Intro
G G C G D C 
 
Verse 1
    G 
With the edge of the Mojave curling up into the fire 
       G 
The highway is a black snake, the back of which I ride 
       C 
I can feel the city breathing out over the rise 
           G 
But the engine coughs and shudders, I think the dream’s about to die 
           D 
With the final mile stretched out, the needle met the dash 
        C* 
I ran hard upon a promise but I couldn’t make it last 
 
Verse 2
         G 
Well, I swore there on the hood with the skyline below 
          G 
That I’d walk among the failures, shipwrecked sailors, and their gold 
          C 
The undiscovered genius, the thousand secret songs 
       G 
The million dollar smiles getting tired, getting old 
  D 
Hey there, baby, don’t you look so sad 
     C* 
The sun is just a big star running out of g-g-g-gas 
 
Chorus
    Em                        D 
Warning to the saints not to look into the lights 
    Em                                  C 
Nothing there to save you when you’ve sold it to the night 
    D 
Pawn whatever’s left to lose beneath the palms 
  D                                  C 
For every fire burning, there’s an ocean in the dark 
C 
In the dark 
 N.C. 
Yeah-eah-eah 
 
Verse 3
G 
Burnouts on the blacktop, restless in the heat 
G 
Leather under leather, empty veins, and busted strings 
C 
Nebraska girl, no longer checking groceries, saving tips 
G 
She’s a shadow 'neath the shadow of a phone that never rings 
          D 
Call the number at the bottom of that faded billboard sign 
        C 
If you start to get too lonely and you need someone to change your mind 
 
Verse 4
G 
Well, you ghosts that never made it, take your seats behind the bar 
G 
Sing your karaoke music in the space between the stars 
C 
Just a small town girl, supersonic rocket man 
G 
Tell me all about your pain, tell me all about your plans 
D 
All you television spirits, can I buy y’all a round? 
C 
I’ve played every dive in Portland but I’m kinda new in town 
 
Chorus
Em                           D 
Warning to the saints not to look into the lights 
Em                                   C 
Nothing there to save you when you’ve sold it to the night 
D 
Pawn whatever’s left to lose beneath the palms 
D                                   C 
For every fire burning, there’s an ocean in the dark 
C 
In the dark 
N.C. 
Whoaaa 
 
Outro
          G 
With the edge of the Mojave curling up into the fire 
        G 
The highway is a black snake, the back of which I ride 
        C 
I can feel the city breathing out over the rise 
          G 
But the engine coughs and shudders, I think the dream’s about to die 
           D 
With the final mile stretched out, the needle met the dash 
         C 
I ran hard upon a promise but I couldn’t make it