A Starfish In The Front Yard

Intro

C - G - Am - F
fingerpicking


A Starfish in the Front Yard

C            G          Am       F
I saved this song for a rainy day
C        G            Am         F
and I think we're gonna be okay
C        G             Am        
cause I've got nothing witty left to
 F
 say
C        G             Am       
just to stand around and talk 
      F
about the weather

the fingerpicking changes to 
slap-pluck style
C        G                  Am  
and we know, that there's no 
                            F
sense in so much arguing
C        G             Am       
the world is ending, and no 
      F
one's listening
C        G                    Am
'cause we've things between you 
                           F
and me, and god it seems
C        G                  Am  
that everything is always stuck 
                            F
between what's really happening
C        G             Am       
and then our voices hit and it's
      F
 just "ohh…"
C        G              Am      
and that's the price of it, and 
          F
it's just "ohh…"
C        G               Am     
and everyday that it goes away, 
                  F
and it's like we say, and it's not 
okay
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C        G             Am       
and all we're left with here 
      F
today is one last "ohh…"

Am - Am - Em - Em - F - F - C - G

C        G             Am       
this song is easier than it 
      F
probably seems,
C        G             Am       
but in my life, I've said a lot 
      F
of things that I don't mean
C        G             Am       
to try and win you over, to try 
      F
to know my dreams,
C        G             Am       
and some of the lies that I 
      F
tried to hide, well their hidden 
still from me

C        G             Am       
and there's a starfish in the 
      F
front yard, yeah
C        G             Am       
and he's sitting there talking 
      F
'bout the way, how on a rainy day
C        G             Am       
even starfish wind up in the 
      F
front yard, talkin' how the road was
 hard
C        G             Am       
that brought him from the ocean 
      F
to our lawn on Ambar Way

C        G             Am       
and then our voices hit and it's
      F
 just "ohh…"
C        G             Am       
we're gonna pay the price of it 
      F
tonight "ohh…"
C        G             Am  
and there he's lying there and 
           F
dying, air is drying out his hide
C        G             Am       
I think I see a starfish 
      F
smiling, crying out "ohh…"

Am - Am - Em - Em - F - F - C - G

C        G             Am       
Come with me down to the sea, by
      F
 santa cruz
C        G             Am       
and we can float on funnel 
      F
cakes, and drown ourselves in booze
C        G             Am       
sitting in a motel 6, but we'll 
      F
never leave the room
C        G             Am       
we're singing about those secret
      F
 things that keep these songs in 
tune

C        G             Am       
and then our voices hit and it's
      F
 just "ohh…"
C        G             Am       
we're gonna pay the price of it 
      F
tonight "ohh…"
C        G             Am       
and everyday that it goes away, 
      F
and it's like we say, and it's not 
okay
C        G             Am       
and all we're left with here 
      F
today is one last "ohh…"

C        G             Am       
I saved this song for a rainy 
      F
day
C        G             Am       
and I think we're gonna be okay
      F

C        G             Am       
cause I've got nothing witty 
      F
left to say
C              G               
just to stand around and talk 
Am             F
about the weather…