Intro
C G Am G F Am G (x2)
[Verse 1]
C
It's a sordid sort of feeling
G Am
When you learn to live with spite.
G F
It's a desperate kind of living
Am G
When you're burning up the night.
C
Getting sick of all the drinking
G Am
Getting sicker every day.
F G C
Cause I can't say the things I really want to say
[Verse 2]
C G Am
I remember when Chicago seemed a million miles away
G F Am G
I was chained by quiet longing on that Independence Day
C G Am
A# month across the country built in all I learned from you
F G C
I sang those thoughts away just like I always do.
[Chorus]
C F
It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime.
Am G
But I'll remember every step
C F
I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the country
Am G
Please just remember I'm not the one who left, and I never will
[Interlude]
C G Am G F Am G (x2)
[Verse 3]
C G Am
All the aches and shits and quivers hurdle in with morning light
G F Am G
and a somber sense of longing steals my breath and grips my spine
C G Am
I can feel the salty ocean suck the moisture from my skin
F G C
And I know staying here will surely do us in
[Verse 4]
C/C# Dm F C G F
And I walked on down to that lonely shoal, where my best hopes go to die
Dm F C G F
I thought I will keep you in my pen, until the ink wells all go dry
C G C
And I'll keep it like a secret every day
[Chorus]
C F
It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime.
Am G
But I'll remember every step
C F
I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the country
Am G
Please just remember I'm not the one who left
C
And I never will