E -   022100
F#m - 244222
D -   xx0232
Bm -  x24432
C#m - x46654


[Intro]
D F#m E  x4

[Verse 1]
D
  At the bus stop we're
    F#m
the pawns and we just
F#m
do what we're told
D
  But on your rooftop w'ere
    F#m
the kings and we look
                   D
down on this whole town
D
You know it looks a
         F#m
lot like last year
 F#m
Spend our time in
         D
just one place.
D
If I wrote the story
      F#m
of my life here a couple
F#m
things that I'd erase.

[Chorus 1]
A
  Don't you ever want to go?
A               Bm      C#m
  Wait for some kind of sign
     F#m
that shows us where to
           D
go tonight Underneath
    D
the northern lights
A
  Up here like I can
        A
finally see I look past
    Bm        C#m
the buildings all these
F#m
trees that line a dead end
           D
street Get all the way
   D
to New Orleans tonight.

[Verse 2]
D
  And when the fog sets
       F#m
it's a softer side
F#m
of urban decay
D
  We go no nets
          F#m
I watch a can roll down
F#m
I hear it hit the driveway
D
Anchorless like a novel
            F#m
written by Steinbeck
F#m
We're in a Midwest dust bowl
D
When you count the days until
          F#m
your next paycheck it's
F#m
a world of mice and men.

[Chorus 2]
A
  Don't you ever want to go?
A               Bm      C#m
  Wait for some kind of sign
     F#m
that shows us where to
           D
go tonight Underneath
    D
the northern lights
A
  Up here like I can
        A
finally see I look past
    Bm        C#m
the buildings all these
F#m
trees that line a dead end
           D
street Get all the way
   D
to New Orleans tonight

[Instrumental]
A  A  Bm  C#m  F#m  D
A  Bm  A  Bm  F#m  D
E  A  F#m  C#m  E  A  F#m  x2
C#m  C#m

[Outro]
D
  On the edge the world seems
    F#m
to stop I can feel the wind
               D
and my stomach drop If we're
                      F#m
stuck and if we never leave
F#m
we've still got moments here
     D
like these Lying on our
     F#m
backs    counting stars
F#m
in the summer night
D
  Above the sidewalk cracks
F#m
   getting bathed in
              D
the billboard light
F#m
   getting bathed in
                   D
the billboard light
F#m
   getting bathed in
                   D
the billboard light
F#m
   getting bathed in
                   D
the billboard light