Balcony

Intro E Bsus2 A C#m F# [Verso 1] E Bsus2 Now there are sisters and there are miracles Asus2 C#m F#7 And there is proof that nothing lasts E G#m And there was a cold front, there was a balcony A C#m F# there are pictures from the past [Verso 2] E Bsus2 You were a string-bean, you were a beaten rug Asus2 C#m F#7 a cigarette in the hand E G#m And right through that screen door there was a concrete face A C#m F# showing slides of the Grand Coulee Dam [Verso 3] E Bsus2 Can't you smell the ashtrays, can't you smell the cheap perfume Asus2 C#m F#7 the beers in giant cans E G#m And every Sunday before the air-raid bells A C#m F# your mama's nervous laugh Interlude E Bsus2 Asus2 C#m F#7 E G#m A C#m F# [Verso 4] E Bsus2 It is a secret, one I will never tell Asus2 C#m F#7 It is stuck beneath my tongue E G#m How we were drawn there up to that balcony Asus2 C#m F# as dumb as we were young [Verso 5] E Bsus2 Just like a fountain, just like a waterfall Asus2 C#m F# you waited underneath E G#m Don't tell the neighbors for crying out loud A C#m F# 'til the ambulance is on our street Interlude E A C#m F# E G#m A C#m F# [Verso 6] E Bsus2 Now there are sisters and there are miracles Asus2 C#m F# And there is proof that nothing lasts E G#m And there was a cold front, there was a balcony Asus2 C#m F# There are pictures from the past [Verso 7] E But not one word now, eyes to the ground A C#m F# The past has been replaced E G#m No, not one word now, don't make a sound A C#m F# Never one to complain