Nostalgia Blues

Intro: F C F C
       F C C/B Am
       F G

Verse 1
F                            C
    See you still haven't quit 
smoking
        F                      
Is that really all that you can 
            C
think to say?
    F                            
I remember your bedsheets smudged 
      C C/B     Am
with ashes and burns
         F                         
When you stayed up all night 
           G
reading The Brothers K

F                               C
    I know nostalgia's a Southall 
waitress
       F                           
Saving nickels for a rainy day far 
   C
removed
        F                          
Still I can't ever remember seeing 
     C     C/B Am
your tongue so tied
       F                 G
Or your hands shake so loose

Bridge 1
F                                
    Yes, everyone wants to believe 
G
their time was special, Nick
        Am                       F
See the dish run away with the spoon

Chorus 1
                 C
Then they settle down
                G
And they settle in
                   Am              
And they curse the night for givin'
               F
 them all those sweet dreams
         C                  
All those sweet dreams, they 
              G
bartered and sold
          F   C
So long ago


Verse 2
F                           C
    Coachie was wise to get out when
 he did
              F                   C
And hitch his pony to an actual star
           F                      
You know, he's playing the Sydney 
C     C/B     Am
Opera House tonight
                 F            
Aren't y'all still sleeping on 
                      G
strangers' wooden floors, yes

F                                 
    How'd you get that iceberg way
    C
 up on your shoulder, Jim?
        F                          
Can't we force our old demons into 
    C
a truce?
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   F                          
No, I'm afraid what we did was 
 C C/B  Am
secret then
               F                   
Don't act surprised it now applies 
    G
to you

Bridge 2
F                                
    I guess everyone thinks genius 
G
is in their blood
            Am                     
Or at least livin' down the street 
            F
a door or two

Chorus 2
                     C
And then they settle down
                G
And they settle in
                    Am      
And they curse the night for 
                           F
punishing them with those sweet 
dreams
       C                           
All those sweet dreams that exposed
     G
 their soul
          F   C
So long ago


Verse 3
F                             
    Bobby says the translator's 
             C
nightmare is finding all the right 
words
    F                              
But somehow still gettin' the whole
       C
 story wrong
     F                        
And all you guitar poets, well 
        C      C/B    Am
you're life's little butchers
F                              
    Go ahead and put that one in 
       G
your song

F                               C
    You've got endless tales of love
 gone bad
  F                          C
I guess our Romeo is really cursed
F                                 
    You poke your nose in 
  C  C/B   Am
everyone's dirty clothes
         F                         
So you can turn 'em into your 
      G
light, loose verse

Bridge 3
F                                 
    Well, my life isn't neat rhymes 
G
and punchlines
      Am                        F
Cheap laughs and your talking blues
F                     G
    And I wish that for just one 
time
        Am                  F
You could stand inside my shoes

Chorus 3
                 C
You could settle down
                     G
And you could settle in
                         Am      
And you could curse the night for 
                      F
givin' you all those sweet dreams
       C                        
All those sweet dreams I watched 
     G
corrode
          F   C
So long ago


Verse 4
F                           C
    Well, it's easy to get hung up
   F                               
On all the things that you'll never
  C
 have
F                         C  C/B 
    A backyard pool, your 
  Am
mother's love,
 F                  G
John Lennon's autograph

F                          
    Some people step into an 
  C
ambulance
      F                    C
While others slip into a trance
F                           
    I've heard the sky blooms 
     C C/B  Am
Picassos, though
        F                          
If you stop and give the clouds 
      G
half a chance

Bridge 4
F                        G
    But I won't go to your funeral, 
Sue
                Am              
But I've got a couch if you ever 
                   F
need a place to crash

Chorus 4
                C
We could settle down
                G
We could settle in
                    Am             
We could thank the night for givin'
              F
 us all those sweet dreams
          C                        
All those sweet dreams, like swords
               G
 pulled from stones
                     Am            
While we filled our notebooks with 
                    F
grass, branch, and bone
                    C
Aw, here's to the sweet dreams
                         G
That wouldn't leave us alone
          F   C
So long ago