Surface Of The Moon

Intro: C#m7 - Amaj7 7x E Snow in a soulless city B - A Covers up the tracks in the road B C#m7 As a wastrel buys her cigarettes B Amaj7 And wipes her pretty nose B E B Like a part-time Elvis imi - tator A These streets I knew so well B C#m7 B Have been pasted beyond recog - nition Amaj7 With a temporary smell B G#m Now the midnight train eases out B Amaj7 / Leaving everyone ma - rooned C#m7 And without her A It might as well be the C#m7 Amaj7 surface of the moon C#m7 - Amaj7 2x C#m7 - G#m - E E So from the well-swept streets of Jackson Heights B A To the dockside drudgery B - C#m7 Everything is now a replica B A Of what it used to be B E But since they tarted up the trenches B A And painted the bridges blue B C#m7 It see - ms less like a home to me B Amaj7 Than just a place they bury you B G#m Now we're lit up like a cathedral B Amaj7 / In our frozen concrete room B C#m7 And without her A It might as well be the C#m7 A - surface of the moon Break: E F#m G#m So I need her and I love her C#m C#m That is true F#m G#m But I'm stuck here like some shipwreck C#m Instead of holding on to you A When they beat out the tramps A And patch up the slums B C#m7 Everything will be fine G#m G#7 There'll be a new façade for us C#m7 Amaj7 to hide be - hind C#m7 - Amaj7 2x C#m7 - G#m - E E So on the ancient trails of our coupling B A In the places we used to meet B C#m7 I am a - mazed by the lack of memories B A That I thought would flood through me B E And the riverside where we first kissed B A has now been reduced B C#m7 To a phony old world market B A where only shoppers get seduced B G#m Now your arms embrace me strangely B Amaj7 / in your unfamiliar room B C#m7 / And for all I care Amaj7 / it might as well be the Amaj7 C#m7 surface of the moon Yeah for C#m7 / all I care Amaj7 it might as well be the Amaj7 C#m7 Amaj7 surface of the moon Outro: C#7sus2 - Amaj7 - C#m7 - Amaj7 (REP 7x START FADING AT 4TH)