A     E/G#     D/F#     A/E     D/A
A     E/G#     D/F#     A/E     D/F#

[Verse 1]
  A          E/G#      F#m7       E           D/F#
A little boy sits on a doorstep, lifting his hands for to dampen the sound
     A            E/G#        F#m7          A/E        D/A
Of a bitch who's informing the neighbours of intimate acts with some waif she had found
          A          E/G#     F#m7           E          D/F#
Where the chimneys of steam emanate from the gutter in a dive bar where the hungry all stew
      A            E/G#          F#m          A/E           D/F#
It is here that the brilliant blasphemers are sitting and cursing us under the moon
        Bm                  D/F#         Bm                           D/A
Ah with every name under the sun, as the young ones are banging their drums


[Chorus]
        A   A/G#         A/F#  A/E           Bm        D
Is there any evidence of living left in this town?
             A   A/G#        A/F#    A/E             Bm                D
Would I find any evidence of li - v- ing amongst you saddening crowds?
         A   A/G#       A/F#      A/E        Bm           D
Is there any evidence of li - v - ing within them? Within us?
             A   E/G#        D/F#                A            D/F#         A         D/F#      A
Would I find any evidence of living left in this town?


[Verse 2]
    A              E/G#        F#m7      E          D/F#
The dishwasher had spoke of the new testament, so I picked up a German edition
              A          E/G#       F#m7        A/E          D/A
Though I could read nor decipher one single cold word, I was joined by the strange apparition
       A           E/G#          F#m7     E     D/F#
He'd a face like an old painter’s radio,     disgrace was his family name
          A           E/G#          F#m7      A/E     D/A
We played cards, I was happy just to be there. Happily losing, happily lucid
           Bm                     D/F#
Waiting for morning, waiting to be saved


[Chorus]
        A   A/G#         A/F#  A/E           Bm        D
Is there any evidence of living left in this town?
             A   A/G#        A/F#    A/E             Bm                D
Would I find any evidence of li - v- ing amongst you saddening crowds?
         A   A/G#       A/F#      A/E        Bm           D
Is there any evidence of li - v - ing within them? Within us?
             A   E/G#        D/F#                A            D/F#         A        D/F#      A
Would I find any evidence of living left in this town?


[Verse 3]
    A         E/G#        D/F#    A/E        D/A
We gathered our traveling circus, one and for all, we must hoist up the mast
        A          E/G#     D/F#   A/E          D/A
We must move now to set an example     for every kid who's dreams died in 5th class
       A           E/G#         D/F#            A/E              D/A
In the name of that choice, in a cracked anemic voice, that tall girl she did silence the crowd
     A           E/G#           F#m7             A/E
She awoke in the spirit; “we all washed ourselves in it”
     D/A
Oh, I shook, I tripped, and I moaned
      Bm                          D/F#
Being wounded, she then brought me home
       Bm                        D/F#
By her bedside while combing her hair
      Bm                            D/F#
She undressed and then whispered in prayer:


[Chorus]
        A   A/G#         A/F#  A/E           Bm        D
Is there any evidence of living left in this town?
             A   A/G#        A/F#    A/E             Bm                D
Would I find any evidence of li - v- ing amongst you saddening crowds?
         A   A/G#       A/F#      A/E        Bm           D
Is there any evidence of li - v - ing within them? Within us?
             A   E/G#        D/F#                A
Would I find any evidence of living left in this town?

Dm                          A
     Shall we make it to the meadow?
Dm                          A
     Is heaven just another ghetto?
Dm                            A
     The ankle ripped by a stiletto
Dm
     We are the living in this town

[Outro]
A   E   F#m   A   D
repeat x5