Intro
G# D# G# Cm D#
[Verse]
G#
He takes another drink
D#
Of what, who knows, no time to think
Dm Gm
He'll wake up here tomorrow
Fm
Always alone
G#
The letter next to him
D#
Begins: "I miss you, Evelyn"
Dm Gm
Then nothing more is written
Fm/C
This is no TV show
G#/D#
This is real and he knows
[Pre-Chorus]
A#
And the shadows from the window
Are casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
G# D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
G# D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
[Verse]
G#
Decisions he has made
D#
The failures of a new decade
Dm Gm
Inform his every movement
Fm Fm7
He has visions of atonement
G#
The television says:
D# Gadd4
"Beware, we're in our final days"
Dm Gm
And a Blonde Canary Game Show
Fm
Fills up the screen
G#/D#
Oh Lord, she must be sixteen
[Pre-Chorus]
A#
And the shadows from the window
Are casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
G# D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
G# D# Gadd4
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhh
[Bridge]
G#
And believing he could
Cm Fm
He painfully stood
G#
Holding the frame
A#
And launched his aging body into the rain
[Verse]
G#
She couldn't take the facts
D#
She just could not keep up the act
Dm Gm
She goes about her business
Fm
She is never alone
G#/D#
And this is no TV show
[Pre-Chorus]
A#
And the shadows from the window
Still casting shapes just like a puppet show
[Chorus]
G# D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
G# Cm D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhhhh
G# D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh
G# Cm D#
Once in the night, once in the night, ohhhh