Del Amitri - Surface of the moon

^E Snow in a soulless city B - A Covers up the tracks in the road ^B As a ^C#m7 wastrel buys her cigarettes ^B And ^Amaj7 wipes her pretty nose ^B Like a ^E part-time Elvis imi - ^B tator These ^A streets I knew so well ^B Have been ^C#m7 pasted beyond recog - ^B nition With a ^Amaj7 temporary smell

^B Now the ^G#m midnight train eases out B Amaj7 / Leaving everyone ma - rooned And ^C#m7 without her It ^A might as well be the surface of the ^C#m7 moon ^Amaj7

So from the ^E well-swept streets of Jackson Heights ^B To the ^A dockside drudgery B - C#m7 Everything is now a replica ^B Of ^A what it used to be ^B But since they ^E tarted up the trenches ^B And ^A painted the bridges blue ^B It see - ^C#m7 ms less like a home to me ^B Than just a ^Amaj7 place they bury you

^B Now we're ^G#m lit up like a cathedral B Amaj7 / In our frozen concrete room ^B And ^C#m7 without her It ^A might as well be the C#m7 A - surface of the moon

^E So I ^F#m need her and I ^G#m love her That is ^C#m true ^C#m But I'm ^F#m stuck here like some ^G#m shipwreck Instead of ^C#m holding on to you

When they ^A beat out the tramps And ^A patch up the slums ^B Everything will be ^C#m7 fine There'll be a ^G#m new façade f^G#7or us to hide be - ^C#m7 hind ^Amaj7

So on the ^E ancient trails of our coupling ^B In the ^A places we used to meet ^B I am a - ^C#m7 mazed by the lack of memories ^B That I ^A thought would flood through me ^B And the ^E riverside where we first kissed ^B has ^A now been reduced ^B To a ^C#m7 phony old world market ^B where only ^A shoppers get seduced

^B Now your ^G#m arms embrace me strangely B Amaj7 / in your unfamiliar room B C#m7 / And for all I care Amaj7 / it might as well be the ^Amaj7 surface of the ^C#m7 moon Yeah for C#m7 / all I care it ^Amaj7 might as well be the ^Amaj7 surface of the ^C#m7 moon ^Amaj7