Song For Isabelle

F Em Am Em
F C F C


[Verse 1]

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


[Chorus]

F        G             Dm
 Isabelle hides so I can find my way
C       F    Em  C        Dm
I'd give anything just to surround your dreams

Am C G


[Bridge]

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


[Verse 2]

F          Am   G         Am
I'm guiding your chin to my lips
      Em      C     Em
Using only my fingertips
                                 G         C
All we have are parking lots and nowhere to go
       Dm
If you love me, then show me more


[Chorus]

F        G              Dm
 Isabelle watches me from far away
C       F    Em C               Dm
I'd give anything just to surround your dreams
C         Dm   Am                   G            F
I know you like when the temperature rises to a boiling heat
             Em  Dm
The chlorine and wine found

He sees through her nightgown
F
And everything fades away

Am    Dm    Am    Dm (x2)


[Bridge]

          Am
The stars awake

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

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

Am    F    E    Am

Am    F    E

Am
Sorry 'bout it, I can't help it
    Dm    F     C  E
I'm an anarchist in love
                C
And I forgot to call you
        Am        C
I can't break you down while
G     F              E
I think about honey and the sweet New York sounds

Am F


[Chorus]

F        G                 Dm          Am
 Isabelle hides so I can't find my way
    F           Em       Am                             F
I'd give anything to carry on and on and on the same way
                G            Dm
The temperature rises to this boiling heat
C                    F
The chlorine and wine found
                            C
He sees through her nightgown
            Dm
As Saturday burns away

F    G  Em    Dm (x2)


[Outro]


F
Back in the days, when I was young
                 C
I’m not a kid anymore
                        Em         G
But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again
F
Back in the days when I was young
               C
I'm not a kid anymore
                        Em         G
But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again