Intro:
G A C D
Verse:
G A C D
Oh I heard her ask 'What time is it?'
G A C D
As she gently moved my fingertips
Em C Em A
And when she kissed me at the door to the sound of mowing lawns I knew
C D
I'd reached the top of her goodbye
C D
And now I faced the downhill slide
C D
So I stepped out into the void and plunged to my demise
G Bm G Bm
All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts.
C D C D
And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor.
G A C D
Oh I?ve been on many fruitless trips.
G A C D
And I?ve put my ear to countless lips.
Em C Em A
Everybody?s got their view but I never heard a word cut through.
C D C
I feel like I?m hanging on a vine.
C D C
Surrounded by monkeys all the time.
C D
And standing below me all the natives sharpening their knives.
G Bm G Bm
All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts.
C D C D
And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor.
G Bm G Bm
She left here so long ago and bought a house where winter?s cold.
C D C D C Cm
And always sends my letters back, ?Return to the address attached?.
Em C Em C G Dm C
And it?s so funny when worlds end I shrug my shoulders and pretend that they?ll return.
Em C Em C G Dm C
I?m missing something in my head or maybe underneath my ribs that I can?t learn.
Cm D
And that?s what burns.
Solo over normal progression
C D C
I feel like I?m hanging on a vine.
C D C
Surrounded by monkeys all the time.
C D
And standing below me all the natives sharpening their knives.
G Bm G Bm
All the world is nature strips and bitumen and eucalypts.
C D C D
And rolled up papers at the door and weekend fathers crying poor.
G Bm G Bm
She left here so long ago and bought a house where winter?s cold.
C D C D C Cm D G
And always sends my letters back, ?Return to the address attached?.