Verse 1:
   E     Gb              B          Gb
   Light struck from the lemon tree
A          Abm       Gb              E            B    Dbm    B
   What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
E        B       Gb          Abm
   Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
Gb                              E
   I dropped the ashtray on the floor
                    B        Dbm    B
   I just wanted to be near you

Verse 2:
E          Gb            B           Gb
   Emerald Park, wonders never cease
A              Abm          Gb                      E            B    Dbm   B
   The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
E         B         Gb            Abm         Gb
   Like a Father he led community water on my head
                      E
   And he called me “Subaru”
                     B        Dbm   B
   And now I want to be near you

Verse 3:
B        Bbm6  Abm   Gb       E         Ebm6          Gb
   Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
B       Bbm6    Abm    Gb           E
   Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
             Ebm6         Gb
   Where you hid your cigarettes
                    E
   No I’ll never forget
                     B        Dbm   B
   I just want to be near you

Verse 4:
E          Gb             B          Gb
   Still I pray to what I cannot see
A         Abm         Gb                E              B     Dbm   B
   In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
E           B             Gb                    Abm               Gbm
   From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
                       E
   Far away the falcon flew
                    B        Dbm   B
   Now I want to be near you

Verse 5:
E         Gb           B           Gb
   What’s left is only bittersweet
A          Abm        Gb                  E         B       Dbm   B
   For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
E          B          Gb                 Abm             Gb
   Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
                               E
   What’s the point of singing songs
                         B         Dbm   B
   If they’ll never even hear you?
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