Intro: Ab Eb Cm Eb Ab Eb Cm Verse 1: Eb Cm Bb I'm sailin' away to a place I'm afraid of Ab Eb Fm The dawn isn't here, the sun hasn't rose Cm Bb Ab I'm drinkin' my days with the coastal longshoreman Eb Fm They got money to make and children back home Eb Cm The last that I heard, you were down in New Orleans Eb Fm Cm Workin' your days at The Print Eb Cm Eb I drink 'til I drown and I smoke 'til I'm burnin' Ab Bb Cm Your hands are all over my scent Eb Cm I worry for you, you worry for me Fm Eb Cm And it's fine if we know we won't change Eb Cm Eb Collect every dream in these old empty pockets Fm Cm Eb Cm Bb In hope that I'll need them some day Chorus: Cm Fm But the wreckage of you, I no longer reside in Eb Fm Cm And the Bridges have long since been burnt Eb Ab The ash of the home that I started the fire in Eb Cm It starts to return to the Earth Eb Cm I'm leavin' this town and I'm changin' my address Ab Eb Fm I know that you'll come if you want Eb It's not Halloween, but the ghost you're dressed up as Cm Fm Sure knows how to haunt, yes, it knows how to haunt Post-Chorus: Ab Fm Mm-hmm-mm Verse 2: Ab Eb Cm It's an ode to the hole that I found myself stuck in Ab Eb Fm a song for the grave that I dug Cm There's a murder of crows in the low light off Boston Eb Fm And I see your face in each one Cm I'm losin' myself in the tiniest objects Eb Cm I'm seein' my life on a screen Ab Eb Cm I'm hearin' your voice in a strange foreign language Fm Bb Cm If only I learned how to speak Chorus: Cm Fm But the wreckage of you, I no longer reside in Eb Fm And the Bridges have long since been burnt Eb Ab The ash of the home that I started the fire in Eb Cm It starts to return to the Earth Eb Cm I'm leavin' this town and I'm changin' my address Ab Eb Fm I know that you'll come if you want Eb It's not Halloween, but the ghost you're dressed up as Cm Fm Sure knows how to haunt, yes, it knows how to haunt Post-Chorus: Ab Mm-hmm-mm -Ah-ooh, ooh- Cm You know how to haunt Fm Know how to haunt Eb Mm-hmm-mm -Ah-ooh, ooh- Cm Mm-hmm-mm -Ah-ooh, ooh, ooh- Eb Ah, ooh Cm Mm-hmm-mm -Ah-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh- Outro: Ab Eb Cm I know that you fear that I'm wicked and weary Eb Fm I know that you fearin' the end Eb Cm But I only tell the truth when I'm sure that I'm lyin' Eb Cm So I'm settin' sail once again
