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