These Days

E Abm   E    B    G

[1st verse]
Abm                      E
   It started with a sandcastle
Abm               E    G
   Today washed up my tomorrow
 E
    But one night the mark was made
        B           E        G
Seared in your flesh with canola oil

[Chorus]
 B      E               Abm
  These days are piling up
       F#      B
Piling up like bricks
       E              Abm
Walls blocking off the sun
  F#         B
I miss you
   E                    Abm
Oh call it what you like
    F#        B
My shaky memory
    E               Abm
We knew it from the top
       F#       B
We're deep sea

[Instrumental]
E   G   Em   B  E  G  A

[2nd verse]
Abm           B        E                  Abm
    On every bus I take there's an empty seat
                  E              G
There's an empty stare in every streetlamp
Abm             Eb                      E
   And the city nights are full of colours
                       Abm
Colours dormant in the day
                        E              G      B
 Trashy light in the sky and a rainbow of greys

[Chorus]
 B      E               Abm
  These days are piling up
       F#      B
Piling up like bricks
       E              Abm
Walls blocking off the sun
  F#         B
I miss you
   E                    Abm
Oh call it what you like
    F#        B
My shaky memory
    E               Abm
We knew it from the top
       F#       B
We're deep sea

[Instrumental]
E  G   Em   B  E  G  A  B
E  G   Em   B  E  A

[Bridge]
Abm      Eb          E      Abm
 The one thing that silence brings
             Eb      E         B
These empty-house       evenings
Abm   Eb        E       Abm
  My dreams are haunted by
    Eb     E         G
Ghostly pages that I can't fill


[Chorus] x2
 B      E               Abm
  These days are piling up
       F#      B
Piling up like bricks
       E              Abm
Walls blocking off the sun
  F#         B
I miss you
   E                    Abm
Oh  call it what you like
    F#        B
My shaky memory
    E               Abm
We knew it from the top
       F#
We're deep sea

[Outro]x2
B      E               Abm
    We knew it from the top
       F#
We're deep sea