Song For Isabelle

Ab Gm Cm Gm
Ab Eb Ab Eb


[Verse]

Eb             Ab
She paints in grey
Bb
She closes her eyes
Ab                                    Eb
'Till fireworks and palm trees almost look alike
Ab
She looks up to me and whispers
Bb                    Cm      Gm
"I won't be here in a year"
               Ab       Bb
So I take the long road to think and wonder why
Ab                          Eb
I can't sleep with all this sunlight
Ab                           Bb
If there's still evidence of us
Cm                    Eb
Why can't that be enough?
              Cm
Don't mean to drag you down
    Eb                  Ab
You taste just like you always do


[Chorus]

         Bb             Fm
Isabelle hides so I can find my way
Eb       Ab    G  Eb               Fm
I'd give anything just to surround your dreams

Cm Eb Bb


[Bridge]

    Ab
The envy of the dead
Bb           Eb
The sound of scissors and sleep
Ab
I can't believe you dreamed
    Eb                 Gm
And pulled all of your clothes off
Ab
You're not supposed to drink
     Eb                 Bb
With what's inside your purse
        F
And not expect me to not to call you out


[Verse]

Ab          Cm   Bb         Cm
I'm guiding your chin to my lips
      Gm      Eb     Gm
Using only my fingertips
                                 Bb         Eb
All we have are parking lots and nowhere to go
       F
If you love me, then show me more


[Chorus]

Ab       Bb              Fm
Isabelle watches me from far away
Eb       Ab    Gm Eb               Fm
I'd give anything just to surround your dreams
Eb         Fm   Cm                   Dm    Eb       Ab
I know you like when the temperature rises to a boiling heat
             Gm  Fm
The chlorine and wine found

He sees through her nightgown
Ab
And everything fades away

Cm    Fm    Cm    Fm (x2)


[Bridge]

          Cm
The stars awake

But we can't see them out
F      Fm
So why pretend?
           Cm                                  Fm
Is there a train that travels back to yours at 5 AM?

Or are we walking?
Cm
Car alarms and leaves that blow
Gm              Fm
They're calling out our names
C
But it's gone too far
                       Fm
Your butane mouth will spit me into flames

Cm    Ab    G    Cm

Db Fm Eb Dm G

Cm
Sorry 'bout it, I can't help it
    Fm    Ab     Eb  G
I'm an anarchist in love
                Eb
And I forgot to call you
        Cm        Eb
I can't break you down while
Bb     Ab              G
I think about honey and the sweet New York sounds

Cm Ab


[Chorus]

Ab       Bb         F          Fm       Cm
Isabelle hides so I can't find my way
    Ab          G Gm       Cm                             Ab
I'd give anything to carry on and on and on the same way
                Bb            Fm
The temperature rises to this boiling heat
Eb                    Ab
The chlorine and wine found
                            Eb
He sees through her nightgown
            F
As Saturday burns away

Ab    Bb  Gm    Fm (x2)


[Outro]

Eb
Ab

Eb          Ab               Bb
Back in the days, when I was young
                 Gm
I’m not a kid anymore
Ab                                       F
But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
Ab          Eb
Back in the days when I was young
Bb            Gm
I'm not a kid anymore
                Ab                       Eb
But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again...