Am       F
A cold crash of metal and gears
           Am        C         G
Grip the wheel as I sit right here
             Am         F
Did she get away, the ghost of a deer
     Am       C    G
Am I in this all alone?

          F            C           G
Well I'm nine, singing carols at Christmas
      F             C             G
I am trying to make sense of your tenses
          F               C            G
I know a word but not the rest of your sentence
          C            G
There is nothing I can do
           C                G
Because I don't understand you

        Am              F
Always felt like I was walking a maze
        Am        C            G
No one told me to go right or left
        Am         F            
Blue or red, what colours disguise me
      Am        C       G
So I look like all the rest?


          F            C           G
Well I'm nine, singing carols at Christmas
      F             C             G
I am trying to make sense of your tenses
          F               C            G
I know a word but not the rest of your sentence
          C            G
There is nothing I can do
           C                G
Because I don't understand you

      F           G           C                    F    G
Your eyes never change their watchful gaze on the T.V. set
            C      F    G           Am       
They're already a day ahead in the east
       F            G        Am   F   Am   G
Can an island mean more than me?
                Am                  F
Well there you are, standing with people like you
          Am                  C             G
It seems I've never seen you laugh like you do
             Am                F                    C    G
I count the ways I could have been more like you


          F            C           G
Well I'm nine, singing carols at Christmas
      F             C             G
I am trying to make sense of your tenses
          F               C            G
I know a word but not the rest of your sentence
          C            G
There is nothing I can do
           C                G
Because I don't understand you