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