Standing Still

Em            Bm
An eight ball
               C
And two and all
                                        Em
Is how I measure the length that I must go
       Bm             C       Em
To outrun you standing still
             Bm
A soft flight
                C
And such delight
                                             Em
A nervous gesture that dropped me to my knees
      Bm              C            Em - Bm - C
Now I wonder where you are tonight


[Verse 2]
Em         Bm
A hard fall
                  C
And through it all
                       Em
I never felt so callous
            Bm
A cut sleeve
              C
And to believe
                               Em - Bm - C
And once again I walked home alone


[Chorus]
G             D             C
This old world counts for nothing
                     G
I did all I could do
      D                 C
Now I won't accept your blessing
       Am
On this, our final night
         C
Won't live to see the light
         D
Of morning


[Solo]
Em - Bm - C x2


[Verse 3]
Em        Bm                C
So I cling to apron strings
                                   Em
As I recall my father's dying words
           Bm                        C         Em
"Some girls are sweet, some girls are wicked"
              Bm                   C
From this tree comes ill-bred seed
                                           Em
An ugly cloister of flat foot bookish boys
              Bm             C
Who'd as soon kick you as kiss you


[Chorus]
G             D             C
This old world counts for nothing
                     G
I did all I could do
      D                 C
Now I won't accept your blessing
       Am
On this, our final night
         C
Won't live to see the light
         D
Of morning


[Solo]
Em - Bm - C x2


[Otro]
Em            Bm
An eight ball
               C
And two and all
                                        Em
Is how I measure the length that I must go
       Bm             C       Em
To outrun you standing still