Eugene Version 2

E/B (7 x 6 4 5 x)

A#13 (6 x 8 6 7 x)

G#m (4 x 6 4 4 x)

G#m13 (4 x 6 4 5 x)


B (x x 9 11 12 11)

A#m6 (x x 8 11 11 9)

B/D# (x 6 9 8 6 x)

F# (x 9 11 11 11 x)



Verse 1

   E     F#              B/D#       A/C#
   Light struck from the lemon tree
A          G#m       F#              E            B    C#m    B
   What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
E/B      B       A#m13       G#m
   Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
A#m13                           G#m13
   I dropped the ashtray on the floor
                    B        C#m    B
   I just wanted to be near you


Verse 2

E          F#            B/D#        F#
   Emerald Park, wonders never cease
A              G#m          F#                      E            B    C#m   B
   The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
E         B         A#m13         G#m         A#m13
   Like a Father he led community water on my head
                      G#m13
   And he called me “Subaru”
                     B        C#m   B
   And now I want to be near you


Verse 3

B        A#m6  G#m   F#       E         D#m6          F#
   Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
B       A#m6    G#m    F#           E
   Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
             D#m6         F#
   Where you hid your cigarettes
                    E/B
   No I’ll never forget
                     B        C#m   B
   I just want to be near you


Verse 4

E          F#             B/D#       A/C#
   Still I pray to what I cannot see
A         G#m         F#                E              B     C#m   B
   In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
E/B         B             A#m13                 G#m               A#m13
   From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
                       G#m13
   Far away the falcon flew
                    B        C#m   B
   Now I want to be near you


Verse 5

E         F#           B/D#        A/C#
   What’s left is only bittersweet
A          G#m        F#                  E         B       C#m   B
   For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
E/B        B          A#m13              G#m             A#m13
   Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
                               G#m13
   What’s the point of singing songs
                         B         C#m   B
   If they’ll never even hear you?