The Corner


The Corner by Cory Branan Capo 2 Chords below are relative to capo D A G Bm e|-0- e|-3- e|-x - e|-0- B|-1- B|-0- B|-x- B|-1- G|-0- G|-0- G|-2- G|-2- D|-2- D|-0- D|-3- D|-2- A|-3- A|-2- A|-x- A|-0- E|-3- E|-3- E|-1- E|-0- D A G A Out on the corner of what I want, and what I intend to get D A G A day drinking and dreaming of you, I let D A G A the ashtray smoke my last cigarette Once I had a casual acquaintance with my impending doom years ago he promised me some day soon I'd howl at the moon from room to room G D I ain't transcending much of nothing A D I've been down in it, I ain't free Bm G D Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went A D (progressively down to G) C# B A G like a life out of me Clowning on the corner of almost gone but maybe not just yet there's still a little left to pawn and the bones aren't set The cast is slack, the plaster's wet Stepping up the escalator singing hell I am out of here past the predetermined terminals of tears the wings are warm, the runway's clear I ain't transcending much of nothing I'm still down in it, I ain't free Weren't no experiment - these seven years they went like a life out of me Maybe all the world's a hollow recreation, my desperate bretheren hallowed blue hallucination we play to win put your right foot out, put your right foot in But it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on and it's a useful little illusion that'll lose you for a song in the beautiful confusion you've been down and counting on I ain't transcending nothing I'm still down in it, I ain't free weren't no experiment - hell every tear was ran like a life out of me Out on the corner what I want, what I intend to get day drinking and dreaming of you, I let the ashtray smoke my last cigarette