verse 1 Ab Bbm Dark auditorium, half of the audience sleeps Ab Bbm Ab I am awake through every display of doubt turning the grave Pre-Chorus Gb Ab Bbm Ab While you were watching the back of your eyelids Bbm Fm Eb I was awake verse 2 Ab Broken and battered and split like an atom Bbm Ab In debt to god, but what's it to you Bbm If somewhere a glass jewel breaks Ab And rings like a bell Pre-Chorus Gb Ab Bbm Ab Are you bandaging feet or done with the Peace Corps? Bbm Fm Eb I couldn't tell Chorus Ab Now I'm putting drinks away Ab Like a poet on payday Gb And I'm not toasting your name E Or your good health verse 3 Ab When twenty years of peace Bbm Fall under the roof of love Ab And every heart seems Bbm To beat like a broken drum Chorus Ab Now I'm putting drinks away Ab Like a poet on payday Gb And I'm not toasting your name Ab Or your good health Outro Db They say the thing about starts Ab Is you're risking them finishing Db And a line of love Ab Draws maps on your skin Db Well that's the about shoes Ab You know some of us live in them Db When it's too late to want love Ab I'll know where I've been Db They say the thing about starts Ab Is they're made out of finishes Db And a longing of love Ab Draws maps on your skin Db Well that's the about shoes Ab You know some of us live in them Db When it's too late to want love Ab I'll know where I've been Bbm Fm Ab (x2) I'll know where I've been