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