The Song They Play Every Night

Em
Em B7 C G C
Em

[Verse 1]

Em                        B7
Dark, ringing through the sky
C              G
Shaking in the clouds
          C                G
Until the harps are out of tune
        Em                   B7
And the song they play every night
C           G
Keeping you awake
          C                      G
While the thought sleeps in your soul

[Chorus 1]

Am
And every load I took
            Am
To fill the hole that caved inside
             Em      B7
Just made it deeper, darker
    C            G
And wider than before
C             G      C           Em
Don’t make me say it out loud anymore
Em

[Verse 2]

        Em                    B7
And I’d cop just to change my scene
    C             G
And turn a useful nightmare
  C           G
Into a boring dream
       Em                     B7
And my room, like a map of my time
     C                G
It’s always half past twelve
      C            G
And divided by two lines

[Chorus 2]

    Am
And every step I took
           Am
To take me further from the source
                Em      B7
Just brought me closer, inward
    C                G
And more lost than before
C             G          C       Em
Don’t make me say it out loud anymore
            C                 G             Am    G    C
Oh well, if you don’t love me now you didn’t love me before
C

[Guitar Solo]

Em B7 C G C
Em

[Verse 3]

       Em                   B7
And my love is turning into grief
    C               G
And loneliness, thy enemy
     C         G
It’s my only relief
       Em              B7
From a child lost in a crowd
C               G
Looking for the landmarks
     C                G
That you keep burning down

[Chorus 3]

    Am
And every sip I took from cups
  Am
I carved out of my skull
             Em     B7
Just made me older, slower
    C             G
And sadder than before
C             G      C           Em
Don’t make me say it out loud anymore
Em
          C                 G             Am    G    C
Oh no, if you don’t love me now you didn’t love me before