Tone: [Am]
Capo: 2
Verse
[Am7] Drowning in the Blue Nile
He sent me "Downtown [Fmaj7]Lights"
[Am]Midnight you come and pick me up, no [F]headlights
[Am]Long drive, could end in burnin' flames, or [F]paradise
Fade [Am]in to view, oh
I hadn't heard it in a[Am7]a while
My boredom was bone deep
This cage was once just f[Fmaj7]fine
Am I allowed to cry?
[Am7]I dream of cracking locks
Throwing my life to the [Fmaj7]wolves
Or the ocean rocks crashing into him to[Am7]tonight
He's a paradox, I'm seeing visions,
Am I [Fmaj7]bad or mad or wise?
Chorus
You got that [C]James Dean day dream look in your eye
And I got that [F]red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go [C]crashing down we come back every time
Cause we never go [F]out of style, we never go out of style
Verse
I keep those longings [Fmaj7]locked
In lowercase inside a [Am7]vault
Someone told me there's no such things as bad[Fmaj7]bad thoughts
Only your actions talk
[Am7]These fatal fantasies
Giving way to labored b[Fmaj7]breath, taking all of me
We've already done it in my [Am7]head
If it's make believe
Pre-Chorus
[Dm] I should just tell you to leave cau[Em]cause I
Know exactly where It leads but I[F]I
Watch us go round and round each [F]time
Chorus
What if he's [Cmaj7]written "mine" on my upper [G]thigh
Only in my [Fmaj7]mind?
One slip and falling [Cmaj7]back into the hedge maze
[G] Oh, what a way to d[Fmaj7]die
You got the [C]long hair slicked back, white t-shirt
And I got that [F]good girl faith and a tight little skirt
And when we go [Am]crashing down we come back every time
[Fmaj7] My bedsheets are ablaze, I've screamed his name [G]
Building up like [Cmaj7]waves crashing over my grave
Without ever [Fmaj7]touching his skin
How can I be guilty a[Cmaj7]as sin
Bridge
What if [G]I roll the stone away?[Fmaj7]away?
They're gonna crucify me anyway [Cmaj7]
What if the way you [G]hold me
Is actually what's [Fmaj7]holy?
If long-suffering pro[Fmaj7]propiety is what they wa[G]want from me
They don't [Cmaj7]know how you've haunted me so [Am7]stunningly
I choose [Fmaj7]you and me, re[G]religiously
Chorus
What if he's written "mine" on my upper thigh
Only in my [Fmaj7]mind?
One slip and falling [Cmaj7]back into the hedge maze
[G] Oh, what a way to d[Fmaj7]die
I keep recalling things we never [G]did
Messy top lip [Cmaj7]kiss, how I long for our trysts
Without ever [Fmaj7]touching his skin
How can [G]I be guilty as [Cmaj7]sin
Outro
[G] He sent me Downtown [Fmaj7]Lights
I hadn't heard it in a [Cmaj7]while [G] [Fmaj7]
[G] Am I allowed to cry?