Now That Its Too Late Maria

Intro:

E    A    B  A  E
E    A    B  A  E

E                        A                  B   A         E         E    A    B  A  E
The flicker of the candle looks like a one way conversation
E                       A      B       A  E     E
Reacting to something nobody else could see
     B                                          C#m
While I sit at the table and relive the whole situation
     B                                                         E     A    B
Until the valet who wants to go home comes in and gives me my keys
A                                   E
And tonight every single star is shining
A                               B
The power lines all sizzle and buzz
                  A    B     G#m
And now that it's too late, maria
         B                E
I see it all for what it was


E    A    B  A  E
E    A    B  A  E

E                        A                      B   A                       E         E   
There's nothing sadder than a streetlight shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk
 A    B  A  E

E                        A                      B   A                       E         E
Or maybe the fog that I've been living in has lifted for the first time in weeks
      B                                                   C#m
Every day has been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk
   B                                         E     A    B
So I never have to say something I really mean
     A                                   E
But I remember all of those final words you told me
A                               B
How I was green enough to be blue
                  A    B     G#m
But now that it's too late Maria
         B                E
I can see how that was true


E                        A                      B   A                   E         E    A  
Now When I am in your city I come across the company you've been keeping
  B  A  E

E                        A                      B   A                   E
They all hit it off so well with some infamous ghost of my past
      B                                              C#m
It's hard to imagine what you could have possibly told them
   B                                         E     A    B
Some wonder how I'm doing but most don't even ask
     A                             E
But now every single door stands open
A                           B
I even signed some autographs
                  A    B     G#m
And now that it's too late, Maria
         B                E
We can both look back and laugh

(solo)

E                        A                      B   A           E         E    A    B  A  E
There's always more to say but I'm just skipping to the ending
E                        A                      B   A                   E
When you move back to Texas and I meet a girl who wants to change her name
      B                                              C#m
When we both start to forgert the problems that were never worth having
   B                                               E     A    B
And everybody goes on living watching nothing really change
     A                             E
There will always be a part of you thats with me
A                           B
And sure as hell had better feel the same
                  A    B     G#m
and now that it's too late Maria
         B                E
There is no one here to blame
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Note: There are some Bsus thrown in from time to time I think

idea for main riff
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