Neko Case - Curse of the i-5 corridor

^CI waited too long to write this down The ^Cstartling s^C/Bensation is ^Amfading The sweet, sweet burn Of the first drink of the night, und^D/F#erage ^FKnowing that you're gonna get away with it ^C

^CYou were a good man before you knew it And I'm not v^Fain enough to think that I'd have been ^Amgood for you if I'd stayed In the c^Furrent of your life I was an eyelash in the shipping lanes ^C

^CAnd now I'm so scared about mystery I f^Amear I s^Em/Gmell extinction In the f^D/F#olds of this novocaine age coming on ^CI miss the smell of mystery R^Ameverb ^Gleaking outta t^Favern doors And not knowing how the sounds were made

^CSo I left home and faked my ID ^C/BbI fucked every man that I wanted to be I was so s^Amtupid then Why should ^D/F#mystery give its l^Fife for me?

^CBaby, I'm afraid But it's not your fault Maybe I should go ^EmHome alone t^Fonight ^CBaby, I'm afraid But it's not your fault Maybe I should go ^EmHome alone ^Ftonight

^CNow I see you in our old home Where I'm always scared to go Those ^Amthirty garbage ^Em/Gmiles Making wet cigarette butts and used tires ^FTo be poor as the anchor that makes us so sure ^C7Your sandy voice across my brow You haven't aged a day Is it because you took a sh^Fortcut That makes people say you're crazy Is it true? You're a time traveler, you Is it true? I've seen crazy too

Can it be a c^Comfor^G/Bt betwe^Amen us? Because I ne^Fver want to know for sure

^CBaby, I'm afraid But it's not your fault Maybe I should go ^EmHome alone ^Ftonight ^CBaby, I'm afraid But it's not your fault Maybe I should go ^EmHome alone ^Ftonight

^CNow I write this in a pale town Where ^Amexcitement is a y^Gellow curb ^Fmaj7My dream awake leaps through my window From the ^Amhighway

^AmYou turn my head and set the brake too late ^Fmaj7Release the tears of metric tons ^D/F#The crash, it comes (comes, comes) ^FAnd pours down my public face ^AmBehind a reservoir of collarbones ^Fmaj7And forms two private ^D7/F#lakes (lakes, lakes, l^Fakes, lakes)

^FBaby, I^E'm afraid ^AmYour orbit is so easy ^EYou haven't gained a day ^AmWe're two self-fulfilling prophecies ^Fmaj7Who don't even have each other ^D7/F#Not that we would ever get ^Faway with it