Bedsitter Images

     Bm                            
 The subway station's closed again 
    D
and sleeps beneath its veil of rain
    E                              
 My footprints broken trail behind 
G
steals the night lights from my mind
     Bm                         
 The dark deserted streets stand 
         D
clear today has lived and died in 
here
 E                              G 
 So I leave the chapel gloom to 
                          Bm
find the shelter of my tiny room

[Chorus]
           G                    A 
 But it's alright where the lights
        D            E
 of the city shine so bright
             G                 
 And it's al-right til the last 
A7       D               F#7
winding train fades from sight
          G           A7      D  
 Then alone in my room I must 
               E
stay to lose or win
           Bm            D
 And these wild bedsitter images
      E              Bm        Em 
 Come back to hem me in
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm


[Verse 2]

Continues after the ad
Bm                                
The panelled patterns on the door 
      D
chase shivering shadows to the floor
 E                                
Upon the pillow worn and thin the 
G
memories of hopes begin
    Bm                        
The carpet with its flowers in 
          D
shreds expires a foot before my bed
    E                             
The crack that won't return again 
G                                  
advancing through my broken window 
Bm
pane

[Chorus]
           G                    A 
 But it's alright where the lights
        D            E
 of the city shine so bright
             G                 
 And it's al-right til the last 
A7       D               F#7
winding train fades from sight
          G           A7      D  
 Then alone in my room I must 
               E
stay to lose or win
           Bm            D
 And these wild bedsitter images
      E              Bm        Em 
 Come back to hem me in
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm


[Verse 3]
    Bm                             
The friends I've left back home all
            D
 write with laughing words that warm
 my sight
        E                      
Saying "Tell us, how's the city 
            G
life?" and I reply and say just fine
    Bm                           D
And so you see I can't go back until
 I either win or crack
    E                              
I'm standing in a one-way street 
  G                       
the stage is set the story 
    Bm
incomplete

[Chorus]
           G                    A 
 But it's alright where the lights
        D            E
 of the city shine so bright
             G                 
 And it's al-right til the last 
A7       D               F#7
winding train fades from sight
          G           A7      D  
 Then alone in my room I must 
               E
stay to lose or win
           Bm            D
 And these wild bedsitter images
      E              Bm
 Come back to hem me in