G#
Of what, who knows, no time to think
Gm Cm
He'll wake up here tomorrow
A#m
Always alone
C#
The letter next to him
G#
Begins: "I miss you, Evelyn"
Gm Cm
Then nothing more is written
A#m/F
This is no TV show
C#/G#
This is real and he knows
[Pre-Chorus]
D#
And the shadows from the window
Are casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
C# G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
C# G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
[Verse]
C#
Decisions he has made
G#
The failures of a new decade
Gm Cm
Inform his every movement
A#m A#m7
He has visions of atonement
C#
The television says:
G# Gadd4
"Beware, we're in our final days"
Gm Cm
And a Blonde Canary Game Show
A#m
Fills up the screen
C#/G#
Oh Lord, she must be sixteen
[Pre-Chorus]
D#
And the shadows from the window
Are casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
C# G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
C# G# Gadd4
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
[Bridge]
C#
And believing he could
Fm A#m
He painfully stood
C#
Holding the frame
D#
And launched his aging body into the rain
[Verse]
C#
She couldn't take the facts
G#
She just could not keep up the act
Gm Cm
She goes about her business
A#m
She is never alone
C#/G#
And this is no TV show
[Pre-Chorus]
D#
And the shadows from the window
Still casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
C# G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
C# Fm G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhhhh
C# G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
C# Fm G#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh