Tom: C
Intro: C F7+ C
C/G Am7
Summer time and the wind is blowing, outside in lower chelsea.
And I dont know what Im doing in this city,
G6
The sun is always in my eyes,
F7+
It crashes through the windows, and Im sleeping on the couch,
C
When I came to visit you,
A7+
Thats when I knew that I could never have you,
G6
I knew that before you did,
F7+
Still Im the one whos stupid
C A7+
And theres this burning, like theres always been,
G6 F7+
Ive never been so alone, and Ive never been so alive.
C
Visions of you on a motorcycle drive by,
A7/4 G6
The cigarette ash flies in your eyes, And you don't mind, you smile,
F7+ C
And say the world, it doesn't fit with you.
I don't believe you, You are so serene.
A7+ G6sus
Careening through the universe, Your axis on a tilt,
F7+
you're guiltless and free,
C
I hope you take a piece of me with you,
A7+
And there's things I would like to do, that you don't believe in,
G6sus F7+
I would like to build something, but you never see it happen,
C A7/4
And there's this burning, Like there's always been,
G6 F7+
I've never been so alone, And I've,
C/G* (distorted strumming)
I've never been so alive,
(strum) A7+ G6sus F
A7+ F
and there's this burnin', uh huh, there is this burning,
C/G
yeah, yeah, yeah...
Where's the soul. I want to know, New York City is evil.
A7+
The surface is everything, but I could never do that,
G6sus
Someone would see through that.
C/G A7+
And this is the last time, We'll be friends again.
G6sus F
and I'll get over you, you'll wonder, Who I am.
C/G A7+
And there's this burning, just like there's always been,
G6sus F
I've never been so alone, alone, And I've, and I've, I've never been so
C (back to picking the intro) F7+
alive.......................so alive.
Outro:
C
I go home to the coast. It starts to rain,
A7+
I paddle out, On the water, Alone, Taste the salt and taste the pain.
G6sus C
I'm not thinking of you again, Summer dies and swells rise,
A7+
The sun goes down in my eyes, See this rolling wave,
G6sus
Darkly coming to take me,
F7+ G6sus F7+
Home, And I've never been so alone, And I've never been so alive.