First Train And Kafka

          Fm                       
Though my heart is full of things I
         Cm
 want to say to you,
        C#                         
I never seem to find the words, so 
          G#
please forgive me
       Fm                    Cm
When I woke up, I’d become a bug,
        C#            D#           
But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve 
G#
heard quite enough

        Fm                         
We’re a bit short on time, so I’ll 
Cm
have to try
          C#                     
To send a letter in the mail, but 
         G#
will it reach you?
               Fm                
Though there’s nothing good about 
   Cm
today
               C#              D# 
I’ll board the first train and be 
        G#
on my way

[Bridge]
Fm   Cm   C#   G#
E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- 


Fm   Cm   C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ---- 


Fm   Cm   C#   G#
E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- 


Fm   Cm   C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ---- 

[Verse 2]
         Fm                     
Though I know I have to learn to 
        Cm
walk before I run,
             C#                    
My legs just don’t appear to work, 
             G#
so please forgive me
     Fm                   Cm
The abelia’s are blooming bright,
            C#          D#       
Gazing down on the town sleeping 
G#
tight

       Fm                          
On the windowpane there was a tiny 
Cm
basking bug
             C#                    
And though I could have set it 
            G#
free, instead I crushed it
    Fm                       Cm
The summer breathes a gentle breeze
         C#            D#    
Over the white flowers swaying 
  G#
lovely

[Pre-Chorus]
       Cm              C#
In the books that I’ve read,
        D#              Fm
Nothing felt quite like this
        Cm          C#
Days we cherish and miss
         D#
Somebody fumbled with life
       C
And pretended to die

[Chorus]
       C#        D#    Fm        
We go along, singing a song, 
Cm    C#
singing a song
   D#            Fm
To hear what our hearts have to tell
            C#       D#       Fm 
So might as well, oh well, oh 
      Cm       C#
well, oh well, oh well
     D#        Fm
Grow roses for more than their smell
       C#        D#       Fm      
You go along, so long, so long, so
 Cm       C#
 long, so long
       D#           Fm
You’ve wandered off so far away
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         C#     D#        Cm      
And as I try to put these quaking 
Fm       C#
words to pen,
     D#                         Fm
I've run out of space to write again

[Bridge]
Cm   C#   G#
E|----| E|----| ---- 


Fm   Cm   C# D# G#
E|----| ---- -- -- ---- 

[Verse 3]
    Fm                     
One morning I awoke and was 
    Cm
surprised to find
        C#                         
That my legs had multiplied while I
     G#
 was sleeping
   Fm                    Cm
It seemed I had become a bug
        C#            D#           
But I’m sure that’s a story you’ve 
G#
heard quite enough

        Fm                         
Since I had no family my form could
 Cm
 frighten, I
       C#                          
Looked down upon the town as it was
 G#
 dreaming
    Fm                       Cm
The summer breathes a gentle breeze
         C#             D#        
You were always just as gentle 
  G#
with me

[Pre-Chorus]
   Cm           C#
In time you may find
       D#                Fm
Humans lead such hateful lives
     Cm            C#
If I give up humanity,
        D#                         
Could I see you again, and would 
  C
you smile at me?

[Chorus]
            C#
I’ve always known,
 D#     Fm     Cm     C#
Alone, alone, alone, alone
     D#           Fm
That I would end up on my own
            C#
But still I will
  D#      Fm      Cm      C#
I will, I will, I will, I will,
      D#       Fm
Watch over the flowers until
            C#
I hear your song
   D#       Fm       Cm       C#
So long, so long, so long, so long!
    D#          Fm
You might never sing it again
         C#     D#        Cm      
And as I try to put these quaking 
Fm       C#
words to pen,
     D#                        Fm
I've run out of time to write again

[Bridge]
Fm  D#    C#  Cm    Fm  D#    
--- ----- --- ----- --- 
C#   D#
-E|----| E|----| ----
Fm  D#    C#  Cm    Fm  D#    
--- ----- --- ----- --- 
A#m      Cm
-E|----| ----E|----| -----...

C#            D#
Ah, I knew, I knew
                  Cm               
That not a single word I wrote was 
G#
true
                  C#               
‘Cause there’s no way that I could 
             D#
turn into an insect,
               Fm                  
And there’s no way you’ll ever read
             G#
 the letters that I sent
C#          D#
Ah, I knew, I knew
                         Cm        
That there’s a price you have to 
     Fm                    C#
pay to make your dreams come true
              C         D#
I knew it all along…

[Chorus]
         C#     D#         Cm     
And even now, I grasp your letter 
Fm    C#
in my hand
   D#          Fm
As if it’s the last thing I have
              C#         D#       
The words you wrote, the words 
  Cm     Fm      C#
I’ve always held so close
    D#          Fm
Are distant and fading like smoke
          C#        D#       Cm  
You went along, singing your 
      Fm       C#
song, singing your song
   D#           Fm
To hear what my heart had to tell
          C#       D#      Cm     
I haven’t told you yet the words I
 Fm     C#   D#
 put to pen,
N.C.
And once again

       D         E     F#m       
We go along, singing a song, 
C#m   D
singing a song
   E             F#m
To hear what our hearts have to tell
            D        E        F#m
So might as well, oh well, oh 
      C#m      D
well, oh well, oh well
     E         F#m
Grow roses for more than their smell
        D        E        F#m     
You go along, so long, so long, so
 C#m      D
 long, so long
       E            F#m
You’ve gone to live so far away
         D      E         C#m     
And as I try to put these quaking 
F#m      D
words to pen,
     E                         F#m
I've run out of time to write again

F#m  C#m
E|----| ---- 

D                              
  I've run out of space to write 
   E
again

[Other]
F#m  C#m  D    A
E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- 


F#m  C#m  D  E  A
E|----| ---- -- -- ---- 


F#m  C#m  D    A
E|----| E|----| E|----| ---- 


F#m  C#m  D  E  A
E|----| ---- -- -- ---- 

          F#m                      
Though my heart is full of things I
         C#m
 want to say to you,
        D                          
I never seem to find the words, so 
          E
please forgive me
       F#m                   C#m
When I woke up, I’d become a bug,
           D           E       
That’s the plot of the song that 
       A
I’ve sung