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.