Intro: A  C#m

A                   C#m
Is it all so very simple
     D            E
And horribly complex?
 Bm                 E
You suffer in a thimble
              A             D
And there's nothing coming next

      A                  C#m
Your mom smokes in the kitchen
      D               A
Her voice a cutting drone
Bm                    E
So creeping out, you pass the bar
        A              D
Your father's second home
             A       D   E
That leaves you on your own

A                  C#m
Nights I'd often watch you
D                  E
Float across the grounds
Bm           E
Out the gate to the motorway
      A                D
What secrets have you found?

A               C#m
You had to know I wanted
D                   A
Something from you then
Bm                  E
Too young to know just what it was
           A            D
Something more than a friend
         A      D   E
Is that you at the end

           F#m   E          Bm           D   ( D   E )
Where you play     in the street at night
F#m   E          Bm     D  ( D   E )
Blown like a broken kite
F#m   E                Bm          D ( D   E )
My girl, you're giving up the fight
     A           C#m        G
Are you gonna let these Americans
             E
Put another dent in your life?

( A  C#m ) (2x)

     A             C#m
My mother says your dirty
         D              E
They're gonna find you dead
Bm              E
But have you got that final chapter
A                D
Written in your head?

       A            C#m
Cause every single story
      D           A
Is a story about love
Bm             E
Both the over flowing cup
           A            D
And the painful lack thereof
              A      D   E
You got the heart of a dove

           F#m   E          Bm            D  ( D   E )
But,  you play     in the street at night
F#m   E        Bm       D    ( D   E )
Blown like a broken kite
F#m   E                Bm          D  ( D   E )
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m         E                Bm        D     ( D   E )
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
     A           C#m        G
If you're gonna let these American boys
             E
Put another dent in your life

( Bm E ) (4x)

           F#m   E             Bm           D  ( D   E )
         you play     in the street at night
F#m   E        Bm       D  ( D   E )
Blown like a broken kite
F#m   E                Bm          D  ( D   E )
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m              E            Bm       D       ( D   E )
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
     A           C#m        G
Or you're gonna let these Americans
             E
Put another dent in your life

( A  C#m )