Capo on 3 C I've been away for far too long. F G I've had my mind wrapped around this one song C I heard last week on the radio while F G C Driving near that place we used to go Am G Where the track homes all look the same F G With their roofs and the tiles and the similar frames Am G All the streets are so wide and the cars are so lame F G C And on every block I heard the whisper of your name. C I spent so many evenings in my head F G I'd lie alone on an unmade bed C Counting the minutes like numbered clocks F G Should I call, should I write, should I read, should I stop? Am G I'm a child, I'm a ghost, I'm a slur, I'm a boast, F G I'm a prince, I'm a king, I'm a rhyme, I'm a ring, Am G I'm unable to sleep, I'm unable to sing, F G C I'm a desperate and lonely, frightened, unholy thing Am G C And you'd say la la la I'm so glad I'm over you Am G C As you reach for your drink and you tell me you like my shoes Am G And I smile like a wretch, there's not much else I can do Am G I say I know what you mean, yeah it's weird for me too F G C Besides what would I sing about... if I had you? Kinda sounds like la la la... Am G C F G C F G C Am F G C C I think maybe it was Radiohead F G That had this weird little beat and a keyboard instead C Of guitar playing chords, I remember how bored F You would get with those bands G C You always said they play the same three chords Am G And you'd dance around in your t-shirt and sing F G Don't you love Modest Mouse and adore Promise Ring? Am G Don't you wish that you could just avoid everything? F G C Join a band, go on tour, and think of me when you sing? Am G C And I'd think la la la yeah that sounds okay to me Am G C And you'd fall on the bed and I'd fall down to my knees Am G And I'd smile like my life depended on it Am G That's so weird I was mostly right about that F G C Always eager to love and eager to leave La la la la... Am G C F G C F G C Am F G C Am G C And I'd think la la la all these songs are so untrue Am G C As I stare at this fading side of you Am G And we don't belong and it's all so wrong Am G And you're beautiful with that gray scarf on F G C I think yeah okay but maybe it's just the song F G C And I miss you but it might just be the song