Originally in C (then Eb), I play in A (then C)
Rubato, vox on the 3
| A | C#m |
| Day after day, | love turns gray |
| D | A | D | |
| Like the | skin of a dying man | → |
| A | C#m | |
| And n | ight after night, we pret | end it’s all right |
| Bm7 | |
| But | I have grown older and you have grown colder and |
| D | E7 |
| Nothing is very much | fun anymore |
| A | C#m | D | A | D | |
| And | I can | feel | one of my turns coming | on | → |
| A | C#m | Bm7 |
| I | feel, | cold as a razor blade, tight as a tourniquet |
| D | E7 |
| Dry as a funeral | drum |
Band enters, at tempo, vox on the 5 of the chord
| C/G | G | C/G | G |
| Run to the b | edroom, in the s | uitcase on the l | eft |
| A7 | Bm | Bm | F#m | Bm | |
| You’ll | find my | favorite axe | → | → |
| C/G | G | C/G | G |
| Don’t look so | frightened, this is | just a passing p | hase |
| Bm | Bm | F#m | Bm | |
| One of | my bad days | → | → |
| C/G | G | |
| Would you | like to watch T. | V.? |
| C/G | G | |
| Or | get between the sheets | ? |
| Bm | |
| Or contempl | ate the silent freeway? |
| Bm | F#m | Bm | |
| Would you l | ike someth | ing to ea | t? |
| C | |
| Would you | like to learn to fly? Would you? |
| Bm | |
| Would you | like to see me try? |
| B | E | A/E | E |
| No | → |
Interlude, skip this if acoustic
| C/G | G |
| → |
| C/G | G |
| → |
| Bm | Bm | F#m | Bm |
| → | → |
| Bm | Bm | F#m | Bm |
| → | → |
| C | |
| Would you | like to call the cops? |
| C | |
| Do you t | hink it’s time I stopped? |
| Em9 |
| Why are you running away? |