Tone: [Dbm]
Intro -x4-:
[A] [Dbm]
Verse:
[A]Is it all so very si[Dbm]simple
And h[D]horribly comp[E]complex?
Y[Bm]You suffer in a thim[E]thimble
And there's no[A]nothing coming n[D]next
Your m[A]mom smokes in the ki[Dbm]kitchen
Her vo[D]voice a cutting dr[A]drone
[Bm]So creeping out, you p[E]pass the bar
Your fat[A]father's second ho[D]home
That leaves y[A]ou on yo[D]ur o[E]wn
[A]Nights I'd often wa[Dbm]watch you
[D]Float across the gr[E]grounds
[Bm]Out the gate [E]to the motorway
What s[A]secrets have you f[D]found?
[A]You had to know [Dbm]I wanted
[D]Something from you t[A]then
[Bm]Too young to know ju[E]just what it was
Something m[A]more than a fr[D]friend
Is that y[A]ou at t[D]he e[E]nd
Verse:
Where you p[Gbm]play [E] in
the st[Bm]reet at night[D] [D] [E]
[Gbm]Blown [E]like a brok[Bm]broken kite[D]kite [D] [E]
[Gbm]My gir[E]girl, you're giving [Bm]up the fight[D]fight [D] [E]
Are y[A]ou gonna let[Dbm] these Amer[G]icans
Put another d[E]dent in your life?
Interlude -x2-:
[A] [Dbm]
My mo[A]mother says your[Dbm]your dirty
They're g[D]gonna find you d[E]dead
[Bm]But have you got[E]got that final chapter
[A]Written in your h[D]head?
Cause e[A]every single s[Dbm]story
Is a s[D]story about l[A]love
[Bm]Both the over f[E]flowing cup
And the pai[A]painful lack the[D]thereof
You got the he[A]heart of [D]a do[E]dove
But, you p[Gbm]play [E] in the st[Bm]st
reet at night [D] [D] [E]
[Gbm]Blown [E]like a br[Bm]broken kite[D]kite [D] [E]
[Gbm]My gir[E]girl, you're giving [Bm]up the fight[D]fight [D] [E]
[Gbm]You'll have [E]to lose all
them [Bm]childish n[D]notions [D] [E]
If yo[A]u're gonna l[Dbm]et these Am[G]erican boys
Put another d[E]dent in your life
Instrumental -x4-:
[Bm] [Bm] [E]
Verse:
you[Gbm]you play [E] in the str[Bm]street at night [D] [D] [E]
[Gbm]Blown [E]like a br[Bm]broken kite[D]kite [D] [E]
[Gbm]My gir[E]girl, you're giving [Bm]up the fight[D]fight [D] [E]
[Gbm]You'll have to lo[E]se all them
c[Bm]hildish n[D]otions [D] [E]
Or yo[A]u're gonna l[Dbm]et these Am[G]ericans
Put another d[E]dent in your life
Outro -x7-:
[A] [Dbm]