Intro: FAmBbCDmVerseFAmBbCDm
Princess cards she sends me with her regards
GmDmBbC
Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy to see her you gotta look hard
FAmBbCDm
Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
GmDmBbCBbAm
To her Cheshire smile I'll stand on file she's all I ever wanted
GmBbCFAm
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
BbCFAm
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
BbCFAm
You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks
Csus4C
You said here's your mirror and your ball and jacks
Csus4CCsus4C
But they're not what I came for and I'm sure you see that too
ChorusDmAmGmBbCDm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
AmGmBbCDm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
Fsus4FFsus4FDmC
and your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free
VerseFAmBbCDm
Crawl into my ambulance your pulse is getting weak
GmDmBbC
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak
FAmBbCDm
Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks
GmDmBbCBbAm
But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask
GmBbCFAm
And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late
BbCFAm
It's not your lungs this time it's your heart that holds your fate
BbCFAm
Don't give me my money, honey, I don't want it back
Csus4C
You and your pony face and your Union Jack
Csus4C
Well take your local joker and teach him how to act
Csus4C
I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked
Csus4CDmAmGmBb
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
CDm
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
AmGmBb
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
CDm
You could laugh and cry in a single sound
Instrumental
SOLO: Fsus4FFsus4F
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CBbF
And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
CBbC
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the God
VerseFAmBbCDm
Ah, you were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
GmDmBbC
Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
FAmBbCDm
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
GmDmBbCBbAm
Yeah, that ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech
GmBbCFAm
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way
BbCFAm
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
Csus4C
We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar
Csus4C
Of some metal tempered engine on an alien distant shore
Csus4C
So you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
Csus4C
And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
Csus4C
And it's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
Csus4C
cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
Csus4C
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores
Csus4C
And you should know that's true
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CBbCDmAmGmBbCDm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
AmGmBbCDm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
Fsus4FFsus4F
and your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free
Outro: DmCBbBbCDmCBbBbCDmCBbBbCDmCBbBbCDmAmGmBb
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.