Verse 1: A E If I had to break it dow Abm A I'd say it's the way you love to dance Gbm7b5 E Dbm Movin' the furniture when my back is turned B7 -nc- The flick of the lights and the world falls away Chorus: A E And your office job and your silver hair Abm A Gbm7b5 But our shapes in the dark are the reason I've stayed for all these years Verse 2: A E Abm I thought I was a genius, but now I'm twenty-two A Gbm7b5 E And it's startin' to feel like all I know how to do is Dbm B Put on a suit and take it away Chorus: A E With my fist full of tunes that it's painful to play Abm A Fingernail worlds like favorite seashells Gbm7b5 E Dbm B7 They fill up my nights and then they float away Verse 3: A E I've got hundreds of gowns, I've got paintings in frames Abm A And a throat that fills with panic every festival day Gbm7b5 E Dbm B7 Dutifully fallin' apart for the Princess of Norway Chorus: A E Abm A But you, with your tall slashes, your infinite t-shirts Gbm7b5 E Dbm I should've known when your favorite record was the same as my father's B7 You'd take me down Verse 4: A E I guess I'll always be this way Abm A Swallowed up by the words, and halfway to space Gbm7b5 E Dbm But there, by the fire, you offered your hand B7 And as I took it, I loved you, the boy with the plan Chorus: Gb B Gb B You found me clean as a pine Gb B D7 E7 Gb The man with the axe and the lo- ok in his eyes Interlude -x2-: Gb / B Outro: Gb B We've been through so many hard times Gb B I'm writin' a love song for you, baby Outro: Gb B
