Letters From The Wasteland
The Wallflowers
from "Breach"
No Capo
Intro:
Bm A G D (X2)
Verse 1:
Bm A G D
Now coming down out of this swandive to your arms
Bm A G D
I make no sound as I move through your reservoirs
Bm
I wake up quick and I wake up sick as you
Bm A G A D
Abandon me into these fields of rank and file
Bm A G D
Through this crowd I hear you breathing
Bm A G D Em F#
Through these bars I watch them bring more in
Chorus:
D F#m G
Now I send back letters from the wasteland home
D F#m G
Where I slow-dance to this romance on my own
Em F#m A
It may be two to tango, but boy, it's one to let go
Bm A G D
It's just one to let go
Verse 2:
Bm A G D
Now boy keep still, don't spread yourself around
Bm A G D
Get back in line, eat your bread and just work the plow
Bm
'Cause you're not through, we're not done with you, did you
Bm A G A D
think you were the only one who's been let down?
Bm A G D
Sleep tight little boys of the new damned
Bm A G D Em F#
Another drop in the tidal wave of quicksand
Chorus:
D F#m G
Now I send back letters from the wasteland home
D F#m G
Where I slow-dance to this romance on my own
Em F#m A
It may take two to tango, but boy, it's one to let go
Bridge:
G D Em D
Now another bad idea gets through
G D Em A
Down the assembly line to you
Bm
You're every bride I should have burned
Bm
Every lesson I've unleared
Verse 3:
Bm A G D
Now in this smoke filled waiting room with
Bm A G D
Incarcerated lovesick fools I will
Em F#
Wait for you to cut me loose
But till then
Chorus:
D F#m G
I send back letters from the waseland home
D F#m G
Where I slow dance to this romance on my own
D F#m G
I send back letters from the wasteland home
D F#m G
From where I slow dance to this romance on my own
Outro
D F#m G (X3)
D F#m G D Em G D