The Bottom

Em                  Am
a small riot in a passenger van
          D                          G                D/F#
seems you traveled a long way to get laid and get the glass in your hand
Em               Am
a new fixture, a lease on the street
         D                           G                   D/F#
how's it feel to be watched when you sit with the drunks in the cheap seats
Em                     Am
so come early it's the first of the month
         D                   G                       D/F#
taking only beginners, ten below and it feels like a punch in the jaw
Em            Am
There's so many to chase
     D                            G               D/F#
if i get out in front, they won't bother with the look on their face


C
two days from the southern state
Em                                                 D
who knows how long the ocean breaks for you so drown
                           Em
in the way things used to be
C
and hell waits on the sober dates
            Em
for the young skinny pale by the summer lake,
         D                                        C
talking fast to avoid the begging questions they await


[Verse]
Em                   Am
Sole witness never taking the stand
      D                        G                 D/F#
one hour to listen but seven nights to sleep with the band
Em                              Am
will you lie if you can't get along
         D                                 G       D/F#
with the east village boys as they lean back and inhale the smog
Em                        Am
shoot straight with a crooked stare
         D                                           G             D/F#
and stay out with the girls who put all the bright colors in their hair, do they talk
Em     Am
so little do they care
         Dㅤ                    ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ    G            D/F#
is this what you came for, or the late night's going nowhere


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C
20 years and you can't relate
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤEm
to the d-street girls who don't cooperate
         D                                            Em
with the elder state trying hard to teach them a lesson
         C
when the wind and the water and the winter waste
         Em
make you shake like a newborn in the nurse’s face
             D                                           C
and the neighbors have escaped with all the heat you can stay with me


[Chorus]
G             Em
you came around
          C                Am
drank the bottom from this town
        G         D            C
saying "this will bring us together"
G             Em
you came around
            C               Am
fucked with all the boys in town
        G      D        ㅤㅤㅤC
saying "we can live forever"

G

[Instrumental]
Em - Am - D - G D/F# (x4)


[Verse]
Em               Am
Young able and socially tight
        D                             G            D/F#
she had one foot out the door and two boys for the rest of the night
Em                  Am
ten minutes tipping in her seat
        D                          G                  D/F#
for someone to take the offer or a brawl to break out in the back streets
Em                   Am
so come early second day of the week
           D                              G                D/F#
and you'll get a straight answer from the poets making out with the deadbeats
Em                        Am
so Lord knows what you're doing here
            D                                G                D/F#
but if you sail through the winter you'll be hammered for the rest of the year


C
too fucking old to make so many mistakes
           Em
you were fucking so young, you didn't know what to take
          D                                                   Em
from your family and friends and they won't return your phone calls
C
street lights call a different race
       ㅤEm
mixing vodka and wine in a cigarette case
         D                                  C
how many times can I pray for the morning after, amen


[Chorus]
G             Em
you came around
          C                Am
drank the bottom from this town
        G         D            C
saying "this will bring us together"
G             Em
you came around
            C               Am
fucked with all the boys in town
        G      D        ㅤㅤㅤC
saying "we can live forever"
G             Em
you came around
          C                Am
drank the bottom from this town
        G         D            C
saying "this will bring us together"
G             Em
you came around
            C               Am
fucked with all the boys in town
        G      D        ㅤㅤㅤC
saying "we can live forever"


[Other]
G - Em - C - Am - G - D - C (x2)
G