Eugene Version 2

E/B (7 x 6 4 5 x)

A#13 (6 x 8 6 7 x)

G#m (4 x 6 4 4 x)

G#m13 (4 x 6 4 5 x)


B (x x 9 11 12 11)

A#m6 (x x 8 11 11 9)

B/D# (x 6 9 8 6 x)

F# (x 9 11 11 11 x)



Verse 1

   E     F#              B/D#    
   Light struck from the lemon 
   A/C#
tree
A          G#m       F#         
   What if I’d never seen 
     E            B    C#m    B
hysterical light from Eugene?
E/B      B       A#m13       
   Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled 
G#m
at your shirt
A#m13                           
   I dropped the ashtray on the 
G#m13
floor
                    B        C#m  
   I just wanted to be near you
  B



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Verse 2

E          F#            B/D#   
   Emerald Park, wonders never 
     F#
cease
A              G#m          F#  
   The man who taught me to 
                    E            B
swim, he couldn't quite say my 
    C#m   B
first name
E         B         A#m13        
   Like a Father he led community
 G#m         A#m13
 water on my head
                      G#m13
   And he called me “Subaru”
                     B        C#m 
   And now I want to be near you
  B



Verse 3

B        A#m6  G#m   F#       
   Since I was old enough to 
E         D#m6          F#
speak I've said it with alarm
B       A#m6    G#m    F#      
   Some part of me was lost in 
     E
your sleeve
             D#m6         F#
   Where you hid your cigarettes
                    E/B
   No I’ll never forget
                     B        C#m 
   I just want to be near you
  B



Verse 4

E          F#             B/D#  
   Still I pray to what I cannot
     A/C#
 see
A         G#m         F#   
   In the sprinkler I mark the 
             E              B     
evidence known from the start
C#m   B

E/B         B             A#m13 
   From the bed near your death,
                G#m               
 and all the machines that made a 
A#m13
mess
                       G#m13
   Far away the falcon flew
                    B        C#m   B
   Now I want to be near you


Verse 5

E         F#           B/D#      
   What’s left is only 
  A/C#
bittersweet
A          G#m        F#
   For the rest of my life, 
                  E         B     
admitting the best is behind me
  C#m   B

E/B        B          A#m13     
   Now I’m drunk and afraid, 
         G#m             A#m13
wishing the world would go away
                               G#m13
   What’s the point of singing songs
                         B         
   If they’ll never even hear you?
C#m   B