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