Smoke Signals

[Intro] G  Em  Dsus4/A  C

[First Part]

  G                     Em        
I went with you up to the place 
           Dsus4/A                 
you grew up in, we spent a week in 
 C
the cold
G                  Em            
Just long enough to "Walden" it 
           Dsus4/A                 
with you, any longer, it would have
   C
 got old
        G                          
Singing "Ace of Spades" when Lemmy 
      Em                    
died but nothing's changed -
Dsus4/A       C
 L.A.'s all right
    G                           
I'm sleeping in my bed again and 
Em                         
getting in my head and then
Dsus4/A               C
 walk around the reservoir

[Chorus]

G           Em             
You-uuu-uuu-uuuu, you must 
Dsus4/A               C
have been looking for me
        G         Em          
Sending smo-oo-oo-ooke signals, 
       Am    C
pelicans circling
        Em     D        C
Burning trash out on the beach

[Solo] G  Em  Dsus4/A  C

[Second Part]

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G                         
One of your eyes is always 
Em                    Dsus4/A    
half-shut, something happened 
             C
when you were a kid
G                       Em   
I didn't know you then and I'll 
                 Dsus4/A           
never understand why it feels like 
   C
I did
G                     Em         
"How Soon Is Now" in an '80s 
          Dsus4/A            
sedan, you slept inside of it 
         C
because your dad
G                         Em     
Lived in a campground in the back
                   Dsus4/A         
 of a van, you said that song will 
              C
creep you out until you're dead

[Chorus]

G          Em             
You-uuu-uuu-uuuu, you must
Dsus4/A               C
 have been looking for me
        G        Em           
Sending smo-oo-oo-ooke signals, 
      Am    C
pelicans circling
        Em     D        C
Burning trash out on the beach

[Solo] G  Em  Dsus4/A  C

[Third Part]

G                  Em        
I wanna live at the Holiday Inn 
         Dsus4/A                 C
where somebody else makes the bed
G                  Em            
We'll watch TV while the lights 
      Dsus4/A                      
on the street put all the stars to 
C
death
          G                Em  
It's been on my mind since Bowie 
             Dsus4/A               
died just checking out to hide from
    C
 life
    G                   Em        
And all of our problems I'm gonna 
         Dsus4/A                   
solve 'em with you riding shot-gun 
C
speeding, 'cause fuck the cops

[Chorus]

G          Em             
You-uuu-uuu-uuuu, you must
Dsus4/A               C
 have been looking for me
        G        Em           
Sending smo-oo-oo-ooke signals, 
      Am    C
pelicans circling
        Em     D        C
Burning trash out on the beach

[Solo] G  Em  Dsus4/A  C

[Fourth Part]

  G                    Em         
I buried a hatchet, it's coming up
         Dsus4/A                 C
 lavender, the future's unwritten, 
the past is a corridor
  G                    Em         
I'm at the exit looking back 
           Dsus4/A               C
through the hall, you are anonymous,
 I am a concrete wall

[Outro] G  Em  Dsus4/A  C